> This isn't a bug report, just a sharing of some findings while looking through… minified source code.
While digging through the source code of Google's [Google Dictionary Chrome extension](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-dictionary-by-goog/mgijmajocgfcbeboacabfgobmjgjcoja), which has support for translating via Google Translate, I found the endpoint they use in order to do just that. Since `googletrans` frequently runs into 5xx errors, it might be useful to switch off to another endpoint, although this one is also annoyingly touchy with 403s.
## Breakdown
Endpoint: `https://clients5.google.com/translate_a/t`
### Query Parameters
| Query Parameter | Default | Notes |
|-----------------|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| client | `dict-chrome-ex` | Needs to be `dict-chrome-ex` or else you'll get a 403 error. |
| sl | `auto` | Designates the source language of the text to translate. |
| tl | (none) | Designates the destination language of the text to translate. |
| q | (none) | Text to translate |
## Example Response
> URL: `https://clients5.google.com/translate_a/t?client=dict-chrome-ex&sl=auto&tl=en&q=bonjour`
```json
{
"sentences": [
{
"trans": "Hello",
"orig": "bonjour",
"backend": 1
}
],
"dict": [
{
"pos": "interjection",
"terms": [
"Hello!",
"Hi!",
"Good morning!",
"Good afternoon!",
"How do you do?",
"Hallo!",
"Hullo!",
"Welcome!"
],
"entry": [
{
"word": "Hello!",
"reverse_translation": [
"Bonjour!",
"Salut!",
"Tiens!",
"Allô!"
],
"score": 0.7316156
},
{
"word": "Hi!",
"reverse_translation": [
"Salut!",
"Bonjour!",
"Hé!"
],
"score": 0.084690653
},
{
"word": "Good morning!",
"reverse_translation": [
"Bonjour!"
],
"score": 0.065957151
},
{
"word": "Good afternoon!",
"reverse_translation": [
"Bonjour!"
],
"score": 0.02749503
},
{
"word": "How do you do?",
"reverse_translation": [
"Bonjour!",
"Salut!",
"Ça marche?"
]
},
{
"word": "Hallo!",
"reverse_translation": [
"Bonjour!",
"Tiens!",
"Salut!",
"Allô!"
]
},
{
"word": "Hullo!",
"reverse_translation": [
"Tiens!",
"Allô!",
"Salut!",
"Bonjour!"
]
},
{
"word": "Welcome!",
"reverse_translation": [
"Salut!",
"Bonjour!",
"Soyez le bienvenu!"
]
}
],
"base_form": "Bonjour!",
"pos_enum": 9
}
],
"src": "fr",
"alternative_translations": [
{
"src_phrase": "bonjour",
"alternative": [
{
"word_postproc": "Hello",
"score": 1000,
"has_preceding_space": true,
"attach_to_next_token": false
}
],
"srcunicodeoffsets": [
{
"begin": 0,
"end": 7
}
],
"raw_src_segment": "bonjour",
"start_pos": 0,
"end_pos": 0
}
],
"confidence": 0.96875,
"ld_result": {
"srclangs": [
"fr"
],
"srclangs_confidences": [
0.96875
],
"extended_srclangs": [
"fr"
]
},
"query_inflections": [
{
"written_form": "bonjour",
"features": {
"gender": 1,
"number": 2
}
},
{
"written_form": "bonjours",
"features": {
"gender": 1,
"number": 1
}
},
{
"written_form": "bonjour",
"features": {
"number": 2
}
},
{
"written_form": "bonjours",
"features": {
"number": 1
}
}
]
}
```
。然后找到了类似页面的谷歌翻译的免费接口（不过对比付费版 v2 似乎没那么智能）。
（以至于现在一直都不更新了哈哈哈）
