# Translation

public class **Translation** extends [Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object.html)  
Entry point to get a `https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/mlkit/nl/translate/Translator` for
translating from the source language to the target language specified in `https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/mlkit/nl/translate/TranslatorOptions`.

An `https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/mlkit/nl/translate/Translator` is
created via `https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/mlkit/nl/translate/Translation#getClient(com.google.mlkit.nl.translate.TranslatorOptions)`.

Example:

     Translator translator = Translation.getClient(options); 

### Public Method Summary

|---|---|
| static [Translator](https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/mlkit/nl/translate/Translator) | [getClient](https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/mlkit/nl/translate/Translation#getClient(com.google.mlkit.nl.translate.TranslatorOptions))([TranslatorOptions](https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/mlkit/nl/translate/TranslatorOptions) options) Returns a new instance of `https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/mlkit/nl/translate/Translator` that can translate from the source language to the target language (both specified in `https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/mlkit/nl/translate/TranslatorOptions`). |

### Inherited Method Summary

From class java.lang.Object

|---|---|
| [Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object.html) | clone() |
| boolean | equals([Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object.html) arg0) |
| void | finalize() |
| final [Class](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Class.html)\<?\> | getClass() |
| int | hashCode() |
| final void | notify() |
| final void | notifyAll() |
| [String](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String.html) | toString() |
| final void | wait(long arg0, int arg1) |
| final void | wait(long arg0) |
| final void | wait() |

## Public Methods

#### public static [Translator](https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/mlkit/nl/translate/Translator)
**getClient** ([TranslatorOptions](https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/mlkit/nl/translate/TranslatorOptions) options)

Returns a new instance of `https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/mlkit/nl/translate/Translator`
that can translate from the source language to the target language (both specified in
`https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/mlkit/nl/translate/TranslatorOptions`).

To release the resources associated with a Translator, you need to ensure that
`https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/mlkit/nl/translate/Translator#close()`
is called on the resulting `https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/mlkit/nl/translate/Translator`
object once it will no longer be used.