function translateService(sourceText){ var translatedText; //language iso-639-1 //https://cloud.google.com/translate/docs/languages var data = { key: googleKey, source: translator.from, target: translator.to, format: 'html', q: sourceText }; var endpoint = " https://translation.googleapis.com/language/translate/v2" jQuery.ajax({ type: 'POST', url: endpoint, dataType: 'json', data : data, success: function (result) { console.log(result); translatedText = result.data.translations[0].translatedText; }, error: function (xhr, textStatus, errorThrown) { console.log(xhr); translatedText = "ERROR "+xhr.responseJSON["code"]+": "+xhr.responseJSON["message"]; }, async:false }); return translatedText; }