lex-translation-blog

lex-translation-blog.py

import boto3
def translate_text(text, to_lang, from_lang='en'):
    if (from_lang == to_lang or not to_lang):
        return text
    client = boto3.client('translate', region_name='us-east-1')
    response = client.translate_text(
        Text=text,
        SourceLanguageCode=from_lang,
        TargetLanguageCode=to_lang
    )
    return response['TranslatedText']