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How to pick a genre

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genre tunes the translation prompt for the kind of content you’re translating — vocabulary, tone, and terminology.

ParameterTypeValuesDefault
genrestringNON_FICTION, ADULT_FICTION, CHILDREN_FICTION, RELIGIOUS, LEGAL, ACADEMIC-

Pick the genre that best matches your document type. LEGAL for contracts, CHILDREN_FICTION for children’s books, ACADEMIC for research papers.

Example

1from sarvamai import SarvamAI
2
3client = SarvamAI(api_subscription_key="YOUR_SARVAM_API_KEY")
4
5job = client.document_translation.create(
6    job_name="service-agreement-hi",
7    source_language_code="en-IN",
8    target_language_codes=["hi-IN"],
9    original_filename="service-agreement.pdf",
10    genre="LEGAL",
11)

Request body equivalent:

1{
2  "job_name": "service-agreement-hi",
3  "source_language_code": "en-IN",
4  "target_language_codes": ["hi-IN"],
5  "original_filename": "service-agreement.pdf",
6  "genre": "LEGAL"
7}