General You’ll need a Google Cloud project with Cloud Translation (translate.googleapis.com) enabled and a Service Account (and key) with suitable permissions in order to run the following. BILLING="..." # Your Billing ID (gcloud billing accounts list) PROJECT="..." # Your Project ID ACCOUNT="tester" EMAIL="${ACCOUNT}@${PROJECT}.iam.gserviceaccount.com" ROLES=( "roles/cloudtranslate.user" "roles/serviceusage.serviceUsageConsumer" ) # Create Project gcloud projects create ${PROJECT} # Associate Project with your Billing Account gcloud billing accounts link ${PROJECT} \ --billing-account=${BILLING} # Enable Cloud Translation gcloud services enable translate.