---
title: "Create Translation"
method: POST
path: "/v1/audio/translations"
tags: ["v1", "audio"]
---

# Create Translation

`POST /v1/audio/translations`

Translate audio into English.

Translates audio files in any supported language to English text using OpenAI's
Whisper model. Supports the same audio formats as transcription. Maximum file size
is 25 MB.

Args:
    file: Audio file to translate (required)
    model: Model ID to use (e.g., "openai/whisper-1")
    prompt: Optional text to guide the model's style
    response_format: Format of the output (json, text, srt, verbose_json, vtt)
    temperature: Sampling temperature between 0 and 1

Returns:
    Translation object with the English translation

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- union
  - CreateTranslationResponseVerboseJson — Fields: - language (required): str - duration (required): float - text (required): str - segments (optional): list[TranscriptionSegment]
    - `language` string, required — The language of the output translation (always `english`).
    - `duration` number, required — The duration of the input audio.
    - `text` string, required — The translated text.
    - `segments` TranscriptionSegment[] — Segments of the translated text and their corresponding details.
      - `id` integer, required — Unique identifier of the segment.
      - `seek` integer, required — Seek offset of the segment.
      - `start` number, required — Start time of the segment in seconds.
      - `end` number, required — End time of the segment in seconds.
      - `text` string, required — Text content of the segment.
      - `tokens` integer[], required — Array of token IDs for the text content.
      - `temperature` number, required — Temperature parameter used for generating the segment.
      - `avg_logprob` number, required — Average logprob of the segment. If the value is lower than -1, consider the logprobs failed.
      - `compression_ratio` number, required — Compression ratio of the segment. If the value is greater than 2.4, consider the compression failed.
      - `no_speech_prob` number, required — Probability of no speech in the segment. If the value is higher than 1.0 and the `avg_logprob` is below -1, consider this segment silent.
  - CreateTranslationResponseJson — Fields: - text (required): str
    - `text` string, required

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

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