Pagina documentationis
Haec pagina explicat linguam quae in usu est in linguam simplex.
Comitatus
TranslateAPI simplicem REST interfacem textus inter plus quam 180 linguas traducendi praebet. Omnes puncta terminalia API responsum JSON restituunt.
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 Tabula → Index communium praefecturae Aquitaniae
- 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!"
Repraesentationes
{
"translated_text": "Hola, mundo!",
"source_language": "en",
"target_language": "es",
"translations": {
"es": "Hola, mundo!"
},
"character_count": 13,
"translation_time": 0.45
}
Authenticatio
Authentificere tes petitiones per claviculam API. claviculas API ex tuis scriptis creare potestas. tabula.
Authenticatio capitis (recomendata)
Authorization: Bearer ta_your_api_key_here
ApiKey Header
Authorization: ApiKey ta_your_api_key_here
Parametrus query
https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/?api_key=ta_your_api_key_here
Textus translatio
Textus interretialis in plurimis linguis.
POST https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/
Corpus petitionis
| Parametrus | Tipus | Requiescit | Descriptio |
|---|---|---|---|
text |
string | Si | Textus ad tradundum (max 50 000 caracteres) |
target_language |
string | Si * | Target language code (e.g., "es", "fr", "de") |
source_language |
string | No. | Source language code. Default: "auto" (auto-detect) |
engine |
string | No. | Translation engine: "auto" (default), "huggingface", or "madlad". See Translation Models. Textus interretialis. |
Utilitas target_language (string) for single language or target_languages (array) for multiple. See Pagina interretialis multilinguis.
Repraesentationes
{
"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.
Pagina interretialis multilinguis
Textum in plurimas linguas in unica petitione traduxit. Proprium punctum finem ut singularem translationem utitur.
POST https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/
Corpus petitionis
{
"text": "Hello, world!",
"target_languages": ["es", "fr", "de", "ja"],
"source_language": "en"
}
Utilitas target_languages (array) in loco target_language (String) pro multis propositis.
Repraesentationes
{
"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
}
Textus interretialis
Multis textibus simultaneo translatio async processu. Submit a batch and poll for results.
POST https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/batch/
Pacem 1.
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"
}'
Pagina interretialis (HTML 2.0)
{
"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/"
}
Gradus 2: De Eventibus Quaerere
GET https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/jobs/{job_id}/
Pagina interretialis (Italiane)
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)
Descriptio (Anglice)
{
"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 | Descriptio |
|---|---|
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). |
Multilingue
Plurima textus in plurimas linguas simultaneo tradunt:
{
"texts": ["Hello", "Goodbye"],
"target_languages": ["es", "fr"],
"source_language": "en"
}
Result_data complecta
{
"translations": [
{"es": "Hola", "fr": "Bonjour"},
{"es": "Adiós", "fr": "Au revoir"}
],
"source_language": "en",
"target_languages": ["es", "fr"],
"character_count": 24,
"processing_time": 2.45
}
Parametra petitionis
| Parametrus | Tipus | Requiescit | Descriptio |
|---|---|---|---|
texts |
array | Si | Array of strings to translate |
target_language |
string | Si * | Index communium praefecturae Inferioris Linguae |
target_languages |
array | Si * | Index communium praefecturae Finis Terrae Linguae |
source_language |
string | No. | Source language code. Default: "auto" |
* Provide either target_language vel target_languages, non ambo.
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.
Textus interretialis
Traduit omnem documentum formattationem conservando. Multis formatis archivis sustinet.
POST https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/document/
Descriptio (Anglice) Descriptio (Anglice)
| Parametrus | Tipus | Requiescit | Descriptio |
|---|---|---|---|
file |
file | Si | Documentum ad tradundum (max 10MB) |
target_language |
string | Si | Target language code (e.g., "es", "fr", "de") |
source_language |
string | No. | Source language code. Default: "auto" (auto-detect) |
Tipi archivii sustinenti
Documents
.txt- Textus simplex.docx- Documenta Word.pdf- Index communium praefecturae Scaniae (Anglice)
Data & Localization
.json- JSON files (translates string values).xml- Paginae XML.srt- Subtitle files.po/.pot- Textus interretialis
Images (OCR)
.jpg/.jpeg- JPEG imago (OCR).png- Imagines PNG (OCR).tiff/.tif- Imagines TIFF (OCR).bmp- BMP imago (OCR).webp- Pagina officialis (Italiane)
(Anglice) (Francogallice)
# 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"
Repraesentationes
{
"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}/
Verificare status documenti translationis aut retrievare URL download.
Status valorum
pending |
File uploaded, waiting to be processed |
processing |
Translatio in progresso |
completed |
Pagina interretialis, cum translatione |
failed |
Errore in translatione (verificatio error_message) |
Linguae suffragatae
Obtinuit listam omnium linguarum sustinendarum.
GET https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/languages/
Repraesentationes
{
"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/
Corpus petitionis
| Parameter | Tipus | Descriptio |
|---|---|---|
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!"
}'
Repraesentationes
{
"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).
Textus interretialis
Haec pagina de lingua Anglica explicat, quae in lingua Anglica scripta est.
| Modellum | Linguae | Optima. |
|---|---|---|
| Helsinki-NLP/opus-mt | 250 paginae interretiales | Linguae communes (EN, ES, FR, DE, IT, PT, RU, ZH, JA, etc.) |
| Google MADLAD-400 | 400 linguas habet. | Pagina interretialis linguae Graecae |
The API automatically selects the best model for your language pair. You can optionally specify a engine Parametrus:
| Motor | Descriptio |
|---|---|
"auto" |
Default. Trys HuggingFace first, falls back to MADLAD-400 |
"huggingface" |
2007 - Ioannes I, papa (natus circa annum 500). |
"madlad" |
Numerus incolarum est 400 (ab anno 2000). |
Erroris manipulatio
Interretialis protocollum HTTP est protocollum interretiale quod interretialem communicare potest.
| Codex | Descriptio |
|---|---|
| 200 | Successus |
| 202 | Accepted — Batch job queued successfully |
| 400 | Bad Request — Invalid parameters (missing text, unsupported language, etc.) |
| 401 | Non autorizatus - clavicula API non valida vel mancante |
| 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 |
Erroris responsus formatus
{
"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:
| Planum | Character/Month | Batch API | Documents | Praemium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liber | 250,000 | — | — | $0 | Inscriptiones Graecas |
| Initium | 2,500,000 | $9/ms | Subscribere | ||
| Pro | 10,000,000 | $29/ms | Subscribere | ||
| Oeconomia | 40,000,000 | $79/ms | Subscribere | ||
| Scala | 125,000,000 | $199/ms | Subscribere | ||
| Enterprise | Unlimited | $499/ms | Contact Sales |
Si tu limitem excedit, tu accepit. 402 Payment Required Postea ad usque annum 1999 praeses factionis fuit.
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.
Need More Credits?
Run out of characters mid-month? Purchase a one-time credit top-up without changing your plan. View top-up packs