Resolving a network connection issue

I have a translation system script in PHP utilizing an API located in the internet. But every time i try translating a string i get the following error:Warning: file_get_contents([login to view URL]) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond. I need a professional web programmer to resolve this issue.