function translateService(sourceText){ var translatedText; var data = { key: YandexKey, lang: translator.from + '-' + translator.to, format: 'html', text: sourceText }; jQuery.ajax({ url: "https://translate.yandex.net/api/v1.5/tr.json/translate", dataType: 'json', data: data, success: function (result) { translatedText = result.text[0]; }, error: function (xhr) { translatedText = "ERROR "+xhr.responseJSON["code"]+": "+xhr.responseJSON["message"]; }, async:false }); return translatedText; }