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.

An example of how to use it: Download Demo

Install

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

1. Import module

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

2. Set PowerTranslator configuration

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

// Example
TranslatorConfiguration.setConfig(ProviderTypes.Google, 'xxxx','fr');

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

3. Add translation

There are a couple of ways to use this module based on different use case.

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 service/class The return value will be a promise that returns translated text.

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

You can also pass in an optional language parameter to translate to desire languagues (default use current config)

const translator = TranslatorFactory.createTranslator();
translator.translate('Engineering physics or engineering science', 'fr').then(translated => {
    //Do something with the translated text which would be in French
});

Complete reference

• PowerTranslator: A react component to translate your texts.
• ProviderTypes: List of the cloud provider types. There are two providers is available. ProviderTypes.Google for google translate and ProviderTypes.Microsoft for microsoft translator text cloud service.
• TranslatorFactory: It creates a suitable translator instance, based on your configuration.
• TranslatorConfiguration: It initializes and keeps the translator configuration.

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 is possible to cover with this module.

• As a fallback translation: In case your primary translation service/library failed for some reason. It is possible to use the cloud service next to your translation service/library as a fallback.
• As a quick solution: Build a translation service from scratch is not easy and quick. If you don't want to invest in building one, the cloud APIs can save you a huge amount of time.

Cloud service API keys

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