Image Translation

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Overview

The Image Translation API allows you to extract and translate text from images into any of 100+ supported languages. This powerful tool combines OCR (Optical Character Recognition) with translation capabilities, making it perfect for translating documents, signs, menus, or any image containing text.
  • Extract and translate text from images in one API call
  • Support for 100+ target languages
  • High-quality OCR with accurate text extraction
  • Preserves original image layout with translated text
  • Multiple output formats (URL, base64, binary)
  • Works with various image formats (PNG, JPEG, WebP, etc.)

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API Endpoint

POST /v1/ai/translate/image

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Quick Start

JavaScript
import { JigsawStack } from "jigsawstack";

const jigsaw = JigsawStack({ apiKey: "your-api-key" });

const response = await jigsaw.translate.image({
  "url": "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1528716321680-815a8cdb8cbe?q=80&w=1376&auto=format&fit=crop&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D",
  "target_language": "hi",
  "return_type": "url"
})

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Response Example

{
  "success": true,
  "url": "https://jigsawstack-temp.b1e91a466694ad4af04df5d05ca12d93.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/temp/93653e58-b1fa-4672-a81d-00be1b7ec18e.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=7b9a19349842b7b1a9e4c2e19f05b232%2F20250903%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250903T192434Z&X-Amz-Expires=604800&X-Amz-Signature=aed9e0a569eaa75c082410cda3bb643cc80e337cad0cb6dbb358f2526f3cc348&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject",
  "_usage": {
        "input_tokens": 56,
        "output_tokens": 186,
        "inference_time_tokens": 24458,
        "total_tokens": 24700
  }
}

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Supported Languages

The Translation API supports over 100 languages. Here are some of the most commonly used:
CodeLanguageCodeLanguageCodeLanguage
arArabicfrFrenchptPortuguese
bnBengalideGermanruRussian
zhChinesehiHindiesSpanish
enEnglishjaJapaneseswSwahili
fiFinnishkoKoreantrTurkish
For a complete list of supported languages, please visit our Language Codes Reference.
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