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

3 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

translate required: text, source, target

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

Parameters
Name Type Description
text req string The text to translate
source req string Source language code (e.g. "en" for English, "es" for Spanish)
target req string Target language code (e.g. "es" for Spanish, "fr" for French)
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detect_language required: text

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

Parameters
Name Type Description
text req string The 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");