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Access Multitran's multilingual dictionary via API. Translate words, browse subject area terminology, and retrieve language pairs across 5 endpoints.
No input parameters required.
curl -X GET 'https://api.parse.bot/scraper/99ae0ae9-6955-45db-9267-9c189ce0b016/get_available_languages' \ -H 'X-API-Key: $PARSE_API_KEY'
Get list of all available languages and their numeric IDs from the Multitran dictionary.
No input parameters required.
{
"type": "object",
"fields": {
"languages": "array of objects with id (string numeric ID) and name (string language name)"
},
"sample": {
"data": {
"languages": [
{
"id": "1",
"name": "English"
},
{
"id": "2",
"name": "Russian"
},
{
"id": "33",
"name": "Ukrainian"
}
]
},
"status": "success"
}
}About the multitran.com API
The Multitran API exposes 5 endpoints for querying one of the largest multilingual translation dictionaries on the web. Use translate_term to look up a word or phrase and receive translations grouped by subject area, or use get_dictionary_index to retrieve all specialized subject areas available for a given language pair, identified by numeric language IDs.
What the API Covers
The Multitran API gives programmatic access to a multilingual dictionary that spans dozens of languages and hundreds of specialized subject areas. All language references use numeric IDs — call get_available_languages to retrieve the full list of supported languages with their corresponding integer IDs. These IDs are used as l1 (source) and l2 (target) parameters across every other endpoint.
Translating Terms and Browsing Subjects
translate_term accepts a term string plus optional l1/l2 language IDs and returns a results array where each object contains a subject abbreviation (the subject area context) and a translations array of strings. This makes it straightforward to see how a term is used differently across, say, legal, medical, or technical domains. get_dictionary_index lists every subject area available for a language pair, returning subject_id, name, entry_count, and a url per subject.
Browsing Subject Term Lists
get_subject_terms fetches the actual vocabulary for a specific subject area identified by the sc parameter (a subject ID from get_dictionary_index). Responses include a terms array of objects with english_term and ukrainian_translations, plus a pagination object containing an alphabet array for letter-based filtering and a next_page URL for cursor-based pagination. The letter parameter filters results to terms starting with a specific character, and the s parameter resumes from a cursor position.
Convenience Endpoint
get_all_subject_terms_full combines index retrieval and term fetching into a single call. It returns a dictionary keyed by subject name, each mapped to an array of term objects. The subject_limit parameter (a numeric string) caps how many subjects are processed, which is useful for sampling a language pair's content without paginating through every subject individually.
- Build a domain-specific glossary by pulling all terms under a subject area with
get_subject_termsand filtering by starting letter. - Populate a translation memory tool by iterating through
translate_termresults grouped by subject context. - Audit terminology coverage for a language pair by reading
entry_countvalues fromget_dictionary_indexsubjects. - Generate language-learning flashcard decks from
ukrainian_translationsarrays returned by subject term endpoints. - Index Multitran's subject taxonomy for a localization CMS using the
subjectsarray fromget_dictionary_index. - Enumerate all supported language IDs programmatically with
get_available_languagesbefore constructing language-pair queries. - Sample cross-subject vocabulary for a language pair in one call using
get_all_subject_terms_fullwith a boundedsubject_limit.
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Does Multitran have an official public developer API?+
What does `translate_term` return beyond just translated strings?+
translate_term returns the source and target language IDs (l1, l2), the original term, and a results array. Each element in results includes a subject abbreviation — indicating the domain context — and a translations array of strings. This lets you distinguish, for example, a legal translation from a technical one for the same word.How does pagination work in `get_subject_terms`?+
pagination object with two fields: alphabet, an array of letter/URL pairs for jumping to terms starting with a specific character, and next_page, a URL string (or null when you've reached the end). Pass the cursor value from next_page as the s parameter in a subsequent request to retrieve the following page of terms.Does the API return audio pronunciations or example sentences?+
Are all language pairs equally supported, or are some combinations sparse?+
get_dictionary_index returns an entry_count field per subject, which may be null or zero for sparsely covered combinations. Not all subject areas available for a high-coverage pair like English–German will appear for less common pairs. Checking entry_count before iterating into get_subject_terms is advisable.