diff --git a/handler.go b/handler.go
index e1db5d5..935271a 100644
--- a/handler.go
+++ b/handler.go
@@ -2,14 +2,21 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"irc"
-	//"fmt"
+	"fmt"
 	"strings"
+	"http"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"json"
+	"container/vector"
+	"html"
 )
 
 var commands = map [string]func(*irc.Conn, string, string, string) {
-	"kill": kill,
+	"tr": translate,
 }
 
+const googleAPIKey = "ABQIAAAA6-N_jl4ETgtMf2M52JJ_WRQjQjNunkAJHIhTdFoxe8Di7fkkYhRRcys7ZxNbH3MIy_MKKcEO4-9_Ag"
+
 func handlePrivmsg(conn *irc.Conn, line *irc.Line) {
 	target := line.Args[0]
 	if target[0] == '#' || target[0] == '&' {
@@ -22,7 +29,7 @@ func handlePrivmsg(conn *irc.Conn, line *irc.Line) {
 }
 
 func command(conn *irc.Conn, nick, text, target string) {
-	if text[:len(trigger)] != trigger {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(text, trigger) {
 		return
 	}
 	split := strings.Split(text, " ", 2)
@@ -39,6 +46,73 @@ func command(conn *irc.Conn, nick, text, target string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func kill(conn *irc.Conn, nick, args, target string) {
-	conn.Action(target, "dies.")
+func say(conn *irc.Conn, target, message string, a ...interface{}) {
+	conn.Privmsg(target, fmt.Sprintf(message, a...))
+}
+
+func translate(conn *irc.Conn, nick, args, target string) {
+	var langPairs vector.StringVector
+	for {
+		split := strings.Split(args, " ", 2)
+		if len(split) == 2 && len(split[0]) == 5 && split[0][2] == '|' {
+			langPairs.Push("&langpair=" + split[0])
+			args = split[1]
+		} else {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	var url string
+	if langPairs.Len() > 0 {
+		// translate
+		langPairsSlice := []string(langPairs)
+		url = fmt.Sprintf("http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/language/translate?v=1.0&q=%s%s&key=%s",
+		                   http.URLEscape(args), strings.Join(langPairsSlice, ""), googleAPIKey)
+	} else {
+		// language detect
+		url = fmt.Sprintf("http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/language/detect?v=1.0&q=%s&key=%s",
+		                   http.URLEscape(args), googleAPIKey)
+	}
+
+	response, _, err := http.Get(url)
+	defer response.Body.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		say(conn, target, "%s: Error while requesting translation", nick); return
+	}
+	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		say(conn, target, "%s: Error while downloading translation", nick); return
+	}
+
+	var result map[string]interface{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal(b, &result)
+	if err != nil {
+		say(conn, target, "%s: Error while decoding translation", nick); return
+	}
+	if result["responseStatus"] != float64(200) {
+		say(conn, target, "%s: %s", nick, result["responseDetails"]); return
+	}
+
+	if langPairs.Len() > 0 {
+		// translate
+		sayTr(conn, target, result["responseData"])
+	} else {
+		// language detect
+		var data map[string]interface{} = result["responseData"].(map[string]interface{})
+		say(conn, target, "Language: %s, confidence: %f, is reliable: %t", data["language"], data["confidence"], data["isReliable"])
+	}
+}
+
+func sayTr(conn *irc.Conn, target string, data interface{}) {
+	switch t := data.(type) {
+	case []interface{}:
+		var dataList []interface{} = data.([]interface{})
+		for _, d := range dataList {
+			var innerData map[string]interface{} = d.(map[string]interface{})
+			sayTr(conn, target, innerData["responseData"])
+		}
+	case map[string]interface{}:
+		trText := data.(map[string]interface{})["translatedText"].(string)
+		say(conn, target, html.UnescapeString(trText))
+	}
 }