# NetIntel Short Translation

> NetIntel Short Translation is a paid API for AI agents from netintel-production-440c.up.railway.app, paid per call via x402, $0.03/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Translates a short text snippet into a target language and returns a grade, word count, detected source language, and service quality score

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://netintel-production-440c.up.railway.app/translate/short
- Price: $0.03/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/netintel-short-translation-ec270139
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_4lXDsdx69cbxv7UzfREce

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 netintel-short-translation-ec270139 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Translate 'Hello world' from English into French — I need the translated text, the detected source language, and a quality grade for the result.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when translating short text snippets (a few words to a couple of sentences) and you need both the translated output and structured metadata like language detection, quality grading, and a service score — particularly when operating in a pay-per-call micropayment environment on Base mainnet.

## Known failure modes

- Unsupported language pair returns error or low service score
- Input text too long for the 'short' tier (word count limit exceeded)
- Missing or malformed target language parameter causes 4xx error
- x402 payment failure if USDC balance is insufficient or payment header is missing
- Empty input text returns zero word count with no translation

## How this service works

Translate up to 500 words between languages using Claude Haiku — auto-detects source language, supports 30+ target languages, preserves formatting, and returns the translation with detected source so agents can localize short content cheaply. For longer text use /translate/long.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with the translated text, detected source language, target language, a letter grade (e.g. 'A'), word count of the input, a service score (0-100), and an array of findings/notes about the translation quality.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "text",
      "target"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "text": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "The text to translate. Max 500 words (and 50KB). For longer documents use /translate/long. Aliases also accepted: q, input, content, message."
      },
      "source": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Optional source language (ISO 639-1 code or English name). When omitted, the source language is auto-detected. Aliases also accepted: source_language, from."
      },
      "target": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Target language as an ISO 639-1 code (e.g. \"fr\") or English name (e.g. \"French\"). 30+ languages mapped directly; other values (endonyms, qualified names) are interpreted by the model with a targetHint finding. Required. Aliases also accepted: target_lang, target_language, to, lang, targetLanguage. (The response returns this as target_language.)"
      }
     }
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "tier": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Pricing tier — always \"short\" for this endpoint"
      },
      "grade": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Letter grade A-F derived from service_score"
      },
      "findings": {
       "type": "array",
       "description": "Plain-string hints — e.g. a targetHint string when the target language was model-interpreted"
      },
      "word_count": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Word count of the input text"
      },
      "translation": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "The translated text, formatting preserved"
      },
      "service_score": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Endpoint health score 0-10
… (truncated)
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "tier": "short",
  "grade": "A",
  "findings": [],
  "word_count": 2,
  "translation": "Bonjour le monde",
  "service_score": 100,
  "source_detected": true,
  "source_language": "en",
  "target_language": "fr"
 }
}
```

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