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BING Desktop Translator using C# and VB.NET
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Posted by: Shoban Kumar,
on 7/22/2009,
in category "Windows Forms 2.0"
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Abstract: In this article we will see how we can create a simple Desktop Translator which uses the Bing Translator API.
BING Desktop Translator using C# and VB.NET
In this article we will see how we can create a simple Desktop Translator which uses the Bing Translator API. Next time when you want to translate a text, you do not have to open a new web browser and head to Bing or Google Translator. Just use this simple Translator I demonstrate here.
Let’s get started:
Step 1: Start Visual studio and create a new Windows Forms Application
Step 2: Add 2 TextBoxes and name them ‘txtTraslateFrom’ and ‘txtTranslatedText’ and set their ‘MultiLine’ property to ‘True’
Step 3: Add a Button to the form and name it ‘btnTranslate’
Step 5: To use Bing Translator Web Service you will need an AppID. Go to http://www.bing.com/developer and create a new AppID for our Desktop Translator.
Step 6: Add the following code to the Button’s Click Event
C#
private void btnTranslate_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string strTranslatedText = null;
try
{
TranslatorService.LanguageServiceClient client = new TranslatorService.LanguageServiceClient();
client = new TranslatorService.LanguageServiceClient();
strTranslatedText = client.Translate("your App ID", txtTraslateFrom.Text, "", "en");
txtTranslatedText.Text = strTranslatedText;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
}
VB.NET
Private Sub btnTranslate_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
Dim strTranslatedText As String = Nothing
Try
Dim client As New TranslatorService.LanguageServiceClient()
client = New TranslatorService.LanguageServiceClient()
strTranslatedText = client.Translate("your App ID", txtTraslateFrom.Text, "", "en")
txtTranslatedText.Text = strTranslatedText
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
End Try
End Sub
The ‘Translate’ method takes in 4 parameters - ‘appid, text, from and to’. In the above code we are calling the Translate method with the AppID we created in Step 5 and also passing the Text from Textbox. We pass an empty string in the ‘to’ parameter so that Bing detects the language automatically. We also set the output language to ‘en’ (English).
That’s it! Our desktop Bing Translator is ready. Below screenshot shows a sampe translation from German to English.
The entire source code of this article can be downloaded over here
ShobanKumar, is a 23 year old Client App Dev MVP from Trivandrum mainly working on ASP, ASP.NET, VB, VB.NET and PHP. You can also find him blogging at www.crankup.net and www.codegeeks.net. Follow him on twitter @shobankr