Zolemba za API
Kuphatikiza zothandiza kutanthauzira m'mapulogalamu anu ndi REST API yathu yosavuta.
Kuyamba
The TranslateAPI amapereka yosavuta REST interface kwa kutanthauzira malemba pakati 180 + zinenero.All API endpoints kubwezera JSON mayankho.
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 → Chingwe cha 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!"
Kuyankha
{
"translated_text": "Hola, mundo!",
"source_language": "en",
"target_language": "es",
"translations": {
"es": "Hola, mundo!"
},
"character_count": 13,
"translation_time": 0.45
}
Kutsimikizira
Authenticate zosowa zanu pogwiritsa ntchito chida cha API. Mukhoza kupanga chida cha API kuchokera patsamba lanu dashboard.
Kutsimikizika kwa Header (Kuloledwa)
Authorization: Bearer ta_your_api_key_here
ApiKey Header
Authorization: ApiKey ta_your_api_key_here
Query Parameter
https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/?api_key=ta_your_api_key_here
Kutanthauzira Malemba
Kutanthauzira malemba ku mtundu wina woyenera.
POST https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/
Mtima wa funso
| Paramita | Chizindikiro: | Zofunika | Kufotokozera |
|---|---|---|---|
text |
string | Yes | Text kutanthauzira (max 50,000 characters) |
target_language |
string | Inde* | Target language code (e.g., "es", "fr", "de") |
source_language |
string | Palibe | Source language code. Default: "auto" (auto-detect) |
engine |
string | Palibe | Translation engine: "auto" (default), "huggingface", or "madlad". See Translation Models. Kutanthauzira Models. |
Kugwiritsa ntchito target_language (mzere) kwa zinenero imodzi kapena target_languages (array) kwa multiple. Onani Multi-Target Translation.
Kuyankha
{
"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
Kutanthauzira malemba kwa zilankhulo zambiri m'modzi akufuna. Amagwiritsa ntchito chimodzimodzi endpoint monga kutanthauzira imodzi.
POST https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/
Mtima wa funso
{
"text": "Hello, world!",
"target_languages": ["es", "fr", "de", "ja"],
"source_language": "en"
}
Kugwiritsa ntchito target_languages (array) m'malo target_language (mzere) kwa ziyembekezo zambiri.
Kuyankha
{
"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
}
Batch Kutanthauzira
Kutanthauzira malemba ambiri pamodzi ndi async processing. Submit a batch ndi poll kwa zotsatira.
POST https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/batch/
Gawo 1: Kutumiza Batch
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"
}'
Kuyankha (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/"
}
Gawo 2: Poll kwa Results
GET https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/jobs/{job_id}/
Polling Mfano (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)
Kuyankha (kumaliza)
{
"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 | Kufotokozera |
|---|---|
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-Chilankhulo Batch
Kutanthauzira malemba ambiri a mitundu yosiyanasiyana pamodzi:
{
"texts": ["Hello", "Goodbye"],
"target_languages": ["es", "fr"],
"source_language": "en"
}
Completed result_data
{
"translations": [
{"es": "Hola", "fr": "Bonjour"},
{"es": "Adiós", "fr": "Au revoir"}
],
"source_language": "en",
"target_languages": ["es", "fr"],
"character_count": 24,
"processing_time": 2.45
}
Ma parameters a funso
| Paramita | Chizindikiro: | Zofunika | Kufotokozera |
|---|---|---|---|
texts |
array | Yes | Array of strings to translate |
target_language |
string | Inde* | Target chilankhulo code kwa chilankhulo chimodzi |
target_languages |
array | Inde* | Array of target language codes for multiple languages |
source_language |
string | Palibe | Source language code. Default: "auto" |
* Pezani wina target_language kapena target_languages, si onse awiri.
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.
Kutanthauzira kwa Document
Kutanthauzira onse mabuku pamene kuteteza formatting. Supports multiple file formats.
POST https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/document/
Kupempha (multipart / form-data)
| Paramita | Chizindikiro: | Zofunika | Kufotokozera |
|---|---|---|---|
file |
file | Yes | Fayilo yomasulira (max 10MB) |
target_language |
string | Yes | Target language code (e.g., "es", "fr", "de") |
source_language |
string | Palibe | Source language code. Default: "auto" (auto-detect) |
Supported File Types
Documents
.txt- Fayilo ya malemba oyera.docx- Makalata a Word.pdf- PDF mafayilo (kuphatikizapo scanned)
Data & Localization
.json- JSON mafayilo (amatanthauzira matanthauzo a string).xml- Fayilo ya XML.srt- Fayilo ya ma subtitle.po/.pot- Gettext kutanthauzira mafayilo
Images (OCR)
.jpg/.jpeg- JPEG zithunzi (OCR).png- PNG zithunzi (OCR).tiff/.tif- TIFF zithunzi (OCR).bmp- BMP zithunzi (OCR).webp- WebP zithunzi (OCR)
Mfano (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"
Kuyankha
{
"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}/
Onani mfundo za kutanthauzira kwa deta kapena bwererani ku download URL.
Makhalidwe a khalidwe
pending |
Fayilo yatulutsidwa, ikuyembekezera kuchitidwa |
processing |
Translation in progress |
completed |
Kutanthauzira komaliza, kutsitsa kulipo |
failed |
Kutanthauzira kulephera (onani error_message) |
Zilankhulo Zothandizidwa
Get the list of all supported languages.
GET https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/languages/
Kuyankha
{
"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/
Mtima wa funso
| Parameter | Chizindikiro: | Kufotokozera |
|---|---|---|
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!"
}'
Kuyankha
{
"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).
Kutanthauzira Models
Timagwiritsa ntchito state-of-the-art open source translation models kuyendetsa pa GPU yathu yayikulu.Zosefera zonse ndi zovomerezeka (Apache 2.0).
| Model | Zilankhulo | Best kwa |
|---|---|---|
| Helsinki-NLP/opus-mt | 50+ zilankhulo zogwirizana | Zilankhulo zofala (EN, ES, FR, DE, IT, PT, RU, ZH, JA, etc.) |
| Google MADLAD-400 | 400 + zilankhulo | Zilankhulo zosadziwika, zokhudzana mozama |
The API mwamsanga amasankha yabwino model for your language pair. You may optionally specify an engine paramita:
| Makina | Kufotokozera |
|---|---|
"auto" |
Default. Amayesetsa HuggingFace koyamba, amabwerera ku MADLAD-400 |
"huggingface" |
Kuletsa HuggingFace / MarianMT (mosavuta, 50 + zinenero) |
"madlad" |
Force MADLAD-400 (400 + zinenero) |
Kuyang'anira zolakwika
API amagwiritsa ntchito standard HTTP status codes kusonyeza kupambana kapena kulephera.
| Kodi | Kufotokozera |
|---|---|
| 200 | Kupambana |
| 202 | Accepted — Batch job queued successfully |
| 400 | Bad Request — Invalid parameters (missing text, unsupported language, etc.) |
| 401 | Osaloledwa - Chofunikira cha API chosavomerezeka kapena chosapezeka |
| 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 - Kusintha injini nthawizonse pansi |
Fayilo ya yankho la vuto
{
"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:
| Phunziro | Chizindikiro/mwezi | Batch API | Documents | Mtengo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| _Yaulere | 250,000 | — | — | $0 | Kulembetsa kwaulere |
| Woyamba | 2,500,000 | $9/mphindi | Kulembetsa | ||
| Pro | 10,000,000 | $29/mphindi | Kulembetsa | ||
| Zamalonda | 40,000,000 | $79/mphindi | Kulembetsa | ||
| Kukula | 125,000,000 | $199/mphindi | Kulembetsa | ||
| Enterprise | Unlimited | $499/mphindi | Contact Sales |
Pamene inu kupitilira malire anu, mudzalandira a 402 Payment Required yankho mpaka mwezi ukubwerawu kapena inu kuwonjezera.
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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