---
id: translators
version: "6.0.4"
license: GPLv3
license_treatment: copyleft
maintenance: aging
---

# translators — Translators is a library that aims to bring free, multiple, enjoyable translations to individuals and students in Python.

License: copyleft · Maintenance: aging · Downloads: 147.2K/mo

## What it is and what it does

Translators is a Python library that wraps multiple free online translation services—including Google, Bing, Baidu, Alibaba, and others—into a single interface. Instead of writing separate code to call each service's API, you import translators and call a unified function to translate text, specifying the source and target languages. The library handles the HTTP requests, parsing, and error handling for each backend.

The package depends on HTTP clients (httpx, requests, niquests), HTML parsing (lxml), and compression support (brotli, brotlicffi) to communicate with and parse responses from these services. It supports Python 3.8 through 3.13 and is marked Production/Stable, though maintenance has slowed—the last commit was over 200 days ago. It carries a GPLv3 license, which restricts use in proprietary software.

Use it for:

- Translate user-submitted text in a web application without building integrations to individual translation APIs.
- Build a fallback translation system that tries multiple services if one is unavailable or rate-limited.
- Batch-translate documents or content by iterating over multiple language pairs using a single library.
- Prototype or test translation features in a learning project without managing API keys or authentication.
- Support translation of text in CLI tools or data pipelines where a lightweight, dependency-light solution is preferred.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Translators provides a unified Python interface to multiple free online translation services, allowing you to translate text across many language pairs without building individual integrations.

Yes, with conditions. Install if you need free, multi-service translation without managing separate API integrations and can accept GPLv3 licensing constraints. The low install friction and broad language support make it practical for prototyping and non-proprietary projects. Skip if you require active maintenance, proprietary licensing, or guaranteed uptime—the aging status and 205-day gap since last release suggest slower response to bugs or service changes.

## Install

pip install translators
uv add translators
poetry add translators

## Installing translators

Before you install: Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel. Maintenance is aging—last commit was 205 days ago—but the repository remains active and the package is marked Production/Stable. The 11 runtime dependencies include HTTP clients (httpx, requests, niquests), parsing (lxml), and compression libraries (brotli, brotlicffi), which add some weight but are widely available.

License in practice: Licensed under GPLv3 (copyleft). Any derivative work or modification must also be released under GPLv3, and distribution requires source code availability. This is a significant constraint for proprietary or closed-source projects.

Quickstart:

pip install translators

import translators as ts
result = ts.translate_text(text='Hello', from_language='en', to_language='zh')

Verify before relying:

- Which of the 19+ translation services listed in the description are currently functional and which have known issues or rate limits.
- Whether all listed translation services are equally reliable or if some have higher failure rates.
- Performance characteristics when translating large volumes of text or making many concurrent requests.

## Package facts

- License: GPLv3 (copyleft)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: aging
- Downloads: 147.2K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

python translation library, multiple translation services, free translation api wrapper, text translation, language translation, translation service aggregator, google translate alternative, translation, multi-service, web-scraping

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