# Scribe Text Translation API

> Scribe Text Translation API is a paid API for AI agents from scribe.vimabrosta.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-11).

Translates up to 2,000 characters of text into a specified target language, with automatic source language detection and preservation of formatting, names, numbers, URLs, and code.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://scribe.vimabrosta.com/v1/translate?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-11
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/scribe-text-translation-api-0d9fb7bf
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_EgaoGCDR6B2RaBjWG_ITd

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 scribe-text-translation-api-0d9fb7bf -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Translate this text to Japanese, preserving all the code snippets and URLs: 'Welcome to our platform! Visit https://example.com or run `npm install` to get started.'

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a lightweight, pay-per-use translation with no account setup, automatic source language detection, and guaranteed preservation of code, URLs, and formatting — ideal for agents that occasionally need translation without committing to a subscription service. Best for texts under 2,000 characters where per-call pricing at $0.01 is cost-effective.

## Known failure modes

- Text exceeds 2,000 character limit — request rejected
- Invalid or unrecognized target language code or name — translation fails
- Unsupported language pair — may return error or degraded output
- Empty text input — returns error
- Payment not included or insufficient — 402 response requiring $0.01 USDC

## How this service works

Translate up to 2,000 characters into a target language (an ISO 639-1 code or a language name), with the source language detected. Formatting, names, numbers, URLs, and code are preserved. Returns the translation and the detected source. Synchronous, $0.01, no account needed.

## Output

Returns the translated text in the target language along with the detected source language code, with all formatting, names, numbers, URLs, and code blocks preserved as-is.

## 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",
       "maxLength": 2000
      },
      "source": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Optional; detected when omitted."
      },
      "target": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "ISO 639-1 code (es, ja, de) or a language name."
      }
     }
    },
    "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"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/scribe-text-translation-api-0d9fb7bf/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from scribe.vimabrosta.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/scribe.vimabrosta.com/llms.txt)