GoogleTranslate API Key

How To Get Google Translate API Key

In order to automatically translate the content of your website, you will require a Google Translation API key. After you have applied and obtained this key, send it to us and we will activate Automatic Translation for your website. To set-up your Google API key please read here.

This information below is taken from google.com. You can get this from the Google APIs Console. This is a paid service to Google.

Steps for generating an API key are as follows:

1. Register for Google Cloud.
2. Go to the cloud console and create a new project.
3. Go to “APIs & Services”, click “Enable APIs and services”, find the “Cloud Translation API” and click “Enable”.
4. You may have to Enable Billing at this point. Usage of Google’s API is not free, but we don’t charge you.
5. Generate a key from APIs & Services > Credentials. Click “Create Credentials” and choose “API key”.
6. We recommend clicking “Restrict key” and at least locking it to the Translation API.
7. Email us your Translation API Key to activate automatic translation on your website.

Read more about Google Cloud API keys here if you get stuck. Ignore any mentions of service accounts. We do not support Google service accounts.

Limits of automatic translation

The machine translation capabilities offered by Google is quite incredible. The technology has improved hugely in recent years with developments in machine learning etc… However, it is still quite far from being a perfect replacement for human translation. Be wary if you are translating into a language you don’t understand. You may be amusing to your visitors without knowing.