TheTranslate - Text tasktask lets you translate an input text using Cloud Translation. Input text can be a plain text or a HTML.
Cloud Translationis a Google Cloud service that allows you to translate text for more than 100 language pairs with the capability of auto language detection. For a list of all supported languages, seeSupported languages.
Before you begin
Ensure that you perform the following tasks in your Google Cloud project before configuring theTranslate - Texttask:
Enable the Cloud Translation API (translate.googleapis.com).
Create anauthentication profile. Application Integration uses an authentication profile to connect to an authentication endpoint for theTranslate - Text tasktask.
TheIntegrationspage appears listing all the integrations available in the Google Cloud project.
Select an existing integration or clickCreate integrationto create a new one.
If you are creating a new integration:
Enter a name and description in theCreate Integrationpane.
Select a region for the integration.
Select a service account for the integration. You can change or update the service account details of an integration any time from theinfoIntegration summarypane in the integration toolbar.
ClickCreate. The newly created integration opens in theintegration editor.
In theintegration editornavigation bar, clickTasksto view the list of available tasks and connectors.
Click and place theTranslate - Textelement in the integration editor.
Click theTranslate - Textelement on the designer to view theTranslate - Texttask configuration pane.
Go toAuthentication, and select an existing authentication profile that you want to use.
Optional. If you have not created an authentication profile prior to configuring the task, Click+ New authentication profileand follow the steps as mentioned inCreate a new authentication profile.
Go toTask Input, and configure the displayed inputs fields using the followingTask input parameterstable.
Changes to the inputs fields are saved automatically.
Task input parameters
The following table describes the input parameters of theTranslate - Texttask:
Property
Data type
Description
Region
String
Region where you want to run the translate operation. For example,us-central1.
ProjectsId
String
Your Google Cloud project ID.
Request
JSON
Seerequest JSON structure. To translate multiple input texts, specify the strings in thecontentsfield of the request body. For example,"contents": ["Hello World", "This is an example text"].
Task output
TheTranslate - Testtask returns the translated output text, similar to the following sample output:
{
"translations": [
{
"translatedText": "Bonjour le monde",
},
{
"translatedText": "Ceci est un exemple de texte",
}
]
}
Error handling strategy
An error handling strategy for a task specifies the action to take if the task fails due to atemporary error. For information about how to use an error handling strategy, and to know about the different types of error handling strategies, seeError handling strategies.
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Input text can be a plain text or a HTML.\n\n[Cloud Translation](/translate/docs/overview) is a Google Cloud service that allows you to translate text for more than 100 language pairs with the capability of auto language detection. For a list of all supported languages, see [Supported languages](/translate/docs/languages).\n| **Note:**\n|\n| - Cloud Translation does not translate any HTML tags that are provided in the input HTML. The translated output retains the (untranslated) HTML tags and only translates the text within the HTML tags.\n| - The order of HTML tags in the translated output may differ from the order present in the input HTML due to linguistic order changes in the translation.\n\nBefore you begin\n----------------\n\nEnsure that you perform the following tasks in your Google Cloud project before configuring the **Translate - Text** task:\n\n1. Enable the Cloud Translation API (`translate.googleapis.com`).\n\n\n [Enable the Cloud Translation API](https://console.cloud.google.com/flows/enableapi?apiid=translate.googleapis.com)\n2. Create an [authentication profile](/application-integration/docs/configuring-auth-profile#createAuthProfile). Application Integration uses an authentication profile to connect to an authentication endpoint for the **Translate - Text task** task.\n\n For information about granting additional roles or permissions to a service account, see [Granting, changing, and revoking access](/iam/docs/granting-changing-revoking-access).\n\nConfigure the Translate - Text task\n-----------------------------------\n\n1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the **Application Integration** page.\n\n [Go to Application Integration](https://console.cloud.google.com/integrations)\n2. In the navigation menu, click **Integrations** .\n\n\n The **Integrations** page appears listing all the integrations available in the Google Cloud project.\n3. Select an existing integration or click **Create integration** to create a new one.\n\n\n If you are creating a new integration:\n 1. Enter a name and description in the **Create Integration** pane.\n 2. Select a region for the integration. **Note:** The **Regions** dropdown only lists the regions provisioned in your Google Cloud project. To provision a new region, click **Enable Region** . See [Enable new region](/application-integration/docs/enable-new-region) for more information.\n 3. Select a service account for the integration. You can change or update the service account details of an integration any time from the info **Integration summary** pane in the integration toolbar. **Note:** The option to select a service account is displayed only if you have enabled integration governance for the selected region.\n 4. Click **Create** . The newly created integration opens in the *integration editor*.\n\n\n4. In the *integration editor* navigation bar, click **Tasks** to view the list of available tasks and connectors.\n5. Click and place the **Translate - Text** element in the integration editor.\n6. Click the **Translate - Text** element on the designer to view the **Translate - Text** task configuration pane.\n7. Go to **Authentication** , and select an existing authentication profile that you want to use.\n\n Optional. If you have not created an authentication profile prior to configuring the task, Click **+ New authentication profile** and follow the steps as mentioned in [Create a new authentication profile](/application-integration/docs/configuring-auth-profile#createAuthProfile).\n8. Go to **Task Input** , and configure the displayed inputs fields using the following [Task input parameters](#params) table.\n\n Changes to the inputs fields are saved automatically.\n\nTask input parameters\n---------------------\n\n\nThe following table describes the input parameters of the **Translate - Text** task:\n\nTask output\n-----------\n\nThe **Translate - Test** task returns the translated output text, similar to the following sample output: \n\n```\n{\n \"translations\": [\n {\n \"translatedText\": \"Bonjour le monde\",\n },\n {\n \"translatedText\": \"Ceci est un exemple de texte\",\n }\n ]\n}\n```\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\nError handling strategy\n-----------------------\n\n\nAn error handling strategy for a task specifies the action to take if the task fails due to a [temporary error](/application-integration/docs/error-handling). For information about how to use an error handling strategy, and to know about the different types of error handling strategies, see [Error handling strategies](/application-integration/docs/error-handling-strategy).\n\nQuotas and limits\n-----------------\n\nFor information about quotas and limits, see [Quotas and limits](/application-integration/docs/quotas).\n\nWhat's next\n-----------\n\n- Add [edges and edge conditions](/application-integration/docs/edge-overview).\n- [Test and publish](/application-integration/docs/test-publish-integrations) your integration.\n- Configure a [trigger](/application-integration/docs/how-to-guides#configure-triggers).\n- Add a [Data Mapping task](/application-integration/docs/data-mapping-task).\n- See [all tasks for Google Cloud services](/application-integration/docs/how-to-guides#configure-tasks-for-google-cloud-services)."]]
