{"id":6981,"date":"2012-12-11T12:09:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-11T20:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/translation\/2012\/12\/11\/building-windows-8-store-apps-using-microsoft-translator\/"},"modified":"2012-12-11T12:09:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T20:09:00","slug":"building-windows-8-store-apps-using-microsoft-translator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/translator/blog\/2012\/12\/11\/building-windows-8-store-apps-using-microsoft-translator\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Windows 8 Store Apps Using Microsoft Translator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Microsoft Translator API is a hosted API that allows you to add machine translation to your app. It fully supports Windows Store Apps, so if you want to add localization to these apps, doing so is as easy as subscribing to and using the API. We&rsquo;ve built out step-by-step instructions and assets that demonstrates how to do this this, showing a C#\/XAML based app, built for the Windows 8 Store, which uses the MVVM design pattern.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Getting Started Guides and Assets:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';font-size: 9pt\">Microsoft Translator API Getting Started Guide: <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';font-size: 9pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/translation\/p\/gettingstarted1.aspx\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/translation\/p\/gettingstarted1.aspx<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';font-size: 9pt\">Windows 8 App Walkthrough: <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';font-size: 9pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/translation\/p\/windows8walkthrough.aspx\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/translation\/p\/windows8walkthrough.aspx<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';font-size: 9pt\">Windows 8 Twitter App Assets: <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';font-size: 9pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/translator.blob.core.windows.net\/msdnwalkthroughs\/TwitterView.zip\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">http:\/\/translator.blob.core.windows.net\/msdnwalkthroughs\/TwitterView.zip<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Build a Twitter App with Translations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Want to know what people are saying about the latest product release or global news event across the world in 40+ languages? The Twitter app allows you to search for tweets that match a search term, and when those tweets are in a non-English language, it will translate them for you directly over the top of the existing text. We&rsquo;ve also made the full code for the application available for you to download. The links above with provide you with the walkthroughs and assets to get started.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>View of Twitter App with Translations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net\/media\/MSDNBlogsFS\/prod.evol.blogs.msdn.com\/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles\/00\/00\/00\/91\/16\/metablogapi\/7215.clip_image002_17B3598A.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Close-up of one of the tweets, showing the translation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net\/media\/MSDNBlogsFS\/prod.evol.blogs.msdn.com\/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles\/00\/00\/00\/91\/16\/metablogapi\/6710.clip_image003_43177A84.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"clip_image003\" src=\"https:\/\/msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net\/media\/MSDNBlogsFS\/prod.evol.blogs.msdn.com\/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles\/00\/00\/00\/91\/16\/metablogapi\/0246.clip_image003_thumb_02E1610A.png\" alt=\"clip_image003\" width=\"592\" height=\"163\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Microsoft Translator API is a hosted API that allows you to add machine translation to your app. It fully supports Windows Store Apps, so if you want to add localization to these apps, doing so is as easy as subscribing to and using the API. 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