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AIIntegration.TranslateAsync(IAIExtensionsContainer, TranslateRequest, CancellationToken) Method

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AIIntegration.TranslateAsync(IAIExtensionsContainer, TranslateRequest, CancellationToken) Method

Translates text into a specific language using AI-powered translation services.

Namespace : DevExpress.AIIntegration

Assembly : DevExpress.AIIntegration.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.AIIntegration

Declaration

csharp
public static Task<TextResponse> TranslateAsync(
    this IAIExtensionsContainer container,
    TranslateRequest request,
    CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken)
)
vb
<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function TranslateAsync(
    container As IAIExtensionsContainer,
    request As TranslateRequest,
    cancellationToken As CancellationToken = Nothing
) As Task(Of TextResponse)

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
containerIAIExtensionsContainer

The AI extensions container.

| | request | TranslateRequest |

The request to translate text into a specific language using AI-powered translation services.

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Optional Parameters

NameTypeDefaultDescription
cancellationTokenCancellationTokennull

The token that cancels the task.

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Returns

TypeDescription
Task<TextResponse>

The response that contains AI-generated text.

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Remarks

The following example registers an Azure OpenAI client and uses the AI-powered extension to translate the specified text into Italian in a .NET console application:

csharp
using Azure;
using Azure.AI.OpenAI;
using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
using DevExpress.AIIntegration;
using DevExpress.AIIntegration.Extensions;

SetEnvironmentVariables();

// Register an Azure OpenAI client
AIExtensionsContainerDefault defaultAIExtensionsContainer = RegisterAzureOpenAIClient(
    Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT"),
    Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_APIKEY")
);

string textToTranslate = "\"A slow sort of country!\" said the Queen.";
var response = await defaultAIExtensionsContainer.TranslateAsync(
    new TranslateRequest(textToTranslate, "Italian")
);

Console.WriteLine(response);

/* Output:
 * "Un tipo di paese un po' lento!" disse la Regina.
 */

AIExtensionsContainerDefault RegisterAzureOpenAIClient(string azureOpenAIEndpoint, string azureOpenAIKey) {
    IChatClient client = new Azure.AI.OpenAI.AzureOpenAIClient(new Uri(azureOpenAIEndpoint),
        new System.ClientModel.ApiKeyCredential(azureOpenAIKey)).GetChatClient("gpt-4o-mini").AsIChatClient();

    return AIExtensionsContainerConsole.CreateDefaultAIExtensionContainer(client);
}

void SetEnvironmentVariables() {
    Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT", {SPECIFY_YOUR_AZURE_ENDPOINT});
    Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_APIKEY", {SPECIFY_YOU_AZURE_KEY});
}

See Also

AIIntegration Class

AIIntegration Members

DevExpress.AIIntegration Namespace