Translator App Project using Django

Last Updated : 16 Mar, 2021

Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. Built by experienced developers, it takes care of much of the hassle of Web development, so you can focus on writing your app without needing to reinvent the wheel. It’s free and open source.

Refer to the following articles to check how to create a project and an app in Django.

How to Create a Basic Project using MVT in Django?

How to Create an App in Django ?

In this article we will make a translator app using Django.

Installation

pip install django

Text translation from one language to another is increasingly becoming common for various websites as they cater to an international audience. The python package which helps us do this is called translate.

pip install translate

Then create new project

django-admin startproject translator

cd translator

Then create new app inside the project

python manage.py startapp main

Then add the app name inside the settings.py

views.py

Python3

from django.shortcuts import render,HttpResponse 
from translate import Translator 
# Create your views here. 
  
def home(request): 
    if request.method == "POST": 
        text = request.POST["translate"] 
        language = request.POST["language"] 
        translator= Translator(to_lang=language) 
        translation = translator.translate(text) 
        return HttpResponse(translation) 
    return render(request,"main/index.html")

Then create directory templates inside the app.

Inside that create new directory main

Create new file index.html

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
<head> 
    <title>GFG</title> 
</head> 
<body> 
<form method="post"> 
    {% csrf_token %} 
    <input type="text" name="translate" required> 
    <br> 
    <select required name="language"> 
        <option value="Hindi">Hindi</option> 
        <option value="Marathi">Marathi</option> 
        <option value="German">German</option> 
    </select> 
    <br> 
    <button type="submit">Translate</button> 
</form> 
</body> 
</html> 

Then create new file urls.py inside the app

Python3

from django.urls import path 
from .views import *
  
urlpatterns = [ 
    path('',home,name="home"), 
]

Then add then main.urls inside url translator/urls.py

Python3

from django.contrib import admin 
from django.urls import path,include 
  
urlpatterns = [ 
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls), 
    path('',include("main.urls")) 
] 