# Use `TranslateText` with an AWS SDK or CLI
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The following code examples show how to use `TranslateText`.

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#### [ .NET ]

**SDK for .NET**  
 There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the [AWS Code Examples Repository](https://github.com/awsdocs/aws-doc-sdk-examples/tree/main/dotnetv3/Translate#code-examples). 

```
    using System;
    using System.IO;
    using System.Threading.Tasks;
    using Amazon.S3;
    using Amazon.S3.Transfer;
    using Amazon.Translate;
    using Amazon.Translate.Model;

    /// <summary>
    /// Take text from a file stored a Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
    /// object and translate it using the Amazon Transfer Service.
    /// </summary>
    public class TranslateText
    {
        public static async Task Main()
        {
            // If the region you want to use is different from the region
            // defined for the default user, supply it as a parameter to the
            // Amazon Translate client object constructor.
            var client = new AmazonTranslateClient();

            // Set the source language to "auto" to request Amazon Translate to
            // automatically detect te language of the source text.

            // You can get a list of the languages supposed by Amazon Translate
            // in the Amazon Translate Developer's Guide here:
            //      https://docs.aws.amazon.com/translate/latest/dg/what-is.html
            string srcLang = "en"; // English.
            string destLang = "fr"; // French.

            // The Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket where the
            // source text file is stored.
            string srcBucket = "amzn-s3-demo-bucket";
            string srcTextFile = "source.txt";

            var srcText = await GetSourceTextAsync(srcBucket, srcTextFile);
            var destText = await TranslatingTextAsync(client, srcLang, destLang, srcText);

            ShowText(srcText, destText);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Use the Amazon S3 TransferUtility to retrieve the text to translate
        /// from an object in an S3 bucket.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="srcBucket">The name of the S3 bucket where the
        /// text is stored.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="srcTextFile">The key of the S3 object that
        /// contains the text to translate.</param>
        /// <returns>A string representing the source text.</returns>
        public static async Task<string> GetSourceTextAsync(string srcBucket, string srcTextFile)
        {
            string srcText = string.Empty;

            var s3Client = new AmazonS3Client();
            TransferUtility utility = new TransferUtility(s3Client);

            using var stream = await utility.OpenStreamAsync(srcBucket, srcTextFile);

            StreamReader file = new System.IO.StreamReader(stream);

            srcText = file.ReadToEnd();
            return srcText;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Use the Amazon Translate Service to translate the document from the
        /// source language to the specified destination language.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="client">The Amazon Translate Service client used to
        /// perform the translation.</param>
        /// <param name="srcLang">The language of the source text.</param>
        /// <param name="destLang">The destination language for the translated
        /// text.</param>
        /// <param name="text">A string representing the text to ranslate.</param>
        /// <returns>The text that has been translated to the destination
        /// language.</returns>
        public static async Task<string> TranslatingTextAsync(AmazonTranslateClient client, string srcLang, string destLang, string text)
        {
            var request = new TranslateTextRequest
            {
                SourceLanguageCode = srcLang,
                TargetLanguageCode = destLang,
                Text = text,
            };

            var response = await client.TranslateTextAsync(request);

            return response.TranslatedText;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Show the original text followed by the translated text.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="srcText">The original text to be translated.</param>
        /// <param name="destText">The translated text.</param>
        public static void ShowText(string srcText, string destText)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Source text:");
            Console.WriteLine(srcText);
            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine("Translated text:");
            Console.WriteLine(destText);
        }
    }
```
+  For API details, see [TranslateText](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV3/translate-2017-07-01/TranslateText) in *AWS SDK for .NET API Reference*. 

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#### [ PowerShell ]

**Tools for PowerShell V4**  
**Example 1: Converts the specified English text to French. The text to convert can also be passed as the -Text parameter.**  

```
"Hello World" | ConvertTo-TRNTargetLanguage -SourceLanguageCode en -TargetLanguageCode fr
```
+  For API details, see [TranslateText](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/v4/reference) in *AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V4)*. 

**Tools for PowerShell V5**  
**Example 1: Converts the specified English text to French. The text to convert can also be passed as the -Text parameter.**  

```
"Hello World" | ConvertTo-TRNTargetLanguage -SourceLanguageCode en -TargetLanguageCode fr
```
+  For API details, see [TranslateText](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/v5/reference) in *AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V5)*. 

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#### [ SAP ABAP ]

**SDK for SAP ABAP**  
 There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the [AWS Code Examples Repository](https://github.com/awsdocs/aws-doc-sdk-examples/tree/main/sap-abap/services/xl8#code-examples). 

```
    "Translates input text from the source language to the target language."
    TRY.
        oo_result = lo_xl8->translatetext(      "oo_result is returned for testing purposes."
          iv_text        = iv_text
            iv_sourcelanguagecode = iv_sourcelanguagecode
            iv_targetlanguagecode = iv_targetlanguagecode ).
        MESSAGE 'Translation completed.' TYPE 'I'.
      CATCH /aws1/cx_xl8detectedlanguage00.
        MESSAGE 'The confidence that Amazon Comprehend accurately detected the source language is low.' TYPE 'E'.
      CATCH /aws1/cx_xl8internalserverex.
        MESSAGE 'An internal server error occurred.' TYPE 'E'.
      CATCH /aws1/cx_xl8invalidrequestex.
        MESSAGE 'The request that you made is not valid.' TYPE 'E'.
      CATCH /aws1/cx_xl8resourcenotfoundex.
        MESSAGE 'The resource you are looking for has not been found.' TYPE 'E'.
      CATCH /aws1/cx_xl8serviceunavailex.
        MESSAGE 'The Amazon Translate service is temporarily unavailable.' TYPE 'E'.
      CATCH /aws1/cx_xl8textsizelmtexcdex.
        MESSAGE 'The size of the text you submitted exceeds the size limit. ' TYPE 'E'.
      CATCH /aws1/cx_xl8toomanyrequestsex.
        MESSAGE 'You have made too many requests within a short period of time.' TYPE 'E'.
      CATCH /aws1/cx_xl8unsuppedlanguage00.
        MESSAGE 'Amazon Translate does not support translation from the language of the source text into the requested target language. ' TYPE 'E'.
    ENDTRY.
```
+  For API details, see [TranslateText](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-sap-abap/v1/api/latest/index.html) in *AWS SDK for SAP ABAP API reference*. 

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