# MiniChan Translate — NVIDIA NIM MiniMax-M3 Language Translation

> MiniChan Translate — NVIDIA NIM MiniMax-M3 Language Translation is a paid API for AI agents from minichan.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Translates text from any language into a specified target language using the MiniMax-M3 428B MoE model via NVIDIA NIM, paid with USDC on Base.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://minichan.vercel.app/api/translate
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/minichan-translate-nvidia-nim-minimax-m3-language-translation-c4f6b1dc
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_fehXxslCxkt33G_BWACpm

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 minichan-translate-nvidia-nim-minimax-m3-language-translation-c4f6b1dc -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Translate the following text into Japanese using MiniChan: 'Welcome to our store! We are happy to assist you with your purchase today.'

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need high-quality, AI-powered text translation backed by a large 428B MoE model and are comfortable paying per-call in USDC on Base via the x402 protocol. Particularly useful for agentic workflows that need multilingual support without managing API keys for traditional translation providers.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required 'text' field returns a 400 or validation error
- Missing or unrecognized 'target_lang' value may produce an error or unexpected output
- Payment failure via x402/USDC on Base results in 402 Payment Required response
- Very long texts may exceed model context limits
- Model may hallucinate or produce poor-quality output for rare or low-resource languages

## How this service works

NVIDIA NIM MiniMax-M3 (428B MoE) powered API for AI agents. 15 multimodal endpoints — text, vision, code, reasoning, creative. Pay with USDC on Base via x402.

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing the translated text in the specified target language, produced by the MiniMax-M3 428B MoE model via NVIDIA NIM.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "text",
  "target_lang"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "text": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Text to translate"
  },
  "target_lang": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Target language (e.g., Japanese, Spanish, French)"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object"
}
```

## More

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