diff --git a/platypush/message/response/translate.py b/platypush/message/response/translate.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a272f55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platypush/message/response/translate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from platypush.message.response import Response
+
+
+class TranslateResponse(Response):
+    def __init__(self,
+                 translated_text: str,
+                 source_text: str,
+                 detected_source_language: str,
+                 *args,
+                 **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, output={
+            'translated_text': translated_text,
+            'source_text': source_text,
+            'detected_source_language': detected_source_language,
+        }, **kwargs)
+
+
+# vim:sw=4:ts=4:et:
diff --git a/platypush/plugins/google/__init__.py b/platypush/plugins/google/__init__.py
index 0475d972..7c5e0a71 100644
--- a/platypush/plugins/google/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/plugins/google/__init__.py
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 .. moduleauthor:: Fabio Manganiello <blacklight86@gmail.com>
 """
 
-import os
-
 from platypush.plugins import Plugin
 
 
@@ -43,7 +41,7 @@ class GooglePlugin(Plugin):
         """
 
         from platypush.plugins.google.credentials import get_credentials
-        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
         self._scopes = scopes or []
 
         if self._scopes:
@@ -54,7 +52,6 @@ class GooglePlugin(Plugin):
         else:
             self.credentials = {}
 
-
     def get_service(self, service, version, scopes=None):
         import httplib2
         from apiclient import discovery
diff --git a/platypush/plugins/google/translate.py b/platypush/plugins/google/translate.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34832cd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platypush/plugins/google/translate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+import os
+from typing import Optional
+
+# noinspection PyPackageRequirements
+from google.auth import jwt
+# noinspection PyPackageRequirements
+from google.cloud import translate_v2 as translate
+
+from platypush.message.response.translate import TranslateResponse
+from platypush.plugins import action, Plugin
+
+
+class GoogleTranslatePlugin(Plugin):
+    """
+    Plugin to interact with the Google Translate API.
+    You'll need a Google Cloud active project and a set of credentials to use this plugin:
+
+        1. Create a project on the `Google Cloud console <https://console.cloud.google.com/projectcreate>`_ if
+           you don't have one already.
+
+        2. In the menu navigate to the _Artificial Intelligence_ section and select _Translations_ and enable the API.
+
+        3. From the menu select _APIs & Services_ and create a service account. You can leave role and permissions
+           empty.
+
+        4. Create a new private JSON key for the service account and download it. By default platypush will look for the
+           credentials file under ~/.credentials/platypush/google/translate.json.
+
+    Requires:
+
+        * **google-cloud-translate** (``pip install google-cloud-translate``)
+
+    """
+
+    default_credentials_file = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.credentials', 'platypush', 'google',
+                                            'translate.json')
+
+    def __init__(self, target_language: str = 'en', credentials_file: Optional[str] = None, **kwargs):
+        """
+        :param target_language: Default target language (default: 'en').
+        :param credentials_file: Google service account JSON credentials file. If none is specified then the plugin will
+            search for the credentials file in the following order:
+
+            1. ``~/.credentials/platypush/google/translate.json``
+            2. Context from the ``GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS`` environment variable.
+        """
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.target_language = target_language
+        self.credentials_file = None
+
+        if credentials_file:
+            self.credentials_file = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(credentials_file))
+        elif os.path.isfile(self.default_credentials_file):
+            self.credentials_file = self.default_credentials_file
+
+    def _get_credentials(self):
+        if self.credentials_file:
+            return jwt.Credentials.from_service_account_file(
+                self.credentials_file)
+
+    # noinspection PyShadowingBuiltins
+    @action
+    def translate(self, text: str, target_language: Optional[str] = None, source_language: Optional[str] = None,
+                  format: Optional[str] = None) -> TranslateResponse:
+        """
+        Translate a piece of text or HTML.
+
+        :param text: Input text.
+        :param target_language: target_language override.
+        :param source_language: source_language (default: auto-detect).
+        :param format: Input format (available formats: ``text``, ``html``).
+        :return: :class:`platypush.message.response.translate.TranslateResponse`.
+        """
+        target_language = target_language or self.target_language
+        credentials = self._get_credentials()
+        args = {}
+
+        if target_language:
+            args['target_language'] = target_language
+        if credentials:
+            args['credentials'] = credentials
+
+        client = translate.Client(**args)
+
+        if credentials:
+            del args['credentials']
+        if source_language:
+            args['source_language'] = source_language
+
+        result = client.translate(text, format_=format, **args)
+        # noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
+        return TranslateResponse(
+            translated_text=result.get('translatedText'),
+            source_text=result.get('input'),
+            detected_source_language=result.get('detectedSourceLanguage'),
+        )
+
+
+# vim:sw=4:ts=4:et:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 26bf9346..b1e2ae1b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -267,3 +267,6 @@ croniter
 
 # Support for clipboard integration
 # pyperclip
+
+# Support for Google Translate
+# google-cloud-translate
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6923708c..fd740d09 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ setup(
         'trello': ['py-trello'],
         # Support for Google Pub/Sub
         'google-pubsub': ['google-cloud-pubsub'],
+        # Support for Google Translate
+        'google-translate': ['google-cloud-translate'],
         # Support for keyboard/mouse plugin
         'inputs': ['pyuserinput'],
         # Support for Buienradar weather forecast