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        "content": "### 5. Do you need more details?\nFind a step-by-step guide in this tutorial\n![Guide](https://www.samirsaci.com/content/images/2025/04/Flash-Cards.png)\n[🎥 Watch My Tutorial](https://youtu.be/2mRZJATUTDw)"
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        "content": "## 1. Google Sheet Trigger & Translation using API\nTrigger the workflow when the user adds a word in English in a new row of the column initialText.\n\n### How to set up?\n- **Trigger on Row Added of Google Sheet**:\n   1. Add your Google Sheet API credentials to access the Google Sheet file\n   2. Select the file using the list, an URL or an ID\n   3. Select the sheet in which the vocabulary list is stored\n  [Learn more about the Google Sheet on Row Added Trigger](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/trigger-nodes/n8n-nodes-base.googlesheetstrigger/)\n- **Google Translate API**:\n   1. Add your Google Translate API credentials\n   2. Select the target language *(Exemple: ZH-CN for Mainland China Mandarin)*\n  [Learn more about the Google Translate API Node](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/trigger-nodes/n8n-nodes-base.googlesheetstrigger/)\n\n"
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