french translator in go

main.go
// Import the required packages
import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    
    "cloud.google.com/go/translate"
    "google.golang.org/api/option"
)

// Set up the translator client
func getTranslatorClient(ctx context.Context, apiKey string) (*translate.Client, error) {
    // Configure the translation API options
    options := []option.ClientOption{
        option.WithAPIKey(apiKey),
    }

    // Create a new translation client instance
    client, err := translate.NewClient(ctx, options...)
    if err != nil {
        return nil, err
    }

    return client, nil
}

// Translate the given English text to French
func translateToFrench(apiKey, sourceText string) (string, error) {
    // Initialize the context
    ctx := context.Background()

    // Get the translator client instance
    client, err := getTranslatorClient(ctx, apiKey)
    if err != nil {
        return "", err
    }

    // Define the source and target language codes
    sourceLang := "en"
    targetLang := "fr"

    // Translate the text
    translation, err := client.Translate(ctx, []string{sourceText}, targetLang, &translate.Options{
        Source: sourceLang,
    })
    if err != nil {
        return "", err
    }

    // Return the translated text
    return translation[0].Text, nil
}

// Test the translator
func main() {
    apiKey := "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
    sourceText := "Hello, world!"

    translatedText, err := translateToFrench(apiKey, sourceText)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Printf("Error translating text: %v\n", err)
        return
    }

    fmt.Printf("Translated text: %s\n", translatedText)
}
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