Google Translation API

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Description	This script translates any text it receives into English using Google Translate. You'll need Newtonsoft.Json.dll from the net45 folder in the script references for this to work.
Language	C#
Minimum Version	5.3+
Created By	Thomas Malloch (BFS)
Contributors	-
Date Created	May 8, 2018
Date Last Modified	May 8, 2018

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using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using Newtonsoft.Json; using System.Text; using System.IO; using System.Net; using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq; // The 'text' parameter will contain the text from the: // - Current Clipboard when run by HotKey // - History Item when run from the History Menu // The returned string will be: // - Placed directly on the Clipboard // - Ignored by ClipboardFusion if it is 'null' public static class ClipboardFusionHelper { //put your google api key here //you can find out how to her on here: https://developers.google.com/places/web-service/get-api-key private static readonly string API_KEY = "API_KEY_HERE"; public static string ProcessText(string text) { //build the request using the Newtonsoft.Json library StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(sb); using (JsonWriter writer = new JsonTextWriter(sw)) { writer.WriteStartObject(); //tell the google translation api to translate to english writer.WritePropertyName("target"); writer.WriteValue("en"); //add strings to translate here. to add more things to translate, just repeat the next two lines writer.WritePropertyName("q"); writer.WriteValue(text); writer.WriteEndObject(); } //build the api url and send the data string url = "https://www.googleapis.com/language/translate/v2?key=" + API_KEY; string response = ""; using(WebClient client = new WebClient()) { client.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8; response = client.UploadString(url, sb.ToString()); } //parse the response and get the first translation JObject root = JObject.Parse(response); return (string)root["data"]["translations"][0]["translatedText"]; } }