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Translate text, detect languages, and list supported languages via LibreTranslate

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Tools

translaterequired: text, source, target

Translate text from a source language to a target language. Returns the translated text.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
textreqstringThe text to translate
sourcereqstringSource language code (e.g. "en" for English, "es" for Spanish)
targetreqstringTarget language code (e.g. "es" for Spanish, "fr" for French)
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detect_languagerequired: text

Detect the language of a text string. Returns an array of detected languages with confidence scores.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
textreqstringThe text whose language should be detected
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list_languages

List all languages supported by the translation API. Returns language codes and names.

No parameters required.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/translate/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/translate/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"translate","arguments":{"text": "hello world", "source": "en", "target": "en"}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("translate", {"text":"example","source":"example","target":"example"});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("translate text, detect languages, and list supported languages via libretranslate");