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+# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# [START translate_v3_translate_text]
+from google.cloud import translate
+
+
+def sample_translate_text(project_id="[Google Cloud Project ID]"):
+    """Translating Text."""
+
+    client = translate.TranslationServiceClient()
+
+    parent = client.location_path(project_id, "global")
+
+    # Detail on supported types can be found here:
+    # https://cloud.google.com/translate/docs/supported-formats
+    response = client.translate_text(
+        parent=parent,
+        contents=["Hello, world!"],
+        mime_type="text/plain",  # mime types: text/plain, text/html
+        source_language_code="en-US",
+        target_language_code="fr",
+    )
+    # Display the translation for each input text provided
+    for translation in response.translations:
+        print(u"Translated text: {}".format(translation.translated_text))
+
+
+# [END translate_v3_translate_text]
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-translate/samples/snippets/translate_v3_translate_text_test.py b/packages/google-cloud-translate/samples/snippets/translate_v3_translate_text_test.py
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+# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import os
+import translate_v3_translate_text
+
+PROJECT_ID = os.environ["GCLOUD_PROJECT"]
+
+
+def test_translate_text(capsys):
+    translate_v3_translate_text.sample_translate_text(PROJECT_ID)
+    out, _ = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert "Bonjour le monde" in out