require 'open-uri' require 'json' if RUBY_VERSION >= '1.9' module I18nTranslationGeneratorModule class Translator def initialize(lang) @lang, @cache = lang, {} end def translate(word) return @cache[word] if @cache[word] begin w = CGI.escape ActiveSupport::Inflector.humanize(word) json = OpenURI.open_uri("http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/language/translate?v=1.0&q=#{w}&langpair=en%7C#{@lang}").read result = if RUBY_VERSION >= '1.9' ::JSON.parse json else ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(json) end result['responseStatus'] == 200 ? (@cache[word] = result['responseData']['translatedText']) : word rescue => e puts %Q[failed to translate "#{word}" into "#{@lang}" language.] word end end end end