Translate API • Live on Signet test network only

Translate text in one API call.

Send text and a target language code, and get fast utility translation with detected source language. Built for agents, scripts, support tools, and lightweight multilingual workflows.

3 sats / call

POST /api/translate

Source auto-detection

What It Does

ArkAPI Translate provides inexpensive utility translation for plain text. It is useful when you need quick translation in a workflow without wiring in another vendor account or exposing a separate API key to every script.

Simple request body with text and target_language
Source-language auto-detection
Fast enough for lightweight agent and CLI tasks
Priced below the AI chat endpoint for utility use

When To Use It

Use /api/translate when you want fast, inexpensive language conversion. If you need more natural phrasing or cleaner prose, /api/ai-translate is the better premium option, but it costs more.

Best for utility translation and workflow normalization
Good for short messages, tickets, notes, and prompts
Not the best choice when tone or style matters more than cost

Example Request

curl -X POST https://arkapi.dev/api/translate \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ak_your_token" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"text":"La lune eclaire la riviere et le vent chante dans les arbres.","target_language":"en"}' | jq

Example Response

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "text": "La lune eclaire la riviere et le vent chante dans les arbres.",
    "translated_text": "The moon lights the river and the wind sings in the trees.",
    "target_language": "en",
    "source_language": "auto",
    "detected_language": "fr",
    "detected_confidence": 100
  },
  "cost_sats": 3,
  "response_ms": 279,
  "endpoint": "/api/translate"
}

Good Uses

Translating user messages or tickets into a working language
Quick multilingual enrichment for agents and bots
Normalizing small text snippets before downstream analysis
Low-cost translation where literary quality is not the main goal

For broader platform usage, see the main docs and the live catalog.

Good Language Tasks

Translate to English for downstream analysis
Normalize support or chat messages into one working language
Prepare short text for indexing, sentiment, or moderation workflows

If you want a more natural or polished result instead of utility wording, compare this endpoint with AI Translate.