Detects the language of a piece of text.
class LanguageApp method .detect()
LanguageApp is the Apps Script service.
.detect() is the method name you will see after a dot in your code.
What it does
Why it's used
- Route messages to the right reviewer based on language.
- Flag rows where the input language is unexpected.
Common errors
- Forgetting parentheses on detect. Write LanguageApp.detect(), not LanguageApp.detect or detect by itself.
- Skipping dots between chained calls. Each step needs a dot, like LanguageApp.detect().
- Adding spaces where they do not belong. Write LanguageApp.detect(), not LanguageApp .detect(), LanguageApp.detect (), or LanguageApp . detect().
- Wrong capitalization. Use LanguageApp and detect, not languageapp or detect.
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.translate()
Translates text into another language.
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