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Text Processing Overview

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Sarvam AI offers text translation and transliteration models for short text. For whole documents (PDF, Word, and more), use the Document Translation API.

Use the Sarvam translate skill to generate correct translation code from your AI coding assistant:

npx skills add sarvamai/skills --skill translate

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Sarvam-Translate

Sarvam Translate enables high-quality translation between English and 22 scheduled Indian languages and is optimized for structured, long-form text.

Text Processing Features

Basic Text Translation

Translate structured, long-form text between Indian languages. Features include:

  • Support for all 22 scheduled Indian languages
  • Formal Style Translation
  • Numeral Format Control between international and native numeral systems
from sarvamai import SarvamAI
client = SarvamAI(api_subscription_key="YOUR_SARVAM_API_KEY")
response = client.text.translate(
    input="भारत एक महान देश है। इसकी संस्कृति बहुत पुरानी और समृद्ध है।",
    source_language_code="hi-IN",
    target_language_code="gu-IN",
    model="sarvam-translate:v1"
)
print(response)

Check out our detailed API Reference to explore Translation and all available options.

Mayura: Our Text Processing Model

Mayura is our state-of-the-art text processing model that excels in handling Indian languages with features like translation, transliteration, and script conversion.

Text Processing Features

Basic Text Translation

Translate text between Indian languages with high accuracy. Features include:

  • Support for multiple Indian languages
  • Automatic language detection
  • Natural and fluent translations
  • Context-aware processing
from sarvamai import SarvamAI
client = SarvamAI(
    api_subscription_key="YOUR_SARVAM_API_KEY",
)
response = client.text.translate(
    input="Hello, how are you?",
    source_language_code="auto",
    target_language_code="hi-IN",
    speaker_gender="Male"
)
print(response)
Key Considerations
  • Maximum text length: 1000 characters per request (mayura:v1) / 2000 characters per request (sarvam-translate:v1)
  • Supports 10 Indic Languages and English
  • Automatic language detection available
  • Translation modes: formal (default), modern-colloquial, classic-colloquial, code-mixed

Limits

LimitValue
Translate: max input length1,000 characters (mayura:v1) / 2,000 characters (sarvam-translate:v1)
Transliterate: max input length1,000 characters per request
Rate limitsSee Rate Limits

Check out our detailed API Reference to explore Translation and all available options.