Power Translator - A simple way to use cloud translation services

PowerTranslator gives you a no-hassle way to use Google and Microsoft cloud translation services in react native. It can be used as a component or as a service.

Get the demo file from here: Download Demo

Install

npm i react-native-power-translator --save

Get started

1. Import a few things.

import { PowerTranslator, ProviderTypes, TranslatorConfiguration, TranslatorFactory } from 'react-native-power-translator';

• PowerTranslator: is a simple component to translate your texts.
• ProviderTypes: is a type of cloud provider you want to use. There are two providers you can specify. ProvierTypes.Google for google translate and ProviderTypes.Microsoft for microsoft translator text cloud service.
• TranslatorFactory: It returns a suitable translator instance, based on your configuration.
• TranslatorConfiguration: It is a singleton class that keeps the translator configuration.

2. Set PowerTranslator configuration. The translation service is designed singleton, so you can call it anywhere and anytime, as long as it gets called, we are good!

//Example
TranslatorConfiguration.setConfig('Provider_Type', 'Your_API_Key','Target_Language', 'Source_Language');

//Fill with your own details
TranslatorConfiguration.setConfig(ProviderTypes.Google, 'xxxx','fr');

Note: The source of the language is optional, if you are not passing it, the provider will detect the language for you.

Use it as a component

<PowerTranslator text={'Engineering physics or engineering science refers to the study of the combined disciplines of physics'} />

Use it as a class

You can also use it as a service. The return value will be a promise with a translated text.

const translator = TranslatorFactory.createTranslator();
translator.translate('Engineering physics or engineering science').then(translated => {
    //Do something with the translated text
});

Props list

Here is the list of props:

• text: The text you need to translate. Required.
• onTranslationStart: Get triggered when the text translation gets started.
• onTranslationEnd: Get triggered when the text translation ends.
• style: Styles for translated text. All the react native Text styles props are valid.

Inspiration on how to use it

A few use cases that you can use with this module.

• As a fallback translation: If you have your own translation service and you don't need to translate everything by cloud translation, you can have this next to yours as a fallback. In case your primary translation failed for some reason or you didn't translate the words yet,your users can at least see a translated text and use your content.
• As a quick solution: Setup of a translation service from scratch is not easy and quick. All these cloud APIs can save you a huge amount of time if you don't want to invest much on translaion.

To get API keys

To get Google translator api key, visit here To get Microsoft azure translator api key, visit here

How to help?

The contribution document is still in progress. It will be ready soon.