What is @aws-sdk/client-translate?
@aws-sdk/client-translate is an AWS SDK for JavaScript package that allows developers to interact with the Amazon Translate service. This service provides real-time translation of text between multiple languages, making it useful for applications that require language translation capabilities.
What are @aws-sdk/client-translate's main functionalities?
Translate Text
This feature allows you to translate text from one language to another. The code sample demonstrates how to use the TranslateTextCommand to translate 'Hello, world!' from English to Spanish.
const { TranslateClient, TranslateTextCommand } = require('@aws-sdk/client-translate');
const client = new TranslateClient({ region: 'us-east-1' });
const translateText = async (text, sourceLang, targetLang) => {
const command = new TranslateTextCommand({
Text: text,
SourceLanguageCode: sourceLang,
TargetLanguageCode: targetLang
});
const response = await client.send(command);
return response.TranslatedText;
};
translateText('Hello, world!', 'en', 'es').then(console.log).catch(console.error);
List Languages
This feature allows you to list all supported languages by Amazon Translate. The code sample demonstrates how to use the ListLanguagesCommand to retrieve and print the list of supported languages.
const { TranslateClient, ListLanguagesCommand } = require('@aws-sdk/client-translate');
const client = new TranslateClient({ region: 'us-east-1' });
const listLanguages = async () => {
const command = new ListLanguagesCommand({});
const response = await client.send(command);
return response.Languages;
};
listLanguages().then(console.log).catch(console.error);
Other packages similar to @aws-sdk/client-translate
google-translate-api
The google-translate-api package provides an interface to the Google Translate service. It offers similar functionalities such as text translation between multiple languages. However, it uses Google's translation service instead of AWS's, and it may have different language support and pricing models.
microsoft-cognitiveservices-speech-sdk
The microsoft-cognitiveservices-speech-sdk package provides access to Microsoft's Cognitive Services, including translation services. It offers functionalities for text and speech translation, making it a more comprehensive solution for applications that require both text and speech translation capabilities. It uses Microsoft's translation service, which may have different language support and pricing models compared to AWS.
@aws-sdk/client-translate
Description
AWS SDK for JavaScript Translate Client for Node.js, Browser and React Native.
Provides translation between one source language and another of the same set of
languages.
Installing
To install the this package, simply type add or install @aws-sdk/client-translate
using your favorite package manager:
npm install @aws-sdk/client-translate
yarn add @aws-sdk/client-translate
pnpm add @aws-sdk/client-translate
Getting Started
Import
The AWS SDK is modulized by clients and commands.
To send a request, you only need to import the TranslateClient
and
the commands you need, for example CreateParallelDataCommand
:
const { TranslateClient, CreateParallelDataCommand } = require("@aws-sdk/client-translate");
import { TranslateClient, CreateParallelDataCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-translate";
Usage
To send a request, you:
- Initiate client with configuration (e.g. credentials, region).
- Initiate command with input parameters.
- Call
send
operation on client with command object as input. - If you are using a custom http handler, you may call
destroy()
to close open connections.
const client = new TranslateClient({ region: "REGION" });
const params = {
};
const command = new CreateParallelDataCommand(params);
Async/await
We recommend using await
operator to wait for the promise returned by send operation as follows:
try {
const data = await client.send(command);
} catch (error) {
} finally {
}
Async-await is clean, concise, intuitive, easy to debug and has better error handling
as compared to using Promise chains or callbacks.
Promises
You can also use Promise chaining
to execute send operation.
client.send(command).then(
(data) => {
},
(error) => {
}
);
Promises can also be called using .catch()
and .finally()
as follows:
client
.send(command)
.then((data) => {
})
.catch((error) => {
})
.finally(() => {
});
Callbacks
We do not recommend using callbacks because of callback hell,
but they are supported by the send operation.
client.send(command, (err, data) => {
});
v2 compatible style
The client can also send requests using v2 compatible style.
However, it results in a bigger bundle size and may be dropped in next major version. More details in the blog post
on modular packages in AWS SDK for JavaScript
import * as AWS from "@aws-sdk/client-translate";
const client = new AWS.Translate({ region: "REGION" });
try {
const data = await client.createParallelData(params);
} catch (error) {
}
client
.createParallelData(params)
.then((data) => {
})
.catch((error) => {
});
client.createParallelData(params, (err, data) => {
});
Troubleshooting
When the service returns an exception, the error will include the exception information,
as well as response metadata (e.g. request id).
try {
const data = await client.send(command);
} catch (error) {
const { requestId, cfId, extendedRequestId } = error.$metadata;
console.log({ requestId, cfId, extendedRequestId });
}
Getting Help
Please use these community resources for getting help.
We use the GitHub issues for tracking bugs and feature requests, but have limited bandwidth to address them.
To test your universal JavaScript code in Node.js, browser and react-native environments,
visit our code samples repo.
Contributing
This client code is generated automatically. Any modifications will be overwritten the next time the @aws-sdk/client-translate
package is updated.
To contribute to client you can check our generate clients scripts.
License
This SDK is distributed under the
Apache License, Version 2.0,
see LICENSE for more information.