Amazon Translate

Translates input text from the source language to the target language. You can translate between English (en) and one of the following languages, or between one of the following languages and English.

• Arabic (ar)

• Chinese (Simplified) (zh)

• French (fr)

• German (de)

• Portuguese (pt)

• Spanish (es)

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

client.translate_text(
    Text='string',
    SourceLanguageCode='string',
    TargetLanguageCode='string'
)

type Text:

string

param Text:

[REQUIRED]

The text to translate.

type SourceLanguageCode:

string

param SourceLanguageCode:

[REQUIRED]

One of the supported language codes for the source text. If the TargetLanguageCode is not "en", the SourceLanguageCode must be "en".

type TargetLanguageCode:

string

param TargetLanguageCode:

[REQUIRED]

One of the supported language codes for the target text. If the SourceLanguageCode is not "en", the TargetLanguageCode must be "en".

rtype:

dict

returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'TranslatedText': 'string',
    'SourceLanguageCode': 'string',
    'TargetLanguageCode': 'string'
}

Response Structure

• (dict) --

  • TranslatedText (string) --

    The text translated into the target language.

  • SourceLanguageCode (string) --

    The language code for the language of the input text.

  • TargetLanguageCode (string) --

    The language code for the language of the translated text.