diff --git a/plugins/Google/plugin.py b/plugins/Google/plugin.py
index c2364d25a..9f34c6dbc 100644
--- a/plugins/Google/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/Google/plugin.py
@@ -236,6 +236,52 @@ class Google(callbacks.PluginRegexp):
         s = ', '.join([format('%s: %i', bold(s), i) for (i, s) in results])
         irc.reply(s)
 
+    _gtranslateUrl='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/language/translate'
+    def translate(self, irc, msg, args, fromLang, toLang, text):
+        """<from-language> [to] <to-language> <text>
+
+        Returns <text> translated from <from-language> into <to-language>.
+        Beware that translating to or from languages that use multi-byte
+        characters may result in some very odd results.
+        """
+        channel = msg.args[0]
+        ref = self.registryValue('referer')
+        if not ref:
+            ref = 'http://%s/%s' % (dynamic.irc.server,
+                                    dynamic.irc.nick)
+        headers = utils.web.defaultHeaders
+        headers['Referer'] = ref
+        opts = {'q': text, 'v': '1.0'}
+        lang = conf.supybot.plugins.Google.defaultLanguage
+        if fromLang.capitalize() in lang.transLangs:
+            fromLang = lang.transLangs[fromLang.capitalize()]
+        elif lang.normalize('lang_'+fromLang)[5:] \
+                not in lang.transLangs.values():
+            irc.errorInvalid('from language', fromLang,
+                             format('Valid languages are: %L',
+                                    lang.transLangs.keys()))
+        else:
+            fromLang = lang.normalize('lang_'+fromLang)[5:]
+        if toLang.capitalize() in lang.transLangs:
+            toLang = lang.transLangs[toLang.capitalize()]
+        elif lang.normalize('lang_'+toLang)[5:] \
+                not in lang.transLangs.values():
+            irc.errorInvalid('to language', toLang,
+                             format('Valid languages are: %L',
+                                    lang.transLangs.keys()))
+        else:
+            toLang = lang.normalize('lang_'+toLang)[5:]
+        opts['langpair'] = '%s|%s' % (fromLang, toLang)
+        fd = utils.web.getUrlFd('%s?%s' % (self._gtranslateUrl,
+                                           urllib.urlencode(opts)),
+                                headers)
+        json = simplejson.load(fd)
+        fd.close()
+        if json['responseStatus'] != 200:
+            raise callbacks.Error, 'We broke The Google!'
+        irc.reply(json['responseData']['translatedText'].encode('utf-8'))
+    translate = wrap(translate, ['something', 'to', 'something', 'text'])
+
     def googleSnarfer(self, irc, msg, match):
         r"^google\s+(.*)$"
         if not self.registryValue('searchSnarfer', msg.args[0]):
diff --git a/plugins/Google/test.py b/plugins/Google/test.py
index 1aa1830ce..788e4e844 100644
--- a/plugins/Google/test.py
+++ b/plugins/Google/test.py
@@ -54,4 +54,10 @@ class GoogleTestCase(ChannelPluginTestCase):
             self.assertRegexp('fight supybot moobot', r'.*supybot.*: \d+')
             self.assertNotError('fight ... !')
 
+        def testTranslate(self):
+            self.assertRegexp('translate en es hello world', 'mundo')
+
+        def testCalcDoesNotHaveExtraSpaces(self):
+            self.assertNotRegexp('google calc 1000^2', r'\s+,\s+')
+
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