Languages

Multilingual support in Clarifai
The Clarifai API supports many languages in addition to English. These are represented as translations of the names of concepts so that when you search by concept name or get predictions from a model's concepts you can utilize the language of your choice.
Supported Languages
The currently supported languages are listed below.
Language
Code
Arabic (ar)
ar
Bengali (bn)
bn
Danish (da)
da
German (de)
de
English (en)
en
Spanish (es)
es
Finnish (fi)
fi
French (fr)
fr
Hindi (hi)
hi
Hungarian (hu)
hu
Italian (it)
it
Japanese (ja)
ja
Korean (ko)
ko
Dutch (nl)
nl
Norwegian (no)
no
Punjabi (pa)
pa
Polish (pl)
pl
Portuguese (pt)
pt
Russian (ru)
ru
Swedish (sv)
sv
Turkish (tr)
tr
Chinese Simplified (zh)
zh
Chinese Traditional (zh-TW)
zh-TW
Default Language
When you create a new Application, you must specify a default language. This will be the default language concepts are returned in when you do not explicitly set a language in an API request. You cannot change the default language. You can however change languages per request.
create new app
List language translations by concept ID
You can see all the language translations for a given concept ID with a GET call. This call supports pagination.
gRPC Java
gRPC NodeJS
gRPC Python
cURL
gRPC Java
import com.clarifai.grpc.api.*;
import com.clarifai.grpc.api.status.*;
​
// Insert here the initialization code as outlined on this page:
// https://docs.clarifai.com/api-guide/api-overview/api-clients#client-installation-instructions
​
MultiConceptResponse listConceptLanguagesResponse = stub.listConceptLanguages(
    ListConceptLanguagesRequest.newBuilder()
        .setConceptId("charlie")
        .build()
);
​
if (listConceptLanguagesResponse.getStatus().getCode() != StatusCode.SUCCESS) {
    throw new RuntimeException("List concept languages failed, status: " + listConceptLanguagesResponse.getStatus());
}
gRPC NodeJS
// Insert here the initialization code as outlined on this page:
// https://docs.clarifai.com/api-guide/api-overview/api-clients#client-installation-instructions
​
stub.ListConceptLanguages(
    {
      concept_id: "charlie"
    },
    metadata,
    (err, response) => {
        if (err) {
            throw new Error(err);
        }
​
        if (response.status.code !== 10000) {
            throw new Error("List concepts failed, status: " + response.status.description);
        }
    }
);
gRPC Python
# Insert here the initialization code as outlined on this page:
# https://docs.clarifai.com/api-guide/api-overview/api-clients#client-installation-instructions
​
list_concept_languages_response = stub.ListConceptLanguages(
    service_pb2.ListConceptLanguagesRequest(
        concept_id="charlie"
    ),
    metadata=metadata
)
​
if list_concept_languages_response.status.code != status_code_pb2.SUCCESS:
    raise Exception("List concept failed, status: " + list_concept_languages_response.status.description)
cURL
curl -X GET \
  -H "Authorization: Key YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  https://api.clarifai.com/v2/concepts/{concept_id}/languages
Get specific language translation for a concept
To get a single language translation you have for a concept you can get by the language code and concept id.
gRPC Java
gRPC NodeJS
gRPC Python
cURL
gRPC Java
import com.clarifai.grpc.api.*;
import com.clarifai.grpc.api.status.*;
​
// Insert here the initialization code as outlined on this page:
// https://docs.clarifai.com/api-guide/api-overview/api-clients#client-installation-instructions
​
MultiConceptResponse getConceptLanguageResponse = stub.getConceptLanguage(
    ListConceptLanguageRequest.newBuilder()
        .setConceptId("charlie")
        .setLanguage("ja")
        .build()
);
​
if (getConceptLanguageResponse.getStatus().getCode() != StatusCode.SUCCESS) {
    throw new RuntimeException("List concept languages failed, status: " + getConceptLanguageResponse.getStatus());
}
gRPC NodeJS
// Insert here the initialization code as outlined on this page:
// https://docs.clarifai.com/api-guide/api-overview/api-clients#client-installation-instructions
​
stub.GetConceptLanguage(
    {
      concept_id: "charlie",
      language: "ja"
    },
    metadata,
    (err, response) => {
        if (err) {
            throw new Error(err);
        }
​
        if (response.status.code !== 10000) {
            throw new Error("Get concepts failed, status: " + response.status.description);
        }
    }
);
gRPC Python
# Insert here the initialization code as outlined on this page:
# https://docs.clarifai.com/api-guide/api-overview/api-clients#client-installation-instructions
​
get_concept_language_response = stub.GetConceptLanguage(
    service_pb2.GetConceptLanguageRequest(
        concept_id="charlie",
        language="ja"
    ),
    metadata=metadata
)
​
if get_concept_langauge_response.status.code != status_code_pb2.SUCCESS:
    raise Exception("Get concept failed, status: " + get_concept_language_response.status.description)
cURL
curl -X GET \
  -H "Authorization: Key YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  https://api.clarifai.com/v2/concepts/{concept_id}/languages/{language}
Add a language translation for a concept
To create a langauge translation for a concept you can POST that language translation.
gRPC Java
gRPC NodeJS
gRPC Python
cURL
gRPC Java
import com.clarifai.grpc.api.*;
import com.clarifai.grpc.api.status.*;
​
// Insert here the initialization code as outlined on this page:
// https://docs.clarifai.com/api-guide/api-overview/api-clients#client-installation-instructions
​
MultiConceptResponse postConceptLanguageResponse = stub.postConceptLanguage(
    PostConceptLanguageRequest.newBuilder()
        .setConceptId("charlie")
        .addConceptLanguages(ConceptLanguage.newBuilder().setId("ja").setName("ボスコ"))
        .build()
);
​
if (postConceptLanguageResponse.getStatus().getCode() != StatusCode.SUCCESS) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Post concept languages failed, status: " + postConceptLanguageResponse.getStatus());
}
gRPC NodeJS
// Insert here the initialization code as outlined on this page:
// https://docs.clarifai.com/api-guide/api-overview/api-clients#client-installation-instructions
​
stub.PostConceptLanguage(
    {
      concept_id: "charlie",
      concept_languages: [
        {
          id: "ja",
          name: "ボスコ"
        }
      ]
    },
    metadata,
    (err, response) => {
        if (err) {
            throw new Error(err);
        }
​
        if (response.status.code !== 10000) {
            throw new Error("Get concepts failed, status: " + response.status.description);
        }
    }
);
gRPC Python
# Insert here the initialization code as outlined on this page:
# https://docs.clarifai.com/api-guide/api-overview/api-clients#client-installation-instructions
​
get_concept_language_response = stub.PostConceptLanguage(
    service_pb2.PostConceptLanguageRequest(
        concept_id="charlie",
        concept_languages=[resources_pb2.ConceptLanguages(
          id="ja",
          name="ボスコ"
        )]
    ),
    metadata=metadata
)
​
if get_concept_langauge_response.status.code != status_code_pb2.SUCCESS:
    raise Exception("Get concept failed, status: " + get_concept_language_response.status.description)
cURL
curl -X GET \
  -H "Authorization: Key YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  https://api.clarifai.com/v2/concepts/{concept_id}/languages/{language}
Update a language translation for a concept
To update a langauge translation for a concept you can PATCH that language translation.
gRPC Java
gRPC NodeJS
gRPC Python
cURL
gRPC Java
import com.clarifai.grpc.api.*;
import com.clarifai.grpc.api.status.*;
​
// Insert here the initialization code as outlined on this page:
// https://docs.clarifai.com/api-guide/api-overview/api-clients#client-installation-instructions
​
MultiConceptResponse patchConceptLanguageResponse = stub.patchConceptLanguage(
    PatchConceptLanguageRequest.newBuilder()
        .setAction("overwrite")
        .setConceptId("charlie")
        .addConceptLanguages(ConceptLanguage.newBuilder().setId("ja").setName("new name"))
        .build()
);
​
if (patchConceptLanguageResponse.getStatus().getCode() != StatusCode.SUCCESS) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Patch concept languages failed, status: " + patchConceptLanguageResponse.getStatus());
}
gRPC NodeJS
// Insert here the initialization code as outlined on this page:
// https://docs.clarifai.com/api-guide/api-overview/api-clients#client-installation-instructions
​
stub.PatchConceptLanguage(
    {
      action: "overwrite",
      concept_id: "charlie",
      concept_languages: [
        {
          id: "ja",
          name: "new name"
        }
      ]
    },
    metadata,
    (err, response) => {
        if (err) {
            throw new Error(err);
        }
​
        if (response.status.code !== 10000) {
            throw new Error("Get concepts failed, status: " + response.status.description);
        }
    }
);
gRPC Python
# Insert here the initialization code as outlined on this page:
# https://docs.clarifai.com/api-guide/api-overview/api-clients#client-installation-instructions
​
get_concept_language_response = stub.PatchConceptLanguage(
    service_pb2.PatchConceptLanguageRequest(
        concept_id="charlie",
        concept_languages=[resources_pb2.ConceptLanguages(
          id="ja",
          name="new name"
        )],
        action="overwrite"
    ),
    metadata=metadata
)
​
if get_concept_langauge_response.status.code != status_code_pb2.SUCCESS:
    raise Exception("Get concept failed, status: " + get_concept_language_response.status.description)
cURL
curl -X GET \
  -H "Authorization: Key YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  https://api.clarifai.com/v2/concepts/{concept_id}/languages/{language}
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Last updated 3 weeks ago
Language	Code
Arabic (ar)	ar
Bengali (bn)	bn
Danish (da)	da
German (de)	de
English (en)	en
Spanish (es)	es
Finnish (fi)	fi
French (fr)	fr
Hindi (hi)	hi
Hungarian (hu)	hu
Italian (it)	it
Japanese (ja)	ja
Korean (ko)	ko
Dutch (nl)	nl
Norwegian (no)	no
Punjabi (pa)	pa
Polish (pl)	pl
Portuguese (pt)	pt
Russian (ru)	ru
Swedish (sv)	sv
Turkish (tr)	tr
Chinese Simplified (zh)	zh
Chinese Traditional (zh-TW)	zh-TW