# August Services Text Translation API

> August Services Text Translation API is a paid API for AI agents from api-v3qhpbwutp.august.services, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status down (last checked 2026-09-15).

Translates text between languages with automatic source-language detection, returning both the translation and the detected source language in a single pay-per-call request.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api-v3qhpbwutp.august.services/v1/translate
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: down
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/august-services-text-translation-api-62023f1a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_XVOhJjsV9lJUd8Mf2QWgb

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability august-services-text-translation-api-62023f1a -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you translate this French product review into English — 'Le rapport trimestriel sera publié vendredi.' — and also tell me what language it was originally written in?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need translation with automatic source-language detection in a single call, without requiring an account or subscription, and when pay-per-use USDC billing fits your workflow. It handles large documents up to ~40,000 characters in one request, making it ideal for bulk text or unknown-language content where detecting the source language is as important as the translation itself.

## Known failure modes

- Text exceeds ~40,000 character limit — request rejected or truncated
- Unsupported target language specified — error response indicating unsupported language
- Undetectable language (e.g. very short or ambiguous input) — may return low-confidence or incorrect language detection
- Payment failure in USDC — request not processed
- Malformed request body — HTTP 400 error
- Service unavailability — HTTP 5xx error

## How this service works

Translate text between languages, with automatic source-language detection. Returns the detected source language alongside the translation so an agent can branch on it. Pay per call in USDC with no account or subscription. Handles documents up to roughly 40,000 characters in one request.

## Output

A JSON object containing the translated text under the 'translation' key and the automatically detected source language name (e.g. 'French') under the 'detected_source_language' key, allowing the agent to branch logic based on the original language.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/august-services-text-translation-api-62023f1a/health.json
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