translate

The translate function provides AI-powered language translation.

Import

from openstackai import translate

Basic Usage

# Auto-detect source language
result = translate("Hello, world!", to="es")
# "¡Hola, mundo!"

# Specify source language
result = translate("Bonjour", from_lang="fr", to="en")
# "Hello"

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
text	str	required	Text to translate
to	str	required	Target language code
from_lang	str	"auto"	Source language (auto-detect)
preserve_format	bool	True	Keep formatting

Language Codes

Code	Language
en	English
es	Spanish
fr	French
de	German
it	Italian
pt	Portuguese
zh	Chinese
ja	Japanese
ko	Korean
ar	Arabic

Examples

Basic Translation

from openstackai import translate

# English to Spanish
spanish = translate("The quick brown fox", to="es")
print(spanish)

# French to English
english = translate("Je suis un développeur", to="en")
print(english)

Batch Translation

texts = [
    "Hello",
    "How are you?",
    "Goodbye"
]

translations = [translate(t, to="de") for t in texts]

Preserve Formatting

markdown = """
# Title

- Point 1
- Point 2
"""

translated = translate(markdown, to="fr", preserve_format=True)
# Preserves markdown structure

Async Usage

import asyncio
from openstackai import translate

async def main():
    result = await translate.async_("Hello world", to="ja")
    print(result)

asyncio.run(main())

See Also

• [[ask]] - Question answering
• [[generate]] - Content generation
• [[summarize]] - Summarization