SKILL.md
Azure AI Text Translation SDK for Python
Client library for Azure AI Translator text translation service for real-time text translation, transliteration, and language operations.
Installation
pip install azure-ai-translation-text
Environment Variables
AZURE_TRANSLATOR_KEY=<your-api-key>
AZURE_TRANSLATOR_REGION=<your-region> # e.g., eastus, westus2
# Or use custom endpoint
AZURE_TRANSLATOR_ENDPOINT=https://<resource>.cognitiveservices.azure.com
Authentication
API Key with Region
import os
from azure.ai.translation.text import TextTranslationClient
from azure.core.credentials import AzureKeyCredential
key = os.environ["AZURE_TRANSLATOR_KEY"]
region = os.environ["AZURE_TRANSLATOR_REGION"]
# Create credential with region
credential = AzureKeyCredential(key)
client = TextTranslationClient(credential=credential, region=region)
API Key with Custom Endpoint
endpoint = os.environ["AZURE_TRANSLATOR_ENDPOINT"]
client = TextTranslationClient(
credential=AzureKeyCredential(key),
endpoint=endpoint
)
Entra ID (Recommended)
from azure.ai.translation.text import TextTranslationClient
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
client = TextTranslationClient(
credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
endpoint=os.environ["AZURE_TRANSLATOR_ENDPOINT"]
)
Basic Translation
# Translate to a single language
result = client.translate(
body=["Hello, how are you?", "Welcome to Azure!"],
to=["es"] # Spanish
)
for item in result:
for translation in item.translations:
print(f"Translated: {translation.text}")
print(f"Target language: {translation.to}")
Translate to Multiple Languages
result = client.translate(
body=["Hello, world!"],
to=["es", "fr", "de", "ja"] # Spanish, French, German, Japanese
)
for item in result:
print(f"Source: {item.detected_language.language if item.detected_language else 'unknown'}")
for translation in item.translations:
print(f" {translation.to}: {translation.text}")
