Google Translate

Google Translate provides text translation in TTime, and this guide explains how to activate the Cloud Translation API, obtain an API key, and complete the setup

official website application address

https://cloud.google.com/translate/docs/overview?hl=zh-cn

Quota information As time goes by, the official website may change, this is for reference only, please refer to the official documents for details

Google Translate - Official Document - Billing Overview

Type	Free quota	Price beyond free quota	Number of simultaneous translations per minute
Basic (v2)	Free 500,000 characters per month	$20/1 million characters	600 times/minute

Prerequisites for use

Before applying for and using Google Translate, you need to meet the following conditions

1. A Visa card that can be used for overseas payments (I use China Merchants Bank Visa card)

2. Scientific Internet Tools (required in China, otherwise Google services cannot be used)

1. Log in to your Google account

Click here to jump to login

If you already have an account, choose to log in, if not, register.

2. Set up settlement account

Click here to jump to setting up a billing account

After entering the settlement account setting page, click Add settlement account

Fill in the account information. My area here is Hong Kong.

Select personal for account type

Fill in the payment information according to the information corresponding to the Visa card applied for previously.

Finally, fill in the billing mailing address. I also filled it in directly according to the Hong Kong region selected above.

After completing the operation, click Start Free Trial

If this page pops up, just click to close it.

3. Create a translation project

Click here to jump to the creation translation project page

Click Create Project

Fill in the project name. The name can be customized. Here I will fill in TTime by default.

Then click Create

4. Activate translation

Click here to jump to the creation translation project page

Select the project you just created

Click Enable

4. Get the key

1. First click on the icon in the upper left corner of the page

2. Select API and Services

3. Select Credentials

Check whether the corresponding project is created previously

Then click on Create Credentials -> API Key

At this step, the key is created and saved first.

Click on the key name just created to enter the key setting page

API Restrictions Select Restriction Key

Then select the Cloud Translation API translation permission in the list

Click to confirm

Finally click Save

After obtaining the API key, open TTime Settings, go to Translation Services, select Google Translate, and enter the key

For setup instructions, see Configure Translation Services in TTime