Translate Text

Translates text from one language to another. Uses LibreTranslate with MyMemory as a fallback.

GET /translate/text

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Default	Description
text	Yes	—	The text to translate
to	Yes	—	Target language code (e.g. fr, zh-CN, es)
from	No	auto	Source language code. Use auto to detect automatically

Example

Auto-detect source language:

curl "https://api.uwuapps.org/translate/text?text=Hello+World&to=fr"

Explicit source language:

curl "https://api.uwuapps.org/translate/text?text=Hello+World&from=en&to=zh-CN"

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "from": "en",
  "to": "fr",
  "original": "Hello World",
  "translated": "Bonjour le monde",
  "engine": "LibreTranslate (translate.argosopentech.com)"
}

Response fields

Field	Description
from	Source language code (detected or as provided)
to	Target language code
original	The original text
translated	The translated text
engine	The translation engine used

Common language codes

Code	Language
en	English
fr	French
de	German
es	Spanish
zh	Chinese (Simplified)
zh-CN	Chinese (Simplified)
zh-TW	Chinese (Traditional)
ja	Japanese
ko	Korean
ar	Arabic
ru	Russian
ms	Malay
id	Indonesian
th	Thai
vi	Vietnamese

Notes

• If from and to are the same language, the original text is returned immediately with engine: "none (same language)".

• Multiple LibreTranslate instances are tried automatically. If all fail, MyMemory is used as a fallback.

• Returns 502 if all translation engines are unavailable.