How to set style guidelines

style_guidelines lets you steer tone, terminology, and formatting for the whole job in free text. language_specific_guidelines layers per-language overrides on top of it.

Parameter	Type	Notes
`style_guidelines`	string	Up to ~4000 characters. Applies to every target language in the job.
`language_specific_guidelines`	object	Keys must match entries in `target_language_codes`. Overrides `style_guidelines` for that language only.

Use style_guidelines for instructions that should hold across every language, for example “keep product names untranslated.” Use language_specific_guidelines only when one language needs different handling, such as a regional terminology preference.

Example

from sarvamai import SarvamAI
client = SarvamAI(api_subscription_key="YOUR_SARVAM_API_KEY")
job = client.document_translation.create(
    job_name="employee-handbook-hi-ta",
    source_language_code="en-IN",
    target_language_codes=["hi-IN", "ta-IN"],
    original_filename="employee-handbook.docx",
    style_guidelines=(
        "Keep all product names and legal entity names untranslated. "
        "Use formal register throughout."
    ),
    language_specific_guidelines={
        "ta-IN": "Prefer commonly used loanwords over invented Tamil equivalents for technical terms.",
    },
)

Request body equivalent:

{
  "job_name": "employee-handbook-hi-ta",
  "source_language_code": "en-IN",
  "target_language_codes": ["hi-IN", "ta-IN"],
  "original_filename": "employee-handbook.docx",
  "style_guidelines": "Keep all product names and legal entity names untranslated. Use formal register throughout.",
  "language_specific_guidelines": {
    "ta-IN": "Prefer commonly used loanwords over invented Tamil equivalents for technical terms."
  }
}