This little clojure app uses the Google Translation API to translate text from a base to a target language. To do so a simple url call via the Apache HttpClient wrapper is sufficient.
user> (use 'de.herrnorbert.translator)
nil
user> (translate :de :en "Die Gedanken sind frei!")
"The thoughts are free!"
user> (translate :en :de "size")
"Größe"