/// <summary>
/// Detect what language the text should be translated from
/// </summary>
/// <param Name="text">The text that needs to be translated</param>
/// <param Name="argument">The argument provided to the command</param>
/// <returns>The language the text should be translated from</returns>
protected string DetectFrom(string text, string[] arguments)
{
//If the user specified a language in the argument, get that
string detected = DetectCommon("from", arguments);
if (detected != null)
{
return(detected);
}
//Otherwise, detect the language using the Azure Bing Detection service
else
{
//Send a request to the service
Dictionary <string, string> args = new Dictionary <string, string>()
{
{ "text", text }
};
using (Stream stream = LanguageDetectService.Request(args))
{
//Read and return the service'sections response
DataContractSerializer dcs = new DataContractSerializer(Type.GetType("System.String"));
return((string)dcs.ReadObject(stream));;
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Translate text between two languages using the Azure Bing Translate API
/// </summary>
/// <param Name="to">The language to translate to</param>
/// <param Name="from">The language to translate from</param>
/// <param Name="text">The text to translate</param>
/// <returns>The translated text</returns>
protected string Translate(string to, string from, string text)
{
//Pack the argument into a dictionary for use in the web service call
Dictionary <string, string> args = new Dictionary <string, string>()
{
{ "to", to },
{ "from", from },
{ "text", text }
};
//Send a request to the Translate service
using (Stream stream = TranslateService.Request(args))
{
//Read the result from the Translate service
DataContractSerializer dcs = new DataContractSerializer(Type.GetType("System.String"));
return((string)dcs.ReadObject(stream));
}
}