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[ aws . translate ]

translate-document

Description

Translates the input document from the source language to the target language. This synchronous operation supports text, HTML, or Word documents as the input document. TranslateDocument supports translations from English to any supported language, and from any supported language to English. Therefore, specify either the source language code or the target language code as “en” (English).

If you set the Formality parameter, the request will fail if the target language does not support formality. For a list of target languages that support formality, see Setting formality .

See also: AWS API Documentation

Synopsis

  translate-document
--document <value>
[--terminology-names <value>]
--source-language-code <value>
--target-language-code <value>
[--settings <value>]
--document-content <value>
[--cli-input-json <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]

Options

--document (structure)

The content and content type for the document to be translated. The document size must not exceed 100 KB.

ContentType -> (string)

Describes the format of the document. You can specify one of the following:

  • text/html - The input data consists of HTML content. Amazon Translate translates only the text in the HTML element.
  • text/plain - The input data consists of unformatted text. Amazon Translate translates every character in the content.
  • application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document - The input data consists of a Word document (.docx).

Shorthand Syntax:

ContentType=string

JSON Syntax:

{
  "ContentType": "string"
}

--terminology-names (list)

The name of a terminology list file to add to the translation job. This file provides source terms and the desired translation for each term. A terminology list can contain a maximum of 256 terms. You can use one custom terminology resource in your translation request.

Use the ListTerminologies operation to get the available terminology lists.

For more information about custom terminology lists, see Custom terminology .

(string)

Syntax:

"string" "string" ...

--source-language-code (string)

The language code for the language of the source text. For a list of supported language codes, see Supported languages .

To have Amazon Translate determine the source language of your text, you can specify auto in the SourceLanguageCode field. If you specify auto , Amazon Translate will call Amazon Comprehend to determine the source language.

Note

If you specify auto , you must send the TranslateDocument request in a region that supports Amazon Comprehend. Otherwise, the request returns an error indicating that autodetect is not supported.

--target-language-code (string)

The language code requested for the translated document. For a list of supported language codes, see Supported languages .

--settings (structure)

Settings to configure your translation output. You can configure the following options:

  • Brevity: not supported.
  • Formality: sets the formality level of the output text.
  • Profanity: masks profane words and phrases in your translation output.

Formality -> (string)

You can specify the desired level of formality for translations to supported target languages. The formality setting controls the level of formal language usage (also known as register ) in the translation output. You can set the value to informal or formal. If you don't specify a value for formality, or if the target language doesn't support formality, the translation will ignore the formality setting.

If you specify multiple target languages for the job, translate ignores the formality setting for any unsupported target language.

For a list of target languages that support formality, see Supported languages in the Amazon Translate Developer Guide.

Profanity -> (string)

You can enable the profanity setting if you want to mask profane words and phrases in your translation output.

To mask profane words and phrases, Amazon Translate replaces them with the grawlix string “?$#@$“. This 5-character sequence is used for each profane word or phrase, regardless of the length or number of words.

Amazon Translate doesn't detect profanity in all of its supported languages. For languages that don't support profanity detection, see Unsupported languages in the Amazon Translate Developer Guide.

If you specify multiple target languages for the job, all the target languages must support profanity masking. If any of the target languages don't support profanity masking, the translation job won't mask profanity for any target language.

Brevity -> (string)

When you turn on brevity, Amazon Translate reduces the length of the translation output for most translations (when compared with the same translation with brevity turned off). By default, brevity is turned off.

If you turn on brevity for a translation request with an unsupported language pair, the translation proceeds with the brevity setting turned off.

For the language pairs that brevity supports, see Using brevity in the Amazon Translate Developer Guide.

Shorthand Syntax:

Formality=string,Profanity=string,Brevity=string

JSON Syntax:

{
  "Formality": "FORMAL"|"INFORMAL",
  "Profanity": "MASK",
  "Brevity": "ON"
}

--document-content (blob)

The path to a file of the content you are uploading Example: fileb://data.txt

--cli-input-json (string) Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

Global Options

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command's default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

  • json
  • text
  • table

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

  • on
  • off
  • auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

Output

TranslatedDocument -> (structure)

The document containing the translated content. The document format matches the source document format.

Content -> (blob)

The document containing the translated content.

SourceLanguageCode -> (string)

The language code of the source document.

TargetLanguageCode -> (string)

The language code of the translated document.

AppliedTerminologies -> (list)

The names of the custom terminologies applied to the input text by Amazon Translate to produce the translated text document.

(structure)

The custom terminology applied to the input text by Amazon Translate for the translated text response. This is optional in the response and will only be present if you specified terminology input in the request. Currently, only one terminology can be applied per TranslateText request.

Name -> (string)

The name of the custom terminology applied to the input text by Amazon Translate for the translated text response.

Terms -> (list)

The specific terms of the custom terminology applied to the input text by Amazon Translate for the translated text response. A maximum of 250 terms will be returned, and the specific terms applied will be the first 250 terms in the source text.

(structure)

The term being translated by the custom terminology.

SourceText -> (string)

The source text of the term being translated by the custom terminology.

TargetText -> (string)

The target text of the term being translated by the custom terminology.

AppliedSettings -> (structure)

Settings to configure your translation output. You can configure the following options:

  • Brevity: reduces the length of the translation output for most translations. Available for TranslateText only.
  • Formality: sets the formality level of the translation output.
  • Profanity: masks profane words and phrases in the translation output.

Formality -> (string)

You can specify the desired level of formality for translations to supported target languages. The formality setting controls the level of formal language usage (also known as register ) in the translation output. You can set the value to informal or formal. If you don't specify a value for formality, or if the target language doesn't support formality, the translation will ignore the formality setting.

If you specify multiple target languages for the job, translate ignores the formality setting for any unsupported target language.

For a list of target languages that support formality, see Supported languages in the Amazon Translate Developer Guide.

Profanity -> (string)

You can enable the profanity setting if you want to mask profane words and phrases in your translation output.

To mask profane words and phrases, Amazon Translate replaces them with the grawlix string “?$#@$“. This 5-character sequence is used for each profane word or phrase, regardless of the length or number of words.

Amazon Translate doesn't detect profanity in all of its supported languages. For languages that don't support profanity detection, see Unsupported languages in the Amazon Translate Developer Guide.

If you specify multiple target languages for the job, all the target languages must support profanity masking. If any of the target languages don't support profanity masking, the translation job won't mask profanity for any target language.

Brevity -> (string)

When you turn on brevity, Amazon Translate reduces the length of the translation output for most translations (when compared with the same translation with brevity turned off). By default, brevity is turned off.

If you turn on brevity for a translation request with an unsupported language pair, the translation proceeds with the brevity setting turned off.

For the language pairs that brevity supports, see Using brevity in the Amazon Translate Developer Guide.