def translate_string()

in background/function/main.py [0:0]


def translate_string(from_string, to_language):
    """ Translates a string to a specified language.

    from_string - the original string before translation

    to_language - the language to translate to, as a two-letter code (e.g.,
        'en' for english, 'de' for german)

    Returns the translated string and the code for original language
    """
    result = xlate.translate(from_string, target_language=to_language)
    return result['translatedText'], result['detectedSourceLanguage']