LingvaNex#
LingvaNex is a service that translates text, web pages, text on images, documents between English and over 112 other languages.
Credentials
You can find authentication information for this node here.
Basic Operations#
- Translate data
Example Usage#
This workflow allows you to translate cocktail instructions to Italian. You can also find the workflow on n8n.io. This example usage workflow uses the following nodes. - Start - HTTP Request - LingvaNex
The final workflow should look like the following image.
1. Start node#
The Start node exists by default when you create a new workflow.
2. HTTP Request node (GET)#
This node will make a GET request to the API https://www.thecocktaildb.com/api/json/v1/1/random.php
to fetch a random cocktail. This information gets passed on to the next node in the workflow.
- Enter
https://www.thecocktaildb.com/api/json/v1/1/random.php
in the URL field. - Click on Execute Node to run the node.
In the screenshot below, you will notice that the node makes a GET request to the API and returns information about a random cocktail.
3. LingvaNex node#
This node will translate the cocktail instructions that we got from the previous node to Italian. To translate the instructions in your language, select your language instead.
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First of all, you'll have to enter credentials for the LingvaNex node. You can find out how to do that here.
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Click on the gears icon next to the Text field and click on Add Expression.
- Select the following in the Variable Selector section: Nodes > HTTP Request > Output Data > JSON > drinks > [item: 0] > strInstructions. You can also add the following expression:
{{$node["HTTP Request"].json["drinks"][0]["strInstructions"]}}
. - Select 'Italian' from the Translate To dropdown list.
- Click on Execute Node to run the node.
In the screenshot below, you will notice that the node translates the instructions of the cocktail to Italian.