Uxwebhu lwe-API
Yongeza uguqulelo olunamandla kwiinkqubo zakho nge-REST API yethu elula.
Ukuqala
I-TranslateAPI ibonelela ngonxibelelwano olulula lwe-REST lokuguqulela umbhalo phakathi kweelwimi ezingaphezu kwe-180. Zonke iziphelo ze-API zibuyisela iimpendulo ze-JSON.
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 I-Dashboard → Iqhosha le-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!"
Impendulo
{
"translated_text": "Hola, mundo!",
"source_language": "en",
"target_language": "es",
"translations": {
"es": "Hola, mundo!"
},
"character_count": 13,
"translation_time": 0.45
}
Uqinisekiso
Qinisekisa izicelo zakho usebenzisa iqhosha le-API. Ungenza amaqhosha e-API ukusuka kwi- ibhodi eqhotyoshwayo.
Ububhali Bokubhaliweyo okuphezulu kwephepha (Kucetyiswa)
Authorization: Bearer ta_your_api_key_here
ApiKey Header
Authorization: ApiKey ta_your_api_key_here
Iparamitha Yombuzo
https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/?api_key=ta_your_api_key_here
Guqulela Okubhaliweyo
Uguqulelo lomsebenzi kolunye ulwimi
POST https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/
Isiqu Sesicelo
| Parameters | Udidi | Ifunekayo | Inkcazelo |
|---|---|---|---|
text |
string | Hayi | Umbhalo oza kuguqulelwa (max 50, 000 characters) |
target_language |
string | Ewe* | Target language code (e.g., "es", "fr", "de") |
source_language |
string | Akukho nanye | Source language code. Default: "auto" (auto-detect) |
engine |
string | Akukho nanye | Translation engine: "auto" (default), "huggingface", or "madlad". See Translation Models. Iimodeli zoguqulelo. |
* Sebenzisa target_language (uluhlu lwamagama) ulwimi olunye okanye target_languages (i-array) ye-multiple. Bona Uguqulelo lwe-Multi-Target.
Impendulo
{
"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.
Uguqulelo lwe-Multi-Target
Guqulela umbhalo kwiilwimi ezininzi kwisicelo esisodwa. Isebenzisa incopho yesiphelo esifanayo njengoguqulelo olulodwa.
POST https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/
Isiqu Sesicelo
{
"text": "Hello, world!",
"target_languages": ["es", "fr", "de", "ja"],
"source_language": "en"
}
Sebenzisa target_languages (umqolo) endaweni ye target_language (umtya) kwiinjongo ezininzi.
Impendulo
{
"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
}
Uguqulelo lwe batch
Uguqulelo lomsebenzi kolunye ulwimi:
POST https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/batch/
Inyathelo 1: Thumela Iqela
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"
}'
Impendulo (HTTP 202 Yamkelwe)
{
"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/"
}
Inyathelo lesi-2: Ukhetho lweeNkqubo
GET https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/jobs/{job_id}/
Umzekelo wePolling (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)
Impendulo (igqityiwe)
{
"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 | Inkcazelo |
|---|---|
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). |
Ulwimi oluninzi
Uguqulelo lomsebenzi kolunye ulwimi:
{
"texts": ["Hello", "Goodbye"],
"target_languages": ["es", "fr"],
"source_language": "en"
}
I-_data yeziphumo ezigqityiweyo
{
"translations": [
{"es": "Hola", "fr": "Bonjour"},
{"es": "Adiós", "fr": "Au revoir"}
],
"source_language": "en",
"target_languages": ["es", "fr"],
"character_count": 24,
"processing_time": 2.45
}
Iparameters Zesicelo
| Parameters | Udidi | Ifunekayo | Inkcazelo |
|---|---|---|---|
texts |
array | Hayi | Uluhlu lwamagama okuguqulela |
target_language |
string | Ewe* | Ikhowudi yoLwimi oluSebenzayo loLwimi olulodwa |
target_languages |
array | Ewe* | Udweliso lweekhowudi zolwimi lwesiphelo lweelwimi ezininzi |
source_language |
string | Akukho nanye | Source language code. Default: "auto" |
* Sebenzisa target_language okanye target_languages, hayi zombini.
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.
Uguqulelo loxwebhu
Iguqulela uxwebhu lonke ngelixa igcina ufomati. Ixhasa iifomati ezininzi zefayile.
POST https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/document/
Isicelo (inxalenye eninzi/ifomu-data)
| Parameters | Udidi | Ifunekayo | Inkcazelo |
|---|---|---|---|
file |
file | Hayi | Uxwebhu lokuguqulela (max 10MB) |
target_language |
string | Hayi | Target language code (e.g., "es", "fr", "de") |
source_language |
string | Akukho nanye | Source language code. Default: "auto" (auto-detect) |
Udidi lwefayile oluxhaswayo
Documents
.txt- Iifayili zombhalo oqhelekileyo.docx- Uxwebhu lwe-Word.pdf- Amaxwebhu e-PDF (kuquka ashicilelwe phantsi)
Data & Localization
.json- Iifayili ze-JSON (ziguqula amaxabiso omtya).xml- Iifayile ze XML.srt- Iifayili zesicatshulwa esezantsi.po/.pot- Uguqulelo lomsebenzi kolunye ulwimi
Images (OCR)
.jpg/.jpeg- Imifanekiso ye JPEG (OCR).png- Imifanekiso ye PNG (OCR).tiff/.tif- Imifanekiso ye-TIFF (OCR).bmp- Imifanekiso ye-BMP (OCR).webp- Imifanekiso ye-WebP (OCR)
Umzekelo (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"
Impendulo
{
"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}/
Khangela ubume boguqulelo loxwebhu okanye ubuyisele ulwaleko lwe URL.
Amaxabiso emeko
pending |
Ifayile ilayishelwe phezulu, ilinde ukuqhubekekiswa |
processing |
Uguqulelo luyaqhubeka |
completed |
Uguqulelo lugqityiwe, ulayisho ezantsi lufumanekayo |
failed |
Uguqulelo aluphumelelanga (khangela umyalezo we-error) |
Iilwimi ezixhaswayo
Fumana uluhlu lwazo zonke iilwimi ezixhaswayo.
GET https://api.translateapi.ai/api/v1/translate/languages/
Impendulo
{
"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/
Isiqu Sesicelo
| Parameter | Udidi | Inkcazelo |
|---|---|---|
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!"
}'
Impendulo
{
"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).
Iimodeli zoguqulelo
Sisebenzisa imodeli yoguqulelo oluvulekileyo lwe-state-of-the-art oluqhuba kwinkqubo yethu ye-GPU. Zonke iimodeli zinikezelwa ngelayisensi yorhwebo (i-Apache 2.0).
| Imodeli | Iilwimi | Elungileyo Ku |
|---|---|---|
| Helsinki-NLP/opus-mt | 50+ Iiperi zoLwimi | Iilwimi eziqhelekileyo (EN, ES, FR, DE, IT, PT, RU, ZH, JA, njl.) |
| Google MADLAD-400 | 400+ Iilwimi | Iilwimi ezingaqhelekanga, ukugubungela okupheleleyo |
I-API ikhetha ngokuzenzekelayo imodeli elungileyo yesibini sakho se-language. Ungakhankanya ngokuzenzekelayo imodeli ye- engine iparamitha:
| Injini | Inkcazelo |
|---|---|
"auto" |
Okumiselweyo. Izama i-HuggingFace kuqala, ibuyela umva kwi-MADLAD-400 |
"huggingface" |
Force HuggingFace/MarianMT (ekhawulezayo, 50+ ulwimi) |
"madlad" |
Force MADLAD-400 (400+ ulwimi) |
Uphatho Lwemposiso
I-API isebenzisa ikhowudi yesimo se-HTTP esiqhelekileyo sokubonisa ukuba uphumelele okanye awuphumelelanga.
| Ikhowudi | Inkcazelo |
|---|---|
| 200 | Impumelelo |
| 202 | Accepted — Batch job queued successfully |
| 400 | Bad Request — Invalid parameters (missing text, unsupported language, etc.) |
| 401 | Ayigunyaziswanga - Isitshixo se-API esingasebenziyo okanye esilahlekileyo |
| 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 | Inkonzo Ayifumaneki - Injini Yokuguqula kolunye ulwimi iyasezantsi |
Ifomati Yempendulo Yemposiso
{
"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:
| I-Plan | Iimpawu/Inyanga | Batch API | Documents | Ixabiso | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ekhululekileyo | 250,000 | — | — | $0 | Ubhaliso simahla |
| Isiqalisi | 2,500,000 | $9/inyanga( ii) | Buyisela okubhaliweyo | ||
| I-Pro | 10,000,000 | $29/inyanga( ii) | Buyisela okubhaliweyo | ||
| Ishishini | 40,000,000 | $79/inyanga( ii) | Buyisela okubhaliweyo | ||
| Umlinganiselo | 125,000,000 | $199/inyanga( ii) | Buyisela okubhaliweyo | ||
| Enterprise | Unlimited | $499/inyanga( ii) | Contact Sales |
xa udlula umda wakho, uya kufumana 402 Payment Required unyaka olandelayo okanye uphucule.
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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