Ka palapala API
Hoʻohui i ka hoʻololi ikaika i kāu mau noi me kā mākou REST API maʻalahi.
E hoʻomaka ana
ʻO ka TranslateAPI e hāʻawi ana i kahi interface REST maʻalahi no ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā huaʻōlelo ma waena o nā ʻōlelo 180+.
1. Get Your API Key
Create a free account and generate your API key from the dashboard:
- Sign up at translateapi.ai/signup
- Go to Dashboard → Nā kī API
- Click "Create API Key" and copy your key
API keys start with ta_ followed by 56 hex characters.
https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/2. Make Your First Request
Replace YOUR_API_KEY with the key from your dashboard:
curl -X POST https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/ \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"text": "Hello, world!",
"target_language": "es"
}'
import requests
response = requests.post(
"https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/",
headers={
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
},
json={
"text": "Hello, world!",
"target_language": "es"
}
)
result = response.json()
print(result["translated_text"]) # "Hola, mundo!"
const response = await fetch("https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
},
body: JSON.stringify({
text: "Hello, world!",
target_language: "es"
})
});
const result = await response.json();
console.log(result.translated_text); // "Hola, mundo!"
$ch = curl_init("https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/");
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_POST => true,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
"text" => "Hello, world!",
"target_language" => "es"
])
]);
$result = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
echo $result["translated_text"]; // "Hola, mundo!"
payload := strings.NewReader(`{
"text": "Hello, world!",
"target_language": "es"
}`)
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/", payload)
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
var result map[string]interface{}
json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&result)
fmt.Println(result["translated_text"]) // "Hola, mundo!"
var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY");
var content = new StringContent(
JsonSerializer.Serialize(new {
text = "Hello, world!",
target_language = "es"
}),
Encoding.UTF8,
"application/json"
);
var response = await client.PostAsync("https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/", content);
var result = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<JsonElement>(
await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync()
);
Console.WriteLine(result.GetProperty("translated_text")); // "Hola, mundo!"
Ka pane
{
"translated_text": "Hola, mundo!",
"source_language": "en",
"target_language": "es",
"translations": {
"es": "Hola, mundo!"
},
"character_count": 13,
"translation_time": 0.45
}
Ka hoʻomanaʻo
E hōʻoia i kāu noi e hoʻohana ana i kahi kī API. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i nā kī API mai kāu Dashboard.
Hōʻoiaʻiʻo Hōʻailona (Hoʻohanohano)
Authorization: Bearer ta_your_api_key_here
ApiKey Header
Authorization: ApiKey ta_your_api_key_here
Parameter Query
https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/?api_key=ta_your_api_key_here
Hoʻololi i ka hua'ōlelo
Hoʻololi i ka hua'ōlelo i loko o kahi'ōlelo kikokikona.
POST https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/
Ke kino o ka noi
| Parameter | ʻAno | Pono | Ka wehewehe ʻana |
|---|---|---|---|
text |
string | ʻAe | Ka hua'ōlelo e hoʻohuli (max 50,000 characters) |
target_language |
string | ʻAe* | Target language code (e.g., "es", "fr", "de") |
source_language |
string | ʻAʻole | Source language code. Default: "auto" (auto-detect) |
engine |
string | ʻAʻole | Translation engine: "auto" (default), "huggingface", or "madlad". See Translation Models. Pākuʻi. |
Hoʻohana target_language (string) no ka'ōlelo wale nō a iʻole target_languages (array) no ka nui. E nānā Multi-Target Translation.
Ka pane
{
"translated_text": "Hola, mundo!",
"source_language": "en",
"target_language": "es",
"translations": {
"es": "Hola, mundo!"
},
"character_count": 13,
"translation_time": 0.45
}
source_language or set it to "auto" to automatically detect the source language. The detected language is returned in the source_language response field.
Multi-Target Translation
Hoʻohuli i ka hua'ōlelo i nā'ōlelo he nui i loko o kahi noi hoʻokahi. Hoʻohana i ka hopena like e like me ka hoʻohuli hoʻokahi.
POST https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/
Ke kino o ka noi
{
"text": "Hello, world!",
"target_languages": ["es", "fr", "de", "ja"],
"source_language": "en"
}
Hoʻohana target_languages (array) e like me target_language (string) no nā pahuhopu he nui.
Ka pane
{
"source_language": "en",
"translations": {
"es": "Hola, mundo!",
"fr": "Bonjour, monde!",
"de": "Hallo, Welt!",
"ja": "こんにちは、世界!"
},
"character_count": 52,
"translation_time": 2.31
}
Hoʻololi
Hoʻohuli i nā hua'ōlelo he nui i kahi manawa me ka hoʻoili async. E hoʻouna i kahi pūʻulu a me ka hoʻokolohua no nā hopena.
POST https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/batch/
KaʻAnuʻu 1: E hoʻouna i ka pūʻulu
curl -X POST https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/batch/ \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"texts": ["Hello", "Goodbye", "Thank you"],
"target_language": "es",
"source_language": "en"
}'
Hoʻohou (HTTP 202 Accepted)
{
"job_id": "67535b2b-c9e3-4f82-9499-e237edbc1dd8",
"status": "pending",
"total_texts": 3,
"queue_position": 1,
"source_language": "en",
"target_languages": ["es"],
"character_count": 22,
"credits_remaining": -1,
"poll_url": "https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/jobs/67535b2b-c9e3-4f82-9499-e237edbc1dd8/"
}
KaʻAnuʻu 2: Poll no nā hopena
GET https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/jobs/{job_id}/
Polling Example (Python)
import time, requests
job_id = response.json()["job_id"]
total = response.json()["total_texts"]
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"}
print(f"Batch submitted: {total} texts (job {job_id})")
while True:
result = requests.get(f"https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/jobs/{job_id}/", headers=headers).json()
status = result["status"]
processed = result.get("processed_texts", 0)
progress = result.get("progress_percentage", 0)
if status == "completed":
print(f"Done: {processed}/{total} in {result.get('processing_time', 0):.1f}s")
translations = result["result_data"]["translations"]
break
elif status == "failed":
raise Exception(result.get("error_message", "Translation failed"))
elif status == "pending":
print(f"Queued (position {result.get('queue_position', '?')})")
else:
print(f"[{status}] {processed}/{total} ({progress:.0f}%)")
time.sleep(3)
Hoʻohuli (hoʻopau)
{
"job_id": "67535b2b-...",
"status": "completed",
"processed_texts": 3,
"total_texts": 3,
"progress_percentage": 100.0,
"processing_time": 10.65,
"result_data": {
"translations": ["Hola", "Adiós", "Gracias"],
"source_language": "en",
"target_language": "es",
"character_count": 22,
"processing_time": 10.65
}
}
Real-Time Progress Tracking
| Field | Ka wehewehe ʻana |
|---|---|
status |
pending (queued, waiting for a GPU worker), processing (actively translating), completed, failed |
processed_texts |
Number of individual translations completed so far. Updates in real time as each text is translated. |
progress_percentage |
Completion percentage (0-100). Calculated from processed_texts / total_texts. |
queue_position |
Your position in the queue when status is "pending" (1 = next up). Null when processing or completed. Use this to estimate wait time and show queue status to your users. |
processing_time |
Total processing time in seconds (available when completed). |
Multi-Language Batch
Hoʻololi i nā hua'ōlelo he nui i nā ʻōlelo he nui i ka manawa like:
{
"texts": ["Hello", "Goodbye"],
"target_languages": ["es", "fr"],
"source_language": "en"
}
Hoʻopau i ka data_result
{
"translations": [
{"es": "Hola", "fr": "Bonjour"},
{"es": "Adiós", "fr": "Au revoir"}
],
"source_language": "en",
"target_languages": ["es", "fr"],
"character_count": 24,
"processing_time": 2.45
}
Nā hua'ōlelo noi
| Parameter | ʻAno | Pono | Ka wehewehe ʻana |
|---|---|---|---|
texts |
array | ʻAe | Hoʻololi i nā hualoaʻa |
target_language |
string | ʻAe* | Koho i kahi kānāwai'ōlelo no ka'ōlelo hoʻokahi |
target_languages |
array | ʻAe* | Hoʻonohonoho o nā kānāwai'ōlelo'ōlelo no nā'ōlelo he nui |
source_language |
string | ʻAʻole | Source language code. Default: "auto" |
* E hāʻawi paha target_language aiʻole target_languages, ʻaʻole nāʻelua.
Best Practices for Large Workloads
- Send 1 target language per batch request. This keeps each batch fast and makes progress easy to track.
- Keep batches at 50-100 texts. Smaller batches complete faster and give you more frequent progress updates.
- Submit as many batch jobs as you need — our GPU cluster auto-scales to handle demand. Jobs are processed in parallel across multiple instances.
- On timeout, re-poll the same job_id instead of submitting a new batch. The original job may still be processing on the GPU.
- Poll every 3-5 seconds. More frequent polling does not speed up processing.
Hoʻololi i ka palapala
Hoʻololi i nā palapala a pau me ka mālama ʻana i ka hoʻohālike. E kākoʻo i nā ʻano faila he nui.
POST https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/document/
Ka noi (multipart/form-data)
| Parameter | ʻAno | Pono | Ka wehewehe ʻana |
|---|---|---|---|
file |
file | ʻAe | Ka palapala e hoʻololi (max 10MB) |
target_language |
string | ʻAe | Target language code (e.g., "es", "fr", "de") |
source_language |
string | ʻAʻole | Source language code. Default: "auto" (auto-detect) |
Nā ʻano faila i kākoʻo ʻia
Documents
.txt- Nā faila hua'ōlelo maʻamau.docx- Nā hōʻike Word.pdf- Nā palapala PDF (e like me ka scanned)
Data & Localization
.json- Nā faila JSON (hoʻololi i nā kumukūʻai hualoaʻa).xml- Nā faila XML.srt- Nā faila hua'ōlelo.po/.pot- Gettext nā faila hoʻololi
Images (OCR)
.jpg/.jpeg- Nā kiʻi JPEG (OCR).png- Nā kiʻi PNG (OCR).tiff/.tif- Nā kiʻi TIFF (OCR).bmp- Nā kiʻi BMP (OCR).webp- Nā kiʻi WebP (OCR)
Hōʻike (cURL)
# Translate a Word document
curl -X POST https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/document/ \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-F "file=@document.docx" \
-F "target_language=es" \
-F "source_language=en"
# Translate text from an image (OCR)
curl -X POST https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/document/ \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-F "file=@scanned_page.jpg" \
-F "target_language=es" \
-F "source_language=en"
Ka pane
{
"id": 123,
"original_filename": "document.docx",
"file_type": "docx",
"source_language": "en",
"target_language": "es",
"status": "completed",
"character_count": 5420,
"translated_file_url": "/media/translated/document_es.docx",
"created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
"completed_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:05Z"
}
GET https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/document/{id}/
E nānā i ke kūlana o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka palapala a i ʻole e kiʻi i ka URL hoʻoiho.
Nā Waihoʻoluʻu
pending |
Hoʻouka ʻia ka faile, e noho ana e hoʻouna ʻia |
processing |
Hoʻololi i ka hua'ōlelo |
completed |
Hoʻokō ʻia ka unuhi, loaʻa ka hoʻoiho |
failed |
Haʻalele ka unuhi (hoʻāʻo error_message) |
Nā'ōlelo i kākoʻoʻia
E kiʻi i ka papa inoa o nā'ōlelo a pau i kākoʻoʻia.
GET https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/languages/
Ka pane
{
"count": 186,
"results": [
{"iso": "en", "name": "English", "en_label": "English"},
{"iso": "es", "name": "Español", "en_label": "Spanish"},
{"iso": "fr", "name": "Français", "en_label": "French"},
...
]
}
Submit Corrections
Suggest a better translation for a given source text. Corrections enter a moderation queue; once approved by our team they surface as "Community Verified" translations for that text.
https://translateapi.ai/api/v1/ (not the api. translation host), and requires an API key.POST https://translateapi.ai/api/v1/suggestions/
Ke kino o ka noi
| Parameter | ʻAno | Ka wehewehe ʻana |
|---|---|---|
source_text |
string | The original text that was translated. |
source_language |
string | Source language code (e.g. "en"). |
target_language |
string | Target language code (e.g. "es"). |
machine_translation |
string | The machine translation you are correcting. |
suggested_translation |
string | Your improved translation (must differ from machine_translation). |
Example Request
curl -X POST https://translateapi.ai/api/v1/suggestions/ \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"source_text": "Hello, world!",
"source_language": "en",
"target_language": "es",
"machine_translation": "Hola, mundo!",
"suggested_translation": "¡Hola, mundo!"
}'
Ka pane
{
"id": 4213,
"status": "pending",
"created": true,
"message": "Correction submitted for review."
}
Re-submitting the same source/language pair updates your existing suggestion instead of creating a duplicate (returns 200 with "created": false).
Pākuʻi
Hoʻohana mākou i nā ʻano hoʻololi ʻike ʻia e hoʻokō ana i kā mākou pono hana GPU ponoʻī. ʻO nā ʻano āpau he laikini kūʻai aku (Apache 2.0).
| Moʻo | ʻO nā ʻōlelo | maikaʻi loa no |
|---|---|---|
| Helsinki-NLP/opus-mt | 50+ mau'ōlelo | Nā ʻōlelo maʻamau (EN, ES, FR, DE, IT, PT, RU, ZH, JA, a pēlā aku.) |
| Google MADLAD-400 | 400+ nā ʻōlelo | ʻO nā ʻōlelo haʻahaʻa, ka hoʻopaʻa piha |
ʻO ka API e koho i ka hōʻailona maikaʻi loa no kāu hui ʻōlelo. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻonohonoho i kahi engine Parameter:
| Ka mea hana | Ka wehewehe ʻana |
|---|---|
"auto" |
Paʻa. E hoʻāʻo i HuggingFace mua, e hoʻi i MADLAD-400 |
"huggingface" |
Force HuggingFace/MarianMT (ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki, 50+ mau'ōlelo) |
"madlad" |
Force MADLAD-400 (400+ nā ʻōlelo) |
Hoʻoponopono hewa
Hoʻohana ka API i nā kānāwai kūlana HTTP maʻamau e hōʻike i ka lanakila a i ʻole ka nalowale.
| Kōkua | Ka wehewehe ʻana |
|---|---|
| 200 | Hoʻomaikaʻi |
| 202 | Accepted — Batch job queued successfully |
| 400 | Bad Request — Invalid parameters (missing text, unsupported language, etc.) |
| 401 | ʻAʻole i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia - ʻAʻole maikaʻi a i ʻole he kī API ʻole |
| 402 | Payment Required — Character credits exhausted. Upgrade your plan or purchase a top-up. |
| 403 | Forbidden — API key lacks required scope or IP not in whitelist |
| 503 | Service Unavailable - Translation engine temporarily down |
Ka hoʻohālike pane hewa
{
"error": "insufficient_credits",
"credits_remaining": 0
}
Usage Limits
TranslateAPI has no request rate limits. All requests are queued and processed by our auto-scaling GPU cluster. Your plan determines your monthly character allowance:
| Hoʻolālā | Hōʻailona/ mahina | Batch API | Documents | Kūlana | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoʻolaha | 250,000 | — | — | $0 | E hoʻopaʻa inoa |
| Hoʻomaka | 2,500,000 | $9/no | Hoʻopaʻa inoa | ||
| Pro | 10,000,000 | $29/no | Hoʻopaʻa inoa | ||
| ʻOihana | 40,000,000 | $79/no | Hoʻopaʻa inoa | ||
| Scale | 125,000,000 | $199/no | Hoʻopaʻa inoa | ||
| Enterprise | Unlimited | $499/no | Contact Sales |
Inā ʻoe e ʻoi aku i kāu palena, e loaʻa iā ʻoe 402 Payment Required ka pane a hiki i ka mahina e hiki mai ana a i ʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi ʻoe.
Auto-Scaling Cloud Infrastructure
TranslateAPI runs on dedicated NVIDIA A100 GPU instances with automatic horizontal scaling. When demand increases, additional GPU instances are launched within minutes to maintain fast response times. All requests are queued and processed — send hundreds of concurrent requests and they'll all be handled. Real-time translations get priority, batch jobs process in the background.
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