Translate to Indic Languages
Hosted IndicTrans2 — purpose-built English-to-Indic translation across Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Malayalam, Kannada, Urdu, and Assamese. Higher fidelity for these languages than a general LLM. Uses 1 credit per run.
About Translate to Indic Languages
Translate to Indic Languages converts English text into eleven major South Asian languages using IndicTrans2, a model built specifically for this job. Reach for it when a general-purpose LLM gives stilted or inaccurate output for Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Malayalam, Kannada, Urdu, or Assamese. Because the model is purpose-built for English-to-Indic pairs, the wording reads more natural than a one-size-fits-all translator.
- Category
- text
- Input
- Accepts: text/plain.
- Output
- Outputs: text/plain.
- Cost
- Credit-metered
- Memory
- low
Common uses
- Localize app copy or onboarding screens into Hindi, Tamil, and Bengali for an Indian launch
- Translate a customer-facing announcement into Marathi and Gujarati for regional audiences
- Render English product descriptions into Telugu and Kannada for a marketplace listing
- Convert support macros into Punjabi or Malayalam so agents can reply in a customer's language
- Translate survey questions into Urdu and Assamese to widen response coverage
- Produce a first-pass Indic translation of documentation for a human reviewer to polish
Frequently asked questions
Which languages are supported?
Eleven: Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Malayalam, Kannada, Urdu, and Assamese. The source text is English.
Why use this instead of the general Translate tool?
IndicTrans2 is trained specifically on English-to-Indic pairs, so it handles these scripts and grammar more faithfully than a general LLM. For other language pairs, use the general hosted Translate tool.
What format does it take and return?
Plain text in, plain text out (text/plain). Paste your English text and pick the target Indic language; the translated text comes back ready to copy or chain onward.
Does my text leave my device?
Yes — this is a Pro tool running on hosted infrastructure, and each run uses 1 credit. The text is sent to the IndicTrans2 model to be translated.
Can it translate from Hindi back into English?
No — this tool is purpose-built for the English-to-Indic direction. For other directions or non-Indic languages, use the general hosted Translate tool.
How long can the input be?
It works best on focused passages — a paragraph, a screen of copy, a set of strings. For very long documents, split the text into sections and translate each in turn.
Keywords
- translate
- indic
- hindi
- tamil
- bengali
- india
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