public class LanguageTranslator
extends com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.service.BaseService
IBM Watson™ Language Translator translates text from one language to another. The service offers multiple IBM-provided translation models that you can customize based on your unique terminology and language. Use Language Translator to take news from across the globe and present it in your language, communicate with your customers in their own language, and more.
API Version: 3.0.0 See: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/language-translator
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static String |
DEFAULT_SERVICE_NAME
Default service name used when configuring the `LanguageTranslator` client.
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static String |
DEFAULT_SERVICE_URL
Default service endpoint URL.
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LanguageTranslator(String version)
Constructs an instance of the `LanguageTranslator` client.
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LanguageTranslator(String version,
com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.security.Authenticator authenticator)
Constructs an instance of the `LanguageTranslator` client.
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LanguageTranslator(String version,
String serviceName)
Constructs an instance of the `LanguageTranslator` client.
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LanguageTranslator(String version,
String serviceName,
com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.security.Authenticator authenticator)
Constructs an instance of the `LanguageTranslator` client.
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com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<TranslationModel> |
createModel(CreateModelOptions createModelOptions)
Create model.
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com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<Void> |
deleteDocument(DeleteDocumentOptions deleteDocumentOptions)
Delete document.
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com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<DeleteModelResult> |
deleteModel(DeleteModelOptions deleteModelOptions)
Delete model.
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com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<DocumentStatus> |
getDocumentStatus(GetDocumentStatusOptions getDocumentStatusOptions)
Get document status.
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com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<TranslationModel> |
getModel(GetModelOptions getModelOptions)
Get model details.
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com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<InputStream> |
getTranslatedDocument(GetTranslatedDocumentOptions getTranslatedDocumentOptions)
Get translated document.
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String |
getVersion()
Gets the version.
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com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<IdentifiedLanguages> |
identify(IdentifyOptions identifyOptions)
Identify language.
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com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<DocumentList> |
listDocuments()
List documents.
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com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<DocumentList> |
listDocuments(ListDocumentsOptions listDocumentsOptions)
List documents.
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com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<IdentifiableLanguages> |
listIdentifiableLanguages()
List identifiable languages.
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com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<IdentifiableLanguages> |
listIdentifiableLanguages(ListIdentifiableLanguagesOptions listIdentifiableLanguagesOptions)
List identifiable languages.
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com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<Languages> |
listLanguages()
List supported languages.
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com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<Languages> |
listLanguages(ListLanguagesOptions listLanguagesOptions)
List supported languages.
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com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<TranslationModels> |
listModels()
List models.
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com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<TranslationModels> |
listModels(ListModelsOptions listModelsOptions)
List models.
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void |
setVersion(String version)
Sets the version.
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com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<TranslationResult> |
translate(TranslateOptions translateOptions)
Translate.
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com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<DocumentStatus> |
translateDocument(TranslateDocumentOptions translateDocumentOptions)
Translate document.
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configureClient, configureService, constructServiceUrl, constructServiceURL, disableRetries, enableGzipCompression, enableRetries, getAuthenticator, getClient, getDefaultHeaders, getEndPoint, getName, getServiceUrl, isJsonMimeType, isJsonPatchMimeType, setClient, setDefaultHeaders, setEndPoint, setServiceUrl, toStringpublic static final String DEFAULT_SERVICE_NAME
public static final String DEFAULT_SERVICE_URL
public LanguageTranslator(String version)
version - Release date of the version of the API you want to use. Specify dates in
YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is `2018-05-01`.public LanguageTranslator(String version, com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.security.Authenticator authenticator)
version - Release date of the version of the API you want to use. Specify dates in
YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is `2018-05-01`.authenticator - the Authenticator instance to be configured for this clientpublic LanguageTranslator(String version, String serviceName)
version - Release date of the version of the API you want to use. Specify dates in
YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is `2018-05-01`.serviceName - the service name to be used when configuring the client instancepublic LanguageTranslator(String version, String serviceName, com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.security.Authenticator authenticator)
version - Release date of the version of the API you want to use. Specify dates in
YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is `2018-05-01`.serviceName - the service name to be used when configuring the client instanceauthenticator - the Authenticator instance to be configured for this clientpublic String getVersion()
Release date of the version of the API you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is `2018-05-01`.
public void setVersion(String version)
version - the new versionpublic com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<Languages> listLanguages(ListLanguagesOptions listLanguagesOptions)
Lists all supported languages for translation. The method returns an array of supported languages with information about each language. Languages are listed in alphabetical order by language code (for example, `af`, `ar`). In addition to basic information about each language, the response indicates whether the language is `supported_as_source` for translation and `supported_as_target` for translation. It also lists whether the language is `identifiable`.
listLanguagesOptions - the ListLanguagesOptions containing the options for the
callServiceCall with a result of type Languagespublic com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<Languages> listLanguages()
Lists all supported languages for translation. The method returns an array of supported languages with information about each language. Languages are listed in alphabetical order by language code (for example, `af`, `ar`). In addition to basic information about each language, the response indicates whether the language is `supported_as_source` for translation and `supported_as_target` for translation. It also lists whether the language is `identifiable`.
ServiceCall with a result of type Languagespublic com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<TranslationResult> translate(TranslateOptions translateOptions)
Translates the input text from the source language to the target language. Specify a model ID that indicates the source and target languages, or specify the source and target languages individually. You can omit the source language to have the service attempt to detect the language from the input text. If you omit the source language, the request must contain sufficient input text for the service to identify the source language.
You can translate a maximum of 50 KB (51,200 bytes) of text with a single request. All input text must be encoded in UTF-8 format.
translateOptions - the TranslateOptions containing the options for the callServiceCall with a result of type TranslationResultpublic com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<IdentifiableLanguages> listIdentifiableLanguages(ListIdentifiableLanguagesOptions listIdentifiableLanguagesOptions)
Lists the languages that the service can identify. Returns the language code (for example, `en` for English or `es` for Spanish) and name of each language.
listIdentifiableLanguagesOptions - the ListIdentifiableLanguagesOptions containing
the options for the callServiceCall with a result of type IdentifiableLanguagespublic com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<IdentifiableLanguages> listIdentifiableLanguages()
Lists the languages that the service can identify. Returns the language code (for example, `en` for English or `es` for Spanish) and name of each language.
ServiceCall with a result of type IdentifiableLanguagespublic com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<IdentifiedLanguages> identify(IdentifyOptions identifyOptions)
Identifies the language of the input text.
identifyOptions - the IdentifyOptions containing the options for the callServiceCall with a result of type IdentifiedLanguagespublic com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<TranslationModels> listModels(ListModelsOptions listModelsOptions)
Lists available translation models.
listModelsOptions - the ListModelsOptions containing the options for the callServiceCall with a result of type TranslationModelspublic com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<TranslationModels> listModels()
Lists available translation models.
ServiceCall with a result of type TranslationModelspublic com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<TranslationModel> createModel(CreateModelOptions createModelOptions)
Uploads training files to customize a translation model. You can customize a model with a forced glossary or with a parallel corpus: * Use a *forced glossary* to force certain terms and phrases to be translated in a specific way. You can upload only a single forced glossary file for a model. The size of a forced glossary file for a custom model is limited to 10 MB. * Use a *parallel corpus* when you want your custom model to learn from general translation patterns in parallel sentences in your samples. What your model learns from a parallel corpus can improve translation results for input text that the model has not been trained on. You can upload multiple parallel corpora files with a request. To successfully train with parallel corpora, the corpora files must contain a cumulative total of at least 5000 parallel sentences. The cumulative size of all uploaded corpus files for a custom model is limited to 250 MB.
Depending on the type of customization and the size of the uploaded files, training time can range from minutes for a glossary to several hours for a large parallel corpus. To create a model that is customized with a parallel corpus and a forced glossary, customize the model with a parallel corpus first and then customize the resulting model with a forced glossary.
You can create a maximum of 10 custom models per language pair. For more information about customizing a translation model, including the formatting and character restrictions for data files, see [Customizing your model](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/language-translator?topic=language-translator-customizing).
#### Supported file formats
You can provide your training data for customization in the following document formats: * **TMX** (`.tmx`) - Translation Memory eXchange (TMX) is an XML specification for the exchange of translation memories. * **XLIFF** (`.xliff`) - XML Localization Interchange File Format (XLIFF) is an XML specification for the exchange of translation memories. * **CSV** (`.csv`) - Comma-separated values (CSV) file with two columns for aligned sentences and phrases. The first row must have two language codes. The first column is for the source language code, and the second column is for the target language code. * **TSV** (`.tsv` or `.tab`) - Tab-separated values (TSV) file with two columns for aligned sentences and phrases. The first row must have two language codes. The first column is for the source language code, and the second column is for the target language code. * **JSON** (`.json`) - Custom JSON format for specifying aligned sentences and phrases. * **Microsoft Excel** (`.xls` or `.xlsx`) - Excel file with the first two columns for aligned sentences and phrases. The first row contains the language code.
You must encode all text data in UTF-8 format. For more information, see [Supported document formats for training data](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/language-translator?topic=language-translator-customizing#supported-document-formats-for-training-data).
#### Specifying file formats
You can indicate the format of a file by including the file extension with the file name. Use the file extensions shown in **Supported file formats**.
Alternatively, you can omit the file extension and specify one of the following `content-type` specifications for the file: * **TMX** - `application/x-tmx+xml` * **XLIFF** - `application/xliff+xml` * **CSV** - `text/csv` * **TSV** - `text/tab-separated-values` * **JSON** - `application/json` * **Microsoft Excel** - `application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet`
For example, with `curl`, use the following `content-type` specification to indicate the format of a CSV file named **glossary**:
`--form "forced_glossary=@glossary;type=text/csv"`.
createModelOptions - the CreateModelOptions containing the options for the callServiceCall with a result of type TranslationModelpublic com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<DeleteModelResult> deleteModel(DeleteModelOptions deleteModelOptions)
Deletes a custom translation model.
deleteModelOptions - the DeleteModelOptions containing the options for the callServiceCall with a result of type DeleteModelResultpublic com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<TranslationModel> getModel(GetModelOptions getModelOptions)
Gets information about a translation model, including training status for custom models. Use this method to poll the status of your customization request. A successfully completed training request has a status of `available`.
getModelOptions - the GetModelOptions containing the options for the callServiceCall with a result of type TranslationModelpublic com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<DocumentList> listDocuments(ListDocumentsOptions listDocumentsOptions)
Lists documents that have been submitted for translation.
listDocumentsOptions - the ListDocumentsOptions containing the options for the
callServiceCall with a result of type DocumentListpublic com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<DocumentList> listDocuments()
Lists documents that have been submitted for translation.
ServiceCall with a result of type DocumentListpublic com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<DocumentStatus> translateDocument(TranslateDocumentOptions translateDocumentOptions)
Submit a document for translation. You can submit the document contents in the `file` parameter, or you can specify a previously submitted document by document ID. The maximum file size for document translation is * **2 MB** for service instances on the Lite plan * **20 MB** for service instances on the Standard plan * **50 MB** for service instances on the Advanced plan * **150 MB** for service instances on the Premium plan
You can specify the format of the file to be translated in one of two ways: * By specifying the appropriate file extension for the format. * By specifying the content type (MIME type) of the format as the `type` of the `file` parameter.
In some cases, especially for subtitle file formats, you must use either the file extension or the content type. For more information about all supported file formats, their file extensions and content types, and how and when to specify the file extension or content type, see [Supported file formats](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/language-translator?topic=language-translator-document-translator-tutorial#supported-file-formats).
**Note:** When translating a previously submitted document, the target language must be different from the target language of the original request when the document was initially submitted.
translateDocumentOptions - the TranslateDocumentOptions containing the options for
the callServiceCall with a result of type DocumentStatuspublic com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<DocumentStatus> getDocumentStatus(GetDocumentStatusOptions getDocumentStatusOptions)
Gets the translation status of a document.
getDocumentStatusOptions - the GetDocumentStatusOptions containing the options for
the callServiceCall with a result of type DocumentStatuspublic com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<Void> deleteDocument(DeleteDocumentOptions deleteDocumentOptions)
Deletes a document.
deleteDocumentOptions - the DeleteDocumentOptions containing the options for the
callServiceCall with a void resultpublic com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.http.ServiceCall<InputStream> getTranslatedDocument(GetTranslatedDocumentOptions getTranslatedDocumentOptions)
Gets the translated document associated with the given document ID.
getTranslatedDocumentOptions - the GetTranslatedDocumentOptions containing the
options for the callServiceCall with a result of type InputStreamCopyright © 2024 IBM Cloud. All rights reserved.