Google Translation API

Google Cloud Compute Infrastructure
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Hello there
I have some questions about the Google Translation API:

  1. Is the API below free? I noticed that when I call it, I don’t have to pass an API key as a parameter. https://translate.googleapis.com/translate_a/single

  2. What is the difference between the free API (the one I asked about in the previous question), Cloud Translation - Basic, and Cloud Translation - Advanced?

  3. When I register for a Cloud Translation plan, I will receive $300 in free credits. In the “Price” column in the link below, it says “Free (applied as $10 credit every month)”. What does this mean? After one month of using the Cloud Translation plan, will my free credits be charged $10, resulting in a balance of $290?

https://cloud.google.com/translate/pricing

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  1. I got an error when accessing the link

  2. You can compare the features here

  3. The $300 free credits is given to those who are new to Google Cloud. So if you are new and you sign up, you get $300 free credits which you can also use for Cloud Translation. In addition, for Cloud Translation, there is a separate $10 free credit per month. Note though that you are charged not for a flat amount but for the amount of text that Cloud Translation processes, such as the text that you include in a detect language or translate text request. Over that $10 amount monthly, your account gets charged. When you go over the $10 free limit, you can use your $300 free credits if you were a new cloud user. Please take a moment to read Cloud Translation’s pricing here.

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Hi Joevanie,

  1. Sorry for omitting the API parameter.

Here is the full API URL and Parameter: https://translate.googleapis.com/translate_a/single?client=gtx&sl=en&tl=ja&dt=t&q=How%20old%20are%20you

So is this API free?

  1. Thank for you replying, I got it.
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Per this doc on Google Translate API, “The Google Translate API is provided to you without any free usage quota at all. You will be charged for each successful request you make through the Translate API. The usage charges for the Translate APIs (“Usage Charges”) can be found at https://developers.google.com/cloud/pricing/.”

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Hi

As i’m using google translate element with https://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit

where we can pass the google API key to track the pricing and all?

Please suggest