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Google Cloud Translation Provider

MTEnhanced was a plugin that supported several providers. As of February 2023, a decision was made to split MTEnhanced into each of the respective MT providers, now catering for a dedicated Google Cloud Translation Provider.

Minimum Requirements

  • Trados Studio 2022
  • Google Cloud Account including a Google Cloud console project.
    For more information about Google Cloud console projects, please see here,

Accessibility

You can install the Google Cloud Translator Provider either from:

Provided you have successfully installed the Google Cloud Translator Provider plugin, you can select it with Trados Studio.  Either as part of your default settings under File – Options – Language Pairs – Translation Memory and Automation or as part of your project settings.



Authentication

Google supports 2 editions Basic and Advanced. These options reflect the range of capabilities offered by Google Cloud Translate when using their services, but how you authenticate ywhen accessing the services through the pulgin.

  1. V2 Basic Translation – API Key
  2. V3 Advanced Translation - JSON

For more information about the differences between Basic and Advanced please see here.
Authentication credentials for both V2 Basic Translation and V3 Advanced, can be obtained within your Google Cloud account under APIs and Services here. 

Settings

There are 2 additional settings

  1. Use Custom name for this provider

This allows for you to associate a friendly name, which may help in the event you have access to multiple API keys or wish to compare several custom models.

 

  1. JSON location

V3 – Advanced Translation requires a valid JSON file which can now be supported through a URL reference. It however does require to be downloaded and the path can be user defined by browsing