Module: MMM-TranslatedMessages

The MMM-TranslatedMessages module translates a given list of messages that the user inputs to the desired language that is configured.

Installing the module

Access your Magic Mirror/modules folder

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/

Clone this repository in the modules folder

git clone https://github.com/ahmedwab/MMM-TranslatedMessages

Retrieving a Google API KEY

1. Go to the following website https://cloud.google.com/translate
2. You will want to create a new project
3. With the new project, visit API & Services
4. Enable Google Translate API
5. Create a new API key
6. Store/Copy your API key for the next part 

Using the module

You will need to make adjustments in your config/config.js file:

modules: [
		{
			module: 'MMM-TranslatedMessages',
			position: 'top_right',
			config: {
				intervalTime: 5, //Time interval between messages
				fade: 3, //Time in Seconds it takes to fade away each message
				Messages:[ //Messages you want to input to be translated
					"Hello World","How is it going"],
				API_KEY:"GOOGLE_TRANSLATE_API_KEY", //Google translation API Key
				targetLanguages:["fr","en"], //Target Languages Example: French:fr English:en
				fontSize: "1.1em" //Font Size of the text
			}
		},
]

Configuration options

The random_quotes module allows you to pick quotes randomly from all the provided categories, or you can set it to only use one category. Specifying multiple categories is curently not supported.

Options	Description	Default
intervalTime	Time interval between messages Integer Value is in seconds.	5 seconds
fade	Time in Seconds it takes to fade away each message Integer Value is in seconds.	3 seconds
Messages	Messages to be translated (Array type)	Messages:[ "Hello World","How is it going"]
targetLanguages	Languages the messages should be translated to Example: French = fr	targetLanguages:["fr","en"]
fontSize	Font Size of the displayed messages	"1.1em"

Stylesheet

Stylesheet could be found under MMM-TranslatedMessages.css

Any style changes can be produced there

Contributing

Contributing is greatly encouraged.

1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch
3. Commit your Changes
4. Push to the Branch
5. Open a Pull Request

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.