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translate_translate_document R Documentation

Translates the input document from the source language to the target language

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. translate_document 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.

Usage

translate_translate_document(Document, TerminologyNames,
  SourceLanguageCode, TargetLanguageCode, Settings)

Arguments

Document

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

TerminologyNames

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 list_terminologies operation to get the available terminology lists.

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

SourceLanguageCode

[required] 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.

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

TargetLanguageCode

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

Settings

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.

Value

A list with the following syntax: 

list(
  TranslatedDocument = list(
    Content = raw
  ),
  SourceLanguageCode = "string",
  TargetLanguageCode = "string",
  AppliedTerminologies = list(
    list(
      Name = "string",
      Terms = list(
        list(
          SourceText = "string",
          TargetText = "string"
        )
      )
    )
  ),
  AppliedSettings = list(
    Formality = "FORMAL"|"INFORMAL",
    Profanity = "MASK",
    Brevity = "ON"
  )
)

Request syntax

svc$translate_document(
  Document = list(
    Content = raw,
    ContentType = "string"
  ),
  TerminologyNames = list(
    "string"
  ),
  SourceLanguageCode = "string",
  TargetLanguageCode = "string",
  Settings = list(
    Formality = "FORMAL"|"INFORMAL",
    Profanity = "MASK",
    Brevity = "ON"
  )
)