diff --git a/gcloud-java-translate/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/translate/Translation.java b/gcloud-java-translate/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/translate/Translation.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package com.google.cloud.translate;
+
+import com.google.api.services.translate.model.TranslationsResource;
+import com.google.common.base.Function;
+import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+/**
+ * Information about a translation. Objects of this class contain the translated text and the source
+ * language's code. Source language's code can be the one provided by the user (if any) or the one
+ * detected by the Google Translate service.
+ *
+ * <a href="https://cloud.google.com/translate/v2/translating-text-with-rest">Translating Text</a>
+ */
+public class Translation implements Serializable {
+
+  private static final long serialVersionUID = 2556017420486245581L;
+  static final Function<TranslationsResource, Translation> FROM_PB_FUNCTION =
+      new Function<TranslationsResource, Translation>() {
+        @Override
+        public Translation apply(TranslationsResource translationPb) {
+          return Translation.fromPb(translationPb);
+        }
+      };
+
+  private final String translatedText;
+  private final String sourceLanguage;
+
+  private Translation(String translatedText, String sourceLanguage) {
+    this.translatedText = translatedText;
+    this.sourceLanguage = sourceLanguage;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the translated text.
+   */
+  public String translatedText() {
+    return translatedText;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the language code of the source text. If no source language was provided this value is
+   * the source language as detected by the Google Translate service.
+   */
+  public String sourceLanguage() {
+    return sourceLanguage;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String toString() {
+    return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(this)
+        .add("translatedText", translatedText)
+        .add("sourceLanguage", sourceLanguage)
+        .toString();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public final int hashCode() {
+    return Objects.hash(translatedText, sourceLanguage);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public final boolean equals(Object obj) {
+    if (obj == this) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    if (obj == null || !obj.getClass().equals(Translation.class)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    Translation other = (Translation) obj;
+    return Objects.equals(translatedText, other.translatedText)
+        && Objects.equals(sourceLanguage, other.sourceLanguage);
+  }
+
+  static Translation fromPb(TranslationsResource translationPb) {
+    return new Translation(translationPb.getTranslatedText(),
+        translationPb.getDetectedSourceLanguage());
+  }
+}
diff --git a/gcloud-java-translate/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/translate/TranslationTest.java b/gcloud-java-translate/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/translate/TranslationTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package com.google.cloud.translate;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import com.google.api.services.translate.model.TranslationsResource;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class TranslationTest {
+
+  private static final String TRANSLATED_TEXT = "Hello world";
+  private static final String SOURCE_LANGUAGE = "en";
+  private static final TranslationsResource TRANSLATION_PB = new TranslationsResource()
+      .setTranslatedText(TRANSLATED_TEXT)
+      .setDetectedSourceLanguage(SOURCE_LANGUAGE);
+  private static final Translation TRANSLATION = Translation.fromPb(TRANSLATION_PB);
+
+  @Test
+  public void testFromPb() {
+    assertEquals(TRANSLATED_TEXT, TRANSLATION.translatedText());
+    assertEquals(SOURCE_LANGUAGE, TRANSLATION.sourceLanguage());
+    compareTranslation(TRANSLATION, Translation.fromPb(TRANSLATION_PB));
+  }
+
+  private void compareTranslation(Translation expected, Translation value) {
+    assertEquals(expected, value);
+    assertEquals(expected.translatedText(), value.translatedText());
+    assertEquals(expected.sourceLanguage(), value.sourceLanguage());
+    assertEquals(expected.hashCode(), value.hashCode());
+    assertEquals(expected.toString(), value.toString());
+  }
+}