- NAME
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- gcloud beta ml translate detect-language - use the Google Cloud Translation API to detect languages
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud beta ml translate detect-language(--content=CONTENT|--content-file=CONTENT_FILE) [--mime-type=MIME_TYPE] [--model=MODEL] [--zone=ZONE; default="global"] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(BETA)Detects the language of text in a request. - EXAMPLES
- The following command detects the language of 'What beautiful weather!'
gcloud beta ml translate detect-language --content = 'What beautiful weather!' --zone = us-central1 - REQUIRED FLAGS
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- Contents group.
Exactly one of these must be specified:
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--content=CONTENT - Content of the input in string format.
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--content-file=CONTENT_FILE - Specify a local file path with content.
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- Contents group.
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
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--mime-type=MIME_TYPE - Format of the source text, for example, 'text/html', 'text/plain'. Defaults to 'text/html'.
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--model=MODEL - Language detection model to be used. If not specified, the default
(language-detection/default) model is used. Authorization requires the following
Google IAM permission on the specified resource model:
cloudtranslate.languageDetectionModels.predict
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--zone=ZONE; default="global" - Location to make calls. Non-global location is required for requests using AutoML models. Currently, only 'us-central1' is supported as a non-global location. Defaults to 'global'.
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- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
- These flags are available to all commands:
--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.Run
$ gcloud helpfor details. - API REFERENCE
- This command uses the
translate/v3API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/translate/docs/quickstarts - NOTES
- This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. This variant
is also available:
gcloud alpha ml translate detect-language
gcloud beta ml translate detect-language
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

