The problem is not that the Language API isn't responding correctly. It's that
you're trying to alert res before the API responds. The asynchronous nature of
the API means that anything that depends on the response needs to be done in
(or after) the callback. So you could change your code to look like this:
function translate(){
google.language.translate('house','en','ru',function(result){
res = result.translation;
alert(res);
}
}
translate();
Notice that the alert happens inside the callback, rather than immediately
after the call to translate().
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On Jun 29, 2010, at 8:38 AM, Alistair wrote:
> I'm trying to make "result.translation" a variable that I can use
> globally but I can't seem to do it. The alert in the following script
> brings back "undefined".
>
> google.load("language", "1");
> $(document).ready(function(){
> var res;
> function translate(){
> google.language.translate("house","en","ru", function(result){
> res =
> result.translation; });
> }
> translate();
> alert(res);
> });
>
>
> I'm looking for something like:
> var res = google.language.translate("house","en","ru");
>
> Could someone please help me make "result.translation" global?
> Thanks.
>
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