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@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.
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);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.
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 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.
To install the this package, simply type add or install @aws-sdk/client-translate using your favorite package manager:
npm install @aws-sdk/client-translateyarn add @aws-sdk/client-translatepnpm add @aws-sdk/client-translateThe 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:
// ES5 example
const { TranslateClient, CreateParallelDataCommand } = require("@aws-sdk/client-translate");
// ES6+ example
import { TranslateClient, CreateParallelDataCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-translate";
To send a request, you:
send operation on client with command object as input.destroy() to close open connections.// a client can be shared by different commands.
const client = new TranslateClient({ region: "REGION" });
const params = {
/** input parameters */
};
const command = new CreateParallelDataCommand(params);
We recommend using await operator to wait for the promise returned by send operation as follows:
// async/await.
try {
const data = await client.send(command);
// process data.
} catch (error) {
// error handling.
} finally {
// finally.
}
Async-await is clean, concise, intuitive, easy to debug and has better error handling as compared to using Promise chains or callbacks.
You can also use Promise chaining to execute send operation.
client.send(command).then(
(data) => {
// process data.
},
(error) => {
// error handling.
}
);
Promises can also be called using .catch() and .finally() as follows:
client
.send(command)
.then((data) => {
// process data.
})
.catch((error) => {
// error handling.
})
.finally(() => {
// finally.
});
We do not recommend using callbacks because of callback hell, but they are supported by the send operation.
// callbacks.
client.send(command, (err, data) => {
// proccess err and data.
});
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" });
// async/await.
try {
const data = await client.createParallelData(params);
// process data.
} catch (error) {
// error handling.
}
// Promises.
client
.createParallelData(params)
.then((data) => {
// process data.
})
.catch((error) => {
// error handling.
});
// callbacks.
client.createParallelData(params, (err, data) => {
// proccess err and data.
});
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);
// process data.
} catch (error) {
const { requestId, cfId, extendedRequestId } = error.$metadata;
console.log({ requestId, cfId, extendedRequestId });
/**
* The keys within exceptions are also parsed.
* You can access them by specifying exception names:
* if (error.name === 'SomeServiceException') {
* const value = error.specialKeyInException;
* }
*/
}
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.
aws-sdk-js
on AWS Developer Blog.aws-sdk-js.To test your universal JavaScript code in Node.js, browser and react-native environments, visit our code samples repo.
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.
This SDK is distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0, see LICENSE for more information.
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AWS SDK for JavaScript Translate Client for Node.js, Browser and React Native
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