Translates a large volume of text in asynchronous batch mode. This function provides real-time output as the inputs are being processed. If caller cancels a request, the partial results (for an input file, it's all or nothing) may still be available on the specified output location. This call returns immediately and you can use google.longrunning.Operation.name to poll the status of the call.

Scopes

You will need authorization for the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform scope to make a valid call.

If unset, the scope for this method defaults to https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform. You can set the scope for this method like this: translate3 --scope <scope> projects locations-batch-translate-text ...

Required Scalar Argument

  • <parent> (string)
    • Required. Location to make a call. Must refer to a caller's project. Format: projects/{project-number-or-id}/locations/{location-id}. The global location is not supported for batch translation. Only AutoML Translation models or glossaries within the same region (have the same location-id) can be used, otherwise an INVALID_ARGUMENT (400) error is returned.

Required Request Value

The request value is a data-structure with various fields. Each field may be a simple scalar or another data-structure. In the latter case it is advised to set the field-cursor to the data-structure's field to specify values more concisely.

For example, a structure like this:

BatchTranslateTextRequest:
  labels: { string: string }
  models: { string: string }
  output-config:
    gcs-destination:
      output-uri-prefix: string
  source-language-code: string
  target-language-codes: [string]

can be set completely with the following arguments which are assumed to be executed in the given order. Note how the cursor position is adjusted to the respective structures, allowing simple field names to be used most of the time.

  • -r . labels=key=gubergren
    • Optional. The labels with user-defined metadata for the request. Label keys and values can be no longer than 63 characters (Unicode codepoints), can only contain lowercase letters, numeric characters, underscores and dashes. International characters are allowed. Label values are optional. Label keys must start with a letter. See https://cloud.google.com/translate/docs/advanced/labels for more information.
    • the value will be associated with the given key
  • models=key=rebum.
    • Optional. The models to use for translation. Map's key is target language code. Map's value is model name. Value can be a built-in general model, or an AutoML Translation model. The value format depends on model type: - AutoML Translation models: projects/{project-number-or-id}/locations/{location-id}/models/{model-id} - General (built-in) models: projects/{project-number-or-id}/locations/{location-id}/models/general/nmt, If the map is empty or a specific model is not requested for a language pair, then default google model (nmt) is used.
    • the value will be associated with the given key

  • output-config.gcs-destination output-uri-prefix=est

    • Required. The bucket used in 'output_uri_prefix' must exist and there must be no files under 'output_uri_prefix'. 'output_uri_prefix' must end with "/" and start with "gs://". One 'output_uri_prefix' can only be used by one batch translation job at a time. Otherwise an INVALID_ARGUMENT (400) error is returned.

  • ... source-language-code=ipsum

    • Required. Source language code.
  • target-language-codes=ipsum
    • Required. Specify up to 10 language codes here.
    • Each invocation of this argument appends the given value to the array.

About Cursors

The cursor position is key to comfortably set complex nested structures. The following rules apply:

  • The cursor position is always set relative to the current one, unless the field name starts with the . character. Fields can be nested such as in -r f.s.o .
  • The cursor position is set relative to the top-level structure if it starts with ., e.g. -r .s.s
  • You can also set nested fields without setting the cursor explicitly. For example, to set a value relative to the current cursor position, you would specify -r struct.sub_struct=bar.
  • You can move the cursor one level up by using ... Each additional . moves it up one additional level. E.g. ... would go three levels up.

Optional Output Flags

The method's return value a JSON encoded structure, which will be written to standard output by default.

  • -o out
    • out specifies the destination to which to write the server's result to. It will be a JSON-encoded structure. The destination may be - to indicate standard output, or a filepath that is to contain the received bytes. If unset, it defaults to standard output.

Optional General Properties

The following properties can configure any call, and are not specific to this method.

  • -p $-xgafv=string

    • V1 error format.

  • -p access-token=string

    • OAuth access token.

  • -p alt=string

    • Data format for response.

  • -p callback=string

    • JSONP

  • -p fields=string

    • Selector specifying which fields to include in a partial response.

  • -p key=string

    • API key. Your API key identifies your project and provides you with API access, quota, and reports. Required unless you provide an OAuth 2.0 token.

  • -p oauth-token=string

    • OAuth 2.0 token for the current user.

  • -p pretty-print=boolean

    • Returns response with indentations and line breaks.

  • -p quota-user=string

    • Available to use for quota purposes for server-side applications. Can be any arbitrary string assigned to a user, but should not exceed 40 characters.

  • -p upload-type=string

    • Legacy upload protocol for media (e.g. "media", "multipart").

  • -p upload-protocol=string

    • Upload protocol for media (e.g. "raw", "multipart").