diff --git a/modules/translate.py b/modules/translate.py
index 3f31f224..36d69753 100644
--- a/modules/translate.py
+++ b/modules/translate.py
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 #--depends-on commands
+#--require-config google-api-key
 
 import json, re
 from src import ModuleManager, utils
 
-URL_TRANSLATE = "http://translate.googleapis.com/translate_a/single"
+URL_TRANSLATE = "https://translation.googleapis.com/language/translate/v2"
 URL_LANGUAGES = "https://cloud.google.com/translate/docs/languages"
 REGEX_LANGUAGES = re.compile("(\w+)?:(\w+)? ")
 
+
 class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
+
     @utils.hook("received.command.tr", alias_of="translate")
     @utils.hook("received.command.translate")
-    @utils.spec("!<phrase>lstring")
+    @utils.spec("?<from:to>lstring !<phrase>lstring")
     def translate(self, event):
         """
         :help: Translate the provided phrase or the last line in thie current
@@ -29,21 +32,19 @@ class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
                 target_language = language_match.group(2)
             phrase = phrase.split(" ", 1)[1]
 
-        page = utils.http.request(URL_TRANSLATE, get_params={
-            "client": "gtx", "dt": "t", "q": phrase,
-            "sl": source_language, "tl": target_language})
+        page = utils.http.request(URL_TRANSLATE,
+                                  method="POST",
+                                  post_data={
+                                      "q": phrase,
+                                      "format": "text",
+                                      "source": source_language,
+                                      "target": target_language,
+                                      "key": self.bot.config["google-api-key"]
+                                  }).json()
 
-        if page and not page.data.startswith(b"[null,null,"):
-            data = page.decode("utf8")
-            while ",," in data:
-                data = data.replace(",,", ",null,")
-                data = data.replace("[,", "[null,")
-            data_json = json.loads(data)
-            detected_source = data_json[2]
-            event["stdout"].write("(%s -> %s) %s" % (
-                detected_source, target_language.lower(),
-                data_json[0][0][0]))
+        if "data" in page:
+            translation = page["data"]["translations"][0]["translatedText"]
+            event["stdout"].write("(%s -> %s) %s" % (source_language, target_language, translation))
         else:
             event["stderr"].write("Failed to translate, try checking "
-                "source/target languages (" + URL_LANGUAGES + ")")
-
+                                  "source/target languages (" + URL_LANGUAGES + ")")