Google Translator [AppleScript]

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#1

Hello Macscripter, in this topic i wanna show you how do an app based in AS language wich can traslate by google translator server. I have just a problem… is possible earn the result of translation in a display dialog? (even using google translator server)

set choice to button returned of (display dialog "Scegli la lingua di traduzione" buttons {"da Italiano a Inglese", "da Inglese a Italiano", "Annulla"} with title "Google Traduttore")
if choice = "da Italiano a Inglese" then
    set _word to text returned of (display dialog "da Italiano a Inglese" default answer "" buttons {"Traduci", "Annulla"} with title "Google Traduttore" default button 1)
    open location "https://translate.google.it/#it/en/" & _word
else if choice = "da Inglese a Italiano" then
    set _word to text returned of (display dialog "da Inglese a Italiano" default answer "" buttons {"Traduci", "Annulla"} with title "Google Traduttore" default button 1)
    open location "https://translate.google.it/#en/it/" & _word
end if

Ps: Why the display dialog haven’t red, yellow and green buttons?

#2

Hi,

as far as I know the google translate API “ to get the results without a browser “ is a paid service

display dialog is a modal dialog, that means it blocks the user interface until the user clicks the Cancel or OK button

#3

Hi LightSoul94,

That’s interesting. Green could mean go, red cancel, and yellow a question. It wouldn’t be too hard to learn how to make an app in Xcode to this. Stephan is an expert on Xcode.

gl,
kel

#4

Come to think of it, there might be a way to do it with AppleScript. I think you could do it with Switches. I need to look back into that.

gl,
kel

#5

I can’t find a lot of my old posts. There was one on switches where you could create an app with buttons. Can’t remember how to find it!

Later,
kel

#6

the google translate API policy has changed meanwhile.

#7

i found the API code, how can i do for insert it in my applescript code?

(i don’t post it because it is very greatest and the site don’t allow me to post it for overchar)