Optional
SettingsSettings to configure your translation output. You can configure the following options:
Brevity: reduces the length of the translated output for most translations.
Formality: sets the formality level of the output text.
Profanity: masks profane words and phrases in your translation output.
The language code for the language of the source text. For a list of 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 TranslateText
request in a region that supports
Amazon Comprehend. Otherwise, the request returns an error indicating that autodetect is not supported.
The language code requested for the language of the target text. For a list of language codes, see Supported languages.
Optional
TerminologyThe 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 ListTerminologies operation to get the available terminology lists.
For more information about custom terminology lists, see Custom terminology.
The text to translate. The text string can be a maximum of 10,000 bytes long. Depending on your character set, this may be fewer than 10,000 characters.
The input for TranslateTextCommand.