# argos-translate

**Repository Path**: qianger88/argos-translate

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: argos-translate
- **Description**: No description available
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

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- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2026-04-25
- **Last Updated**: 2026-04-25

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## README

# Argos Translate
[Demo](https://libretranslate.com) | [Website](https://www.argosopentech.com) | [Docs](https://argos-translate.readthedocs.io) |  [Forum](https://community.libretranslate.com/c/argos-translate/5) | [GitHub](https://github.com/argosopentech/argos-translate) | [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/argostranslate/)

**Open-source offline translation library written in Python**

Argos Translate uses [OpenNMT](https://opennmt.net/) for translations and can be used as either a Python library, command-line, or GUI application. Argos Translate supports installing language model packages which are zip archives with a ".argosmodel" extension containing the data needed for translation. [LibreTranslate](https://libretranslate.com) is an API and web-app built on top of Argos Translate.

Argos Translate also manages automatically pivoting through intermediate languages to translate between languages that don't have a direct translation between them installed. For example, if you have a es → en and en → fr translation installed you are able to translate from es → fr as if you had that translation installed. This allows for translating between a wide variety of languages at the cost of some loss of translation quality.

The [argospm-index](https://github.com/argosopentech/argospm-index) contains metadata and download links to access pre-trained Argos Translate models.

### Supported languages

##### [Browse Package Index](https://www.argosopentech.com/argospm/index/)

Arabic, Azerbaijani, Basque, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kyrgyz, Korean, Malay, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, and more

[Request a language](https://github.com/argosopentech/argos-translate/discussions/91)

## Installation
### Install with Python
Argos Translate is available from [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/argostranslate/) and can be easily installed with [pip](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installation/).

```
pip install argostranslate
```

Install [GUI](https://github.com/argosopentech/argos-translate-gui):
```
pip install argostranslategui
```

### Python source installation into virtualenv

Download a copy of this repo and install with pip.

```
git clone https://github.com/argosopentech/argos-translate.git
cd argos-translate
virtualenv env
source env/bin/activate
pip install -e .
```

## Examples
### [Python](https://argos-translate.readthedocs.io/en/latest/py-modindex.html)

```python
import argostranslate.package
import argostranslate.translate

from_code = "en"
to_code = "es"

# Download and install Argos Translate package
argostranslate.package.update_package_index()
available_packages = argostranslate.package.get_available_packages()
package_to_install = next(
    filter(
        lambda x: x.from_code == from_code and x.to_code == to_code, available_packages
    )
)
argostranslate.package.install_from_path(package_to_install.download())

# Translate
translatedText = argostranslate.translate.translate("Hello World", from_code, to_code)
print(translatedText)
# '¡Hola Mundo!'
```

### Command Line Interface
```
argospm update
argospm install translate-en_de
argos-translate --from en --to de "Hello World!"
# Hallo Welt!

```

Install all translation packages:
```
argospm install translate
```

### [LibreTranslate](https://github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate) Web App ([Demo](https://libretranslate.com/))
![Web App Screenshot](img/WebAppScreenshot.png)

### [LibreTranslate](https://github.com/uav4geo/LibreTranslate) API

```javascript
const res = await fetch("https://translate.argosopentech.com/translate", {
	method: "POST",
	body: JSON.stringify({
		q: "Hello!",
		source: "en",
		target: "es"
	}),
	headers: {
		"Content-Type": "application/json"}
	});

console.log(await res.json());

{
    "translatedText": "¡Hola!"
}
```

#### Graphical user interface
The GUI code is in a [separate repository](https://github.com/argosopentech/argos-translate-gui).

![Screenshot](/img/Screenshot.png)
![Screenshot2](/img/Screenshot2.png)


## [Packages](https://www.argosopentech.com/argospm/index/)
- [Browse](https://www.argosopentech.com/argospm/index/)
- [P2P download with BitTorrent](/p2p/README.md)
- [Training scripts](https://github.com/argosopentech/argos-train)
- [Google Drive download](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11wxM3Ze7NCgOk_tdtRjwet10DmtvFu3i)


### GPU Acceleration

To enable GPU support, you need to set the `ARGOS_DEVICE_TYPE` env variable to `cuda` or `auto`.

```
$ ARGOS_DEVICE_TYPE=cuda argos-translate --from-lang en --to-lang es "Hello World"
Hola Mundo
```

The above env variable passes the device type to [CTranslate2](https://github.com/OpenNMT/CTranslate2).

### HTML Translation
The [translate-html](https://github.com/argosopentech/translate-html) library is built on top of Argos Translate and [Beautiful Soup](https://beautiful-soup-4.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) and parses and translates HTML. The LibreTranslate API also has support for translating HTML.


### Files Translation
The [argos-translate-files](https://github.com/LibreTranslate/argos-translate-files) library is built on top of Argos Translate and parses and translates files. The LibreTranslate API also has support for translating files.

## Uninstall

``` shell
pip uninstall argostranslate
```

You may choose to also delete temporary and cached files:

``` shell
rm -r ~/.local/cache/argos-translate
rm -r ~/.local/share/argos-translate
```

## Related Projects
- [LibreTranslate-py](https://github.com/argosopentech/LibreTranslate-py) - Python bindings for LibreTranslate
- [MetalTranslate](https://github.com/argosopentech/MetalTranslate) - Customizable translation in C++
- [LibreTranslate/Locomotive](https://github.com/LibreTranslate/Locomotive) - Toolkit for training/converting LibreTranslate compatible language models 🚂 
- [DesktopTranslator](https://github.com/ymoslem/DesktopTranslator) - [OpenNMT](https://opennmt.net/) based translation application
- [LibreTranslate-rs](https://github.com/grantshandy/libretranslate-rs) - LibreTranslate Rust bindings
- [LibreTranslate Go](https://github.com/SnakeSel/libretranslate) - LibreTranslate Golang bindings
- [LibreTranslate Java](https://github.com/dynomake/libretranslate-java) - LibreTranslate Java bindings
- [LibreTranslator](https://gitlab.com/BeowuIf/libretranslator) - LibreTranslate Android app

## Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Available issues are on the [GitHub issues page](https://github.com/argosopentech/argos-translate/issues). Contributions of code, data, and pre-trained models can all be accepted.

## Support
For support please use the [LibreTranslate Forum](https://community.libretranslate.com/c/argos-translate/5) or [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/argosopentech/argos-translate/issues).

For questions about [CTranslate2](https://github.com/OpenNMT/CTranslate2) or general machine translation research the [OpenNMT Forum](https://forum.opennmt.net/) is a good resource.

## Services
Custom models trained on your own data are available for $1000/language (negotiable).

[I am also available for hire](https://www.argosopentech.com/about/) to do support, consulting, or custom software development.

## Donate
If you find this software useful donations are greatly appreciated and help to make this project sustainable.
- [GitHub Sponsor](https://github.com/sponsors/argosopentech)
- [PayPal](https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=MCCFG437JP9PJ)
- [Venmo @pjfinlay](https://venmo.com/u/pjfinlay)
- Bitcoin: 16UJrmSEGojFPaqjTGpuSMNhNRSsnspFJT

Paid supporters receive priority support.

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## Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Bug reports, pull requests, documentation writing, and feature ideas are all appreciated.

## License
Argos Translate is dual licensed under either the [MIT License](https://github.com/argosopentech/argos-translate/blob/master/LICENSE) or [Creative Commons CC0](https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).