UK Translation Bot
Goal
Create translation bot that will be translating messages between Ukrainian and Czech in popular messaging platforms.
Results
- ✅ Telegram Bot: http://t.me/uk_cs_translation_bot
- ✅ Messenger Bot: https://m.me/uk.cs.translation.bot
- ⏳ WhatsApp Bot: waiting for accepting into beta program
- ⏳ Viber Bot: waiting for approval – https://www.viber.com/ukcstranslationbot
API
For the translation we will use UFAL API – https://lindat.cz/translation/
Messaging Platforms
Popularity
There are various websites with statistics:
- https://www.similarweb.com/apps/top/google/store-rank/ua/communication/top-free/
- https://www.statista.com/statistics/1188579/most-popular-messengers-in-ukraine/
- https://www.mobileaction.co/top-apps/social-networking-6005/ios/ua
It looks that Telegram is popular in Ukraine.
API
Telegram
- https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot
- easy to use, does not require any approvals
- ✅ DONE – http://t.me/uk_cs_translation_bot
- https://www.whatsapp.com/business/api
- requires approval
- ⏳ I have requested approval
Messenger
- https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/
- https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/webhook
- https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/reference/webhook-events/messages
- ✅ DONE – https://fb.me/uk.cs.translation.bot
- ✅ DONE – https://m.me/uk.cs.translation.bot
Viber
- API: https://developers.viber.com/docs/api/rest-bot-api/
- ⏳I have requested for becoming public figure – https://www.viber.com/ukcstranslationbot
Status:
- 2022-03-19: There is cli interface for translation –
python cli.py - 2022-03-19: There is Telegram Bot – http://t.me/uk_cs_translation_bot
- 2022-03-19: I have requested for WhatsApp business API
- 2022-03-19: I have requested for approval for Messenger Bot – https://m.me/uk.cs.translation.bot
- 2022-03-20: Messenger Bot was approved – https://m.me/uk.cs.translation.bot
- 2022-03-20: Viber Bot is waiting for approval – https://www.viber.com/ukcstranslationbot
