Translate Trigger Action

Purpose

The Translate{{glossary.Action}} is powerful, but simple. Provide text along with a target output language and this trigger action will return translated text. The source language is automatically detected based on the text that is provided.

Example Use Cases

Modern manufacturing takes place across countries and languages. It conforms to the language where your users are most comfortable, which is critical to drive the best possible insights.

Some example use cases include:

• Unifying the notes added along with defect reports to one target language. Users can enter their description of the underlying issue in their native language, and it will automatically be translated to the language spoken by key stakeholders.
• Message between employees, respecting each of their native languages. Lookup the desired language of the recipient, and translate any messages to that user into their target language without any overhead for the user sending that message.
• Translate information from other business systems into user native language. The packaging notes returned from your ERP are critical to ensure no defects are created, but these notes are complex. Translate them into the native language of your users on the fly to reduce the risk of these defects.

Trigger Action - Inputs and outputs

The trigger action has two inputs, Text and Target language, and one output, the translated text.

Input: Text

This is the text that will be translated. “Translate” automatically infers the language of the text.

Input: Target language

This is the language the text should be translated into. The input should be in ISO 639-1 format as shown in the “Supported values” list below.

Automation Action - Inputs and outputs

The automations action has two inputs, Text and Target language, and one output, the translated text.

Input: Text

This is the text that will be translated. “Translate” automatically infers the language of the text. This can reference any Text variable within the context of the respective automation.

Input: Target language

This is the language the text should be translated into. The input should be in ISO 639-1 format as shown in the “Supported values” list below. This can reference any Text variable within the context of the respective automation. See the list of supported language codes below.

Supported Languages

The following languages are supported for Text and Target Language.

Output: Translated Text

The trigger action and automation action each returns the translated text.

Error Types

No text to translate provided

If no text to translate is provided to the trigger action, an empty string will be returned.

Unsupported input text language

The trigger action will try to interpret the text as one of the supported languages. Depending on the input, this can either lead to text being translated inaccurately or the input text being returned as the translated text.

No target language provided

If no target language is provided to the trigger action, the App will show the following system error:

Target language for translation not provided. Contact your Tulip administrator for support.

This happens for both of the following cases:

• The target language input does not have a value assigned. This is equivalent to “null”.
• The target language input has an empty string assigned.

Unsupported or invalid target language provided

If an unsupported invalid target language is provided, the App will show the following system error:

An invalid ISO 639-1 language codec was provided for the translation trigger. Contact your Tulip administrator for support.

Limits

Currently the following limits exist for Translate triggers. These limits are tracked on an {{glossary.Instance}} level. In a case where these limits have been exceeded, the translate trigger action will fail.

Monthly Limit: No limit
Rate Limit: 10 Requests/Minute

Account Usage Limit: See details here