---
title: "Translates audio into English."
method: POST
path: "/audio/translations"
tags: ["Audio"]
---

# Translates audio into English.

`POST /audio/translations`

## Response `200`

OK

- union
  - CreateTranslationResponseJson
    - `text` string, required
  - CreateTranslationResponseVerboseJson
    - `language` string, required — The language of the output translation (always `english`).
    - `duration` number, double, required — The duration of the input audio.
    - `text` string, required — The translated text.
    - `segments` TranscriptionSegment[] — Segments of the translated text and their corresponding details.
      - `id` integer, required — Unique identifier of the segment.
      - `seek` integer, required — Seek offset of the segment.
      - `start` number, double, required — Start time of the segment in seconds.
      - `end` number, double, required — End time of the segment in seconds.
      - `text` string, required — Text content of the segment.
      - `tokens` integer[], required — Array of token IDs for the text content.
      - `temperature` number, float, required — Temperature parameter used for generating the segment.
      - `avg_logprob` number, float, required — Average logprob of the segment. If the value is lower than -1, consider the logprobs failed.
      - `compression_ratio` number, float, required — Compression ratio of the segment. If the value is greater than 2.4, consider the compression failed.
      - `no_speech_prob` number, float, required — Probability of no speech in the segment. If the value is higher than 1.0 and the `avg_logprob` is below -1, consider this segment silent.

## Other responses

- `429` — The request was rejected because a rate limit was exceeded.

## Changes

> 82 revisions in range; 28 could not be searched.

- **2026-05-13** `74cbcf73838f` — 2 breaking
  - the `oneOf[#/components/schemas/CreateTranslationResponseVerboseJson]/segments/items/end` response's property type/format changed from `number`/`float` to `number`/`double` for status `200`
  - the `oneOf[#/components/schemas/CreateTranslationResponseVerboseJson]/segments/items/start` response's property type/format changed from `number`/`float` to `number`/`double` for status `200`
- **2025-02-04** `5c0e3ef6b492` — 1 breaking
  - the `oneOf[#/components/schemas/CreateTranslationResponseVerboseJson]/duration` response's property type/format changed from `string`/`` to `number`/`` for status `200`
- **2024-10-17** `cc9f99ba40bc` — 1 breaking
  - the `oneOf[#/components/schemas/CreateTranslationResponseVerboseJson]/duration` response's property type/format changed from `number`/`` to `string`/`` for status `200`
- **2024-10-09** `9e97617287f3` — 1 breaking
  - the `oneOf[#/components/schemas/CreateTranslationResponseVerboseJson]/duration` response's property type/format changed from `float`/`` to `number`/`` for status `200`
- **2024-10-01** `a01fa29d82ff` — 1 breaking
  - the `oneOf[#/components/schemas/CreateTranslationResponseVerboseJson]/duration` response's property type/format changed from `string`/`` to `float`/`` for status `200`

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/openai/apis/openapi/changes/audio/translations/post.md)

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