diff --git a/translation/samples/snippets/quickstart.py b/translation/samples/snippets/quickstart.py
index bae6f50148d8..71e0b0b3109e 100644
--- a/translation/samples/snippets/quickstart.py
+++ b/translation/samples/snippets/quickstart.py
@@ -31,14 +31,10 @@ def run_quickstart():
     # The target language
     target = 'ru'
 
-    # MT model type `base` or `nmt`
-    model = translate.BASE
-
     # Translates some text into Russian
     translation = translate_client.translate(
         text,
-        target_language=target,
-        model=model)
+        target_language=target)
 
     print(u'Text: {}'.format(text))
     print(u'Translation: {}'.format(translation['translatedText']))
diff --git a/translation/samples/snippets/snippets.py b/translation/samples/snippets/snippets.py
index dec8d172553f..46a2c3351545 100644
--- a/translation/samples/snippets/snippets.py
+++ b/translation/samples/snippets/snippets.py
@@ -63,9 +63,11 @@ def list_languages_with_target(api_key, target):
         print(u'{name} ({language})'.format(**language))
 
 
-def translate_text(api_key, target, text, model=translate.BASE):
+def translate_text_with_model(api_key, target, text, model=translate.BASE):
     """Translates text into the target language.
 
+    Make sure your project is whitelisted.
+
     Target must be an ISO 639-1 language code.
     See https://g.co/cloud/translate/v2/translate-reference#supported_languages
     """
@@ -84,6 +86,26 @@ def translate_text(api_key, target, text, model=translate.BASE):
         result['detectedSourceLanguage']))
 
 
+def translate_text(api_key, target, text):
+    """Translates text into the target language.
+
+    Target must be an ISO 639-1 language code.
+    See https://g.co/cloud/translate/v2/translate-reference#supported_languages
+    """
+    translate_client = translate.Client(api_key=api_key)
+
+    # Text can also be a sequence of strings, in which case this method
+    # will return a sequence of results for each text.
+    result = translate_client.translate(
+        text,
+        target_language=target)
+
+    print(u'Text: {}'.format(result['input']))
+    print(u'Translation: {}'.format(result['translatedText']))
+    print(u'Detected source language: {}'.format(
+        result['detectedSourceLanguage']))
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         description=__doc__,
@@ -106,7 +128,6 @@ def translate_text(api_key, target, text, model=translate.BASE):
         'translate-text', help=translate_text.__doc__)
     translate_text_parser.add_argument('target')
     translate_text_parser.add_argument('text')
-    translate_text_parser.add_argument('model')
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -117,4 +138,4 @@ def translate_text(api_key, target, text, model=translate.BASE):
     elif args.command == 'list-languages-with-target':
         list_languages_with_target(args.api_key, args.target)
     elif args.command == 'translate-text':
-        translate_text(args.api_key, args.target, args.text, args.model)
+        translate_text(args.api_key, args.target, args.text)