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Bhashini Translate API Integration

Real-time translation and speech across 22 Indian languages — power multilingual citizen experiences.

Provider
Digital India · MeitY
Version
v1.0
Uptime
99.8%
Latency
640 ms
Access
Public
NLP22 Languages

What Bhashini Translate API integration does

Bhashini is the Digital India language platform, providing translation and speech across 22 Indian languages. For any product with a genuinely national audience it is the difference between serving a metro English-speaking segment and serving the country.

The practical case is strongest in citizen services, financial inclusion, healthcare and agriculture, where the users who most need the service are least likely to be comfortable in English. Speech matters as much as text: for low-literacy audiences, a translated interface still assumes reading ability, whereas speech recognition and synthesis do not. Integrating Bhashini lets you translate interfaces, notifications and support content dynamically rather than maintaining separate localised builds that drift out of sync with the product.

What teams build with it

Multilingual interfaces

Translate application copy and notifications across 22 languages without maintaining parallel builds.

Voice-first services

Use speech recognition and synthesis so low-literacy users can transact by speaking rather than reading.

Multilingual support

Translate customer support conversations in real time so agents serve languages they do not personally speak.

Content localisation

Localise help content, product descriptions and campaigns at scale.

Endpoints included

  • POST/bhashini/v1/translate
    Translates text between supported Indian languages.

Try it in the sandbox

Translates text between supported Indian languages.
POSThttps://sandbox.aeologic.io/bhashini/v1/translate
Requestapplication/json
{
  "source": "en",
  "target": "hi",
  "text": "Your payment was successful."
}
Response
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Returns masked / synthetic data in Sandbox

What you need before we start

  • The languages and directions your product needs
  • The content surfaces to be translated — UI copy, notifications, support
  • A review process for user-facing translated copy
  • A caching policy for repeated translations

How we deliver it

  1. Language and surface scoping
  2. Sandbox integration and quality review on representative content
  3. Caching to keep latency and cost predictable on repeated strings
  4. Production rollout with fallback to source language on failure

Industries using Bhashini Translate

Bhashini Translate API integration — FAQs

How many languages are supported?

22 Indian languages, for both translation and speech.

Does it handle speech as well as text?

Yes — speech recognition and synthesis alongside text translation, which is what makes voice-first design possible for low-literacy audiences.

Is translation quality good enough for production?

For transactional and informational copy, generally yes. We recommend human review for legal, medical and financial disclosures, and the integration supports that review step.

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