diff --git a/dr.botzo.py b/dr.botzo.py
index 39f9e78..95238f5 100755
--- a/dr.botzo.py
+++ b/dr.botzo.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import os
 import random
 import re
 import sys
+from urllib2 import urlopen
+from urllib import urlencode
 
 from dateutil.parser import *
 from dateutil.relativedelta import *
@@ -103,6 +105,28 @@ class GoogleTranslate(Module):
     def __init__(self, config, server):
         super(GoogleTranslate, self).__init__(config, server)
 
+    def register_handlers(self, server):
+        server.add_global_handler('pubmsg', self.on_pubmsg)
+        server.add_global_handler('privmsg', self.on_privmsg)
+
+    def do(self, connection, event, nick, userhost, replypath, what, admin_unlocked):
+        whats = what.split(' ')
+        if whats[0] == 'translate' and len(whats) >= 4:
+            fromlang = whats[1]
+            tolang = whats[2]
+            text = ' '.join(whats[3:])
+
+            langpair = '%s|%s' % (fromlang, tolang)
+            gt_url = 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/language/translate?'
+            params = urlencode( (('v', 1.0), ('q', text), ('langpair', langpair),) )
+            url = gt_url + params
+            content = urlopen(url).read()
+            start_idx = content.find('"translatedText":"')+18
+            translation = content[start_idx:]
+            end_idx = translation.find('"}, "')
+            translation = translation[:end_idx]
+            connection.privmsg(replypath, translation)
+
 #####
 # sub_join_channel
 # join a channel when told to by an admin