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Cómo traducir texto en un documento de Documentos de Google

En esta guía de inicio rápido, se crea un complemento del Editor de Documentos de Google que traduce el texto seleccionado en un documento.

Objetivos

Configurar la secuencia de comandos
Ejecutar la secuencia de comandos

Requisitos previos

Para usar este ejemplo, debes cumplir con los siguientes requisitos previos:

Una Cuenta de Google (es posible que las cuentas de Google Workspace requieran la aprobación del administrador)
Un navegador web con acceso a Internet

Configura la secuencia de comandos

Crea un documento de Documentos de Google en docs.new.
Haz clic en Extensiones > Apps Script.
Haz clic en Proyecto sin título.
Cambia el nombre del proyecto de Apps Script a Translate Docs y haz clic en Cambiar nombre.
Junto al archivo Code.gs, haz clic en Más > Cambiar nombre. Asigna el nombre translate al archivo.
Haz clic en Agregar un archivo > HTML. Asigna el nombre sidebar al archivo.

Reemplaza el contenido de cada archivo por el siguiente código correspondiente y, luego, haz clic en Guardar .

translate.gs

docs/translate/translate.gs

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/**
 * @OnlyCurrentDoc
 *
 * The above comment directs Apps Script to limit the scope of file
 * access for this add-on. It specifies that this add-on will only
 * attempt to read or modify the files in which the add-on is used,
 * and not all of the user's files. The authorization request message
 * presented to users will reflect this limited scope.
 */

/**
 * Creates a menu entry in the Google Docs UI when the document is opened.
 * This method is only used by the regular add-on, and is never called by
 * the mobile add-on version.
 *
 * @param {object} e The event parameter for a simple onOpen trigger. To
 *     determine which authorization mode (ScriptApp.AuthMode) the trigger is
 *     running in, inspect e.authMode.
 */
function onOpen(e) {
  DocumentApp.getUi()
    .createAddonMenu()
    .addItem("Start", "showSidebar")
    .addToUi();
}

/**
 * Runs when the add-on is installed.
 * This method is only used by the regular add-on, and is never called by
 * the mobile add-on version.
 *
 * @param {object} e The event parameter for a simple onInstall trigger. To
 *     determine which authorization mode (ScriptApp.AuthMode) the trigger is
 *     running in, inspect e.authMode. (In practice, onInstall triggers always
 *     run in AuthMode.FULL, but onOpen triggers may be AuthMode.LIMITED or
 *     AuthMode.NONE.)
 */
function onInstall(e) {
  onOpen(e);
}

/**
 * Opens a sidebar in the document containing the add-on's user interface.
 * This method is only used by the regular add-on, and is never called by
 * the mobile add-on version.
 */
function showSidebar() {
  const ui =
    HtmlService.createHtmlOutputFromFile("sidebar").setTitle("Translate");
  DocumentApp.getUi().showSidebar(ui);
}

/**
 * Gets the text the user has selected. If there is no selection,
 * this function displays an error message.
 *
 * @return {Array.<string>} The selected text.
 */
function getSelectedText() {
  const selection = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getSelection();
  const text = [];
  if (selection) {
    const elements = selection.getSelectedElements();
    for (let i = 0; i < elements.length; ++i) {
      if (elements[i].isPartial()) {
        const element = elements[i].getElement().asText();
        const startIndex = elements[i].getStartOffset();
        const endIndex = elements[i].getEndOffsetInclusive();

        text.push(element.getText().substring(startIndex, endIndex + 1));
      } else {
        const element = elements[i].getElement();
        // Only translate elements that can be edited as text; skip images and
        // other non-text elements.
        if (element.editAsText) {
          const elementText = element.asText().getText();
          // This check is necessary to exclude images, which return a blank
          // text element.
          if (elementText) {
            text.push(elementText);
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
  if (!text.length) throw new Error("Please select some text.");
  return text;
}

/**
 * Gets the stored user preferences for the origin and destination languages,
 * if they exist.
 * This method is only used by the regular add-on, and is never called by
 * the mobile add-on version.
 *
 * @return {Object} The user's origin and destination language preferences, if
 *     they exist.
 */
function getPreferences() {
  const userProperties = PropertiesService.getUserProperties();
  return {
    originLang: userProperties.getProperty("originLang"),
    destLang: userProperties.getProperty("destLang"),
  };
}

/**
 * Gets the user-selected text and translates it from the origin language to the
 * destination language. The languages are notated by their two-letter short
 * form. For example, English is 'en', and Spanish is 'es'. The origin language
 * may be specified as an empty string to indicate that Google Translate should
 * auto-detect the language.
 *
 * @param {string} origin The two-letter short form for the origin language.
 * @param {string} dest The two-letter short form for the destination language.
 * @param {boolean} savePrefs Whether to save the origin and destination
 *     language preferences.
 * @return {Object} Object containing the original text and the result of the
 *     translation.
 */
function getTextAndTranslation(origin, dest, savePrefs) {
  if (savePrefs) {
    PropertiesService.getUserProperties()
      .setProperty("originLang", origin)
      .setProperty("destLang", dest);
  }
  const text = getSelectedText().join("\n");
  return {
    text: text,
    translation: translateText(text, origin, dest),
  };
}

/**
 * Replaces the text of the current selection with the provided text, or
 * inserts text at the current cursor location. (There will always be either
 * a selection or a cursor.) If multiple elements are selected, only inserts the
 * translated text in the first element that can contain text and removes the
 * other elements.
 *
 * @param {string} newText The text with which to replace the current selection.
 */
function insertText(newText) {
  const selection = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getSelection();
  if (selection) {
    let replaced = false;
    const elements = selection.getSelectedElements();
    if (
      elements.length === 1 &&
      elements[0].getElement().getType() ===
        DocumentApp.ElementType.INLINE_IMAGE
    ) {
      throw new Error("Can't insert text into an image.");
    }
    for (let i = 0; i < elements.length; ++i) {
      if (elements[i].isPartial()) {
        const element = elements[i].getElement().asText();
        const startIndex = elements[i].getStartOffset();
        const endIndex = elements[i].getEndOffsetInclusive();
        element.deleteText(startIndex, endIndex);
        if (!replaced) {
          element.insertText(startIndex, newText);
          replaced = true;
        } else {
          // This block handles a selection that ends with a partial element. We
          // want to copy this partial text to the previous element so we don't
          // have a line-break before the last partial.
          const parent = element.getParent();
          const remainingText = element.getText().substring(endIndex + 1);
          parent.getPreviousSibling().asText().appendText(remainingText);
          // We cannot remove the last paragraph of a doc. If this is the case,
          // just remove the text within the last paragraph instead.
          if (parent.getNextSibling()) {
            parent.removeFromParent();
          } else {
            element.removeFromParent();
          }
        }
      } else {
        const element = elements[i].getElement();
        if (!replaced && element.editAsText) {
          // Only translate elements that can be edited as text, removing other
          // elements.
          element.clear();
          element.asText().setText(newText);
          replaced = true;
        } else {
          // We cannot remove the last paragraph of a doc. If this is the case,
          // just clear the element.
          if (element.getNextSibling()) {
            element.removeFromParent();
          } else {
            element.clear();
          }
        }
      }
    }
  } else {
    const cursor = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getCursor();
    const surroundingText = cursor.getSurroundingText().getText();
    const surroundingTextOffset = cursor.getSurroundingTextOffset();

    // If the cursor follows or preceds a non-space character, insert a space
    // between the character and the translation. Otherwise, just insert the
    // translation.
    let textToInsert = newText;
    if (surroundingText) {
      if (surroundingTextOffset > 0) {
        if (surroundingText.charAt(surroundingTextOffset - 1) !== " ") {
          textToInsert = ` ${textToInsert}`;
        }
      }
      if (surroundingTextOffset < surroundingText.length) {
        if (surroundingText.charAt(surroundingTextOffset) !== " ") {
          textToInsert += " ";
        }
      }
    }
    cursor.insertText(textToInsert);
  }
}

/**
 * Given text, translate it from the origin language to the destination
 * language. The languages are notated by their two-letter short form. For
 * example, English is 'en', and Spanish is 'es'. The origin language may be
 * specified as an empty string to indicate that Google Translate should
 * auto-detect the language.
 *
 * @param {string} text text to translate.
 * @param {string} origin The two-letter short form for the origin language.
 * @param {string} dest The two-letter short form for the destination language.
 * @return {string} The result of the translation, or the original text if
 *     origin and dest languages are the same.
 */
function translateText(text, origin, dest) {
  if (origin === dest) return text;
  return LanguageApp.translate(text, origin, dest);
}

docs/translate/sidebar.html

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <base target="_top">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://ssl.gstatic.com/docs/script/css/add-ons1.css">
  <!-- The CSS package above applies Google styling to buttons and other elements. -->

  <style>
    .branding-below {
      bottom: 56px;
      top: 0;
    }
    .branding-text {
      left: 7px;
      position: relative;
      top: 3px;
    }
    .col-contain {
      overflow: hidden;
    }
    .col-one {
      float: left;
      width: 50%;
    }
    .logo {
      vertical-align: middle;
    }
    .radio-spacer {
      height: 20px;
    }
    .width-100 {
      width: 100%;
    }
  </style>
  <title></title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="sidebar branding-below">
  <form>
    <div class="block col-contain">
      <div class="col-one">
        <b>Selected text</b>
        <div>
          <input type="radio" name="origin" id="radio-origin-auto" value="" checked="checked">
          <label for="radio-origin-auto">Auto-detect</label>
        </div>
        <div>
          <input type="radio" name="origin" id="radio-origin-en" value="en">
          <label for="radio-origin-en">English</label>
        </div>
        <div>
          <input type="radio" name="origin" id="radio-origin-fr" value="fr">
          <label for="radio-origin-fr">French</label>
        </div>
        <div>
          <input type="radio" name="origin" id="radio-origin-de" value="de">
          <label for="radio-origin-de">German</label>
        </div>
        <div>
          <input type="radio" name="origin" id="radio-origin-ja" value="ja">
          <label for="radio-origin-ja">Japanese</label>
        </div>
        <div>
          <input type="radio" name="origin" id="radio-origin-es" value="es">
          <label for="radio-origin-es">Spanish</label>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div>
        <b>Translate into</b>
        <div class="radio-spacer">
        </div>
        <div>
          <input type="radio" name="dest" id="radio-dest-en" value="en">
          <label for="radio-dest-en">English</label>
        </div>
        <div>
          <input type="radio" name="dest" id="radio-dest-fr" value="fr">
          <label for="radio-dest-fr">French</label>
        </div>
        <div>
          <input type="radio" name="dest" id="radio-dest-de" value="de">
          <label for="radio-dest-de">German</label>
        </div>
        <div>
          <input type="radio" name="dest" id="radio-dest-ja" value="ja" checked="checked">
          <label for="radio-dest-ja">Japanese</label>
        </div>
        <div>
          <input type="radio" name="dest" id="radio-dest-es" value="es">
          <label for="radio-dest-es">Spanish</label>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="block form-group">
      <label for="translated-text"><b>Translation</b></label>
      <textarea class="width-100" id="translated-text" rows="10"></textarea>
    </div>
    <div class="block">
      <input type="checkbox" id="save-prefs">
      <label for="save-prefs">Use these languages by default</label>
    </div>
    <div class="block" id="button-bar">
      <button class="blue" id="run-translation">Translate</button>
      <button id="insert-text">Insert</button>
    </div>
  </form>
</div>

<div class="sidebar bottom">
  <img alt="Add-on logo" class="logo" src="https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/product/1x/translate_48dp.png" width="27" height="27">
  <span class="gray branding-text">Translate sample by Google</span>
</div>

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
  /**
   * On document load, assign click handlers to each button and try to load the
   * user's origin and destination language preferences if previously set.
   */
  $(function() {
    $('#run-translation').click(runTranslation);
    $('#insert-text').click(insertText);
    google.script.run.withSuccessHandler(loadPreferences)
            .withFailureHandler(showError).getPreferences();
  });

  /**
   * Callback function that populates the origin and destination selection
   * boxes with user preferences from the server.
   *
   * @param {Object} languagePrefs The saved origin and destination languages.
   */
  function loadPreferences(languagePrefs) {
    $('input:radio[name="origin"]')
            .filter('[value=' + languagePrefs.originLang + ']')
            .attr('checked', true);
    $('input:radio[name="dest"]')
            .filter('[value=' + languagePrefs.destLang + ']')
            .attr('checked', true);
  }

  /**
   * Runs a server-side function to translate the user-selected text and update
   * the sidebar UI with the resulting translation.
   */
  function runTranslation() {
    this.disabled = true;
    $('#error').remove();
    const origin = $('input[name=origin]:checked').val();
    const dest = $('input[name=dest]:checked').val();
    const savePrefs = $('#save-prefs').is(':checked');
    google.script.run
            .withSuccessHandler(
                    function(textAndTranslation, element) {
                      $('#translated-text').val(textAndTranslation.translation);
                      element.disabled = false;
                    })
            .withFailureHandler(
                    function(msg, element) {
                      showError(msg, $('#button-bar'));
                      element.disabled = false;
                    })
            .withUserObject(this)
            .getTextAndTranslation(origin, dest, savePrefs);
  }

  /**
   * Runs a server-side function to insert the translated text into the document
   * at the user's cursor or selection.
   */
  function insertText() {
    this.disabled = true;
    $('#error').remove();
    google.script.run
            .withSuccessHandler(
                    function(returnSuccess, element) {
                      element.disabled = false;
                    })
            .withFailureHandler(
                    function(msg, element) {
                      showError(msg, $('#button-bar'));
                      element.disabled = false;
                    })
            .withUserObject(this)
            .insertText($('#translated-text').val());
  }

  /**
   * Inserts a div that contains an error message after a given element.
   *
   * @param {string} msg The error message to display.
   * @param {DOMElement} element The element after which to display the error.
   */
  function showError(msg, element) {
    const div = $('<div id="error" class="error">' + msg + '</div>');
    $(element).after(div);
  }
</script>
</body>
</html>

Ejecuta la secuencia de comandos

En tu documento de Documentos, vuelve a cargar la página.
Haz clic en Extensiones > Translate Docs > Iniciar.
Cuando se te solicite, autoriza el complemento. Una vez que lo autorices, se reiniciará.
Escribe texto en el documento y selecciónalo.
En el complemento, haz clic en Traducir. Para reemplazar el texto en el documento, haz clic en Insertar.

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