diff --git a/gcloud-java-translate/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/translate/Detection.java b/gcloud-java-translate/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/translate/Detection.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.DetectionsResourceItems;
+import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+/**
+ * Information about a language detection. Objects of this class contain the detected language and
+ * possibly a confidence level.
+ *
+ * <a href="https://cloud.google.com/translate/v2/detecting-language-with-rest">Detecting Language
+ *     </a>
+ */
+public class Detection implements Serializable {
+
+  private static final long serialVersionUID = 5767106557994900916L;
+
+  private final String language;
+  private final Float confidence;
+
+  private Detection(String language, Float confidence) {
+    this.language = language;
+    this.confidence = confidence;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the code of the detected language.
+   *
+   * @see <a href="https://cloud.google.com/translate/v2/translate-reference#supported_languages">
+   *     Supported Languages</a>
+   */
+  public String language() {
+    return language;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns an optional confidence value in the interval [0,1]. The closer this value is to 1, the
+   * higher the confidence level for the language detection. Note that this value is not always
+   * available.
+   */
+  public float confidence() {
+    return confidence;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String toString() {
+    return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(this)
+        .add("language", language)
+        .add("confidence", confidence)
+        .toString();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public final int hashCode() {
+    return Objects.hash(language, confidence);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public final boolean equals(Object obj) {
+    if (obj == this) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    if (obj == null || !obj.getClass().equals(Detection.class)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    Detection other = (Detection) obj;
+    return Objects.equals(language, other.language)
+        && Objects.equals(confidence, other.confidence);
+  }
+
+  static Detection fromPb(DetectionsResourceItems detectionPb) {
+    return new Detection(detectionPb.getLanguage(), detectionPb.getConfidence());
+  }
+}
diff --git a/gcloud-java-translate/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/translate/DetectionTest.java b/gcloud-java-translate/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/translate/DetectionTest.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.DetectionsResourceItems;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class DetectionTest {
+
+  private static final String LANGUAGE = "en";
+  private static final float CONFIDENCE = 0.42F;
+  private static final DetectionsResourceItems DETECTION_PB =
+      new DetectionsResourceItems().setLanguage(LANGUAGE).setConfidence(CONFIDENCE);
+  private static final Detection DETECTION = Detection.fromPb(DETECTION_PB);
+
+  @Test
+  public void testFromPb() {
+    assertEquals(LANGUAGE, DETECTION.language());
+    assertEquals(CONFIDENCE, DETECTION.confidence(), 0);
+    compareDetection(DETECTION, Detection.fromPb(DETECTION_PB));
+  }
+
+  private void compareDetection(Detection expected, Detection value) {
+    assertEquals(expected, value);
+    assertEquals(expected.language(), value.language());
+    assertEquals(expected.confidence(), value.confidence(), 0);
+    assertEquals(expected.hashCode(), value.hashCode());
+    assertEquals(expected.toString(), value.toString());
+  }
+}