Pinch PINCH

Language hints

Pinch uses language codes (like en-US, es-ES) to decide:

  • what language you’re speaking (source_language)
  • what language you want to hear back (target_language)

By default, languages are set to:

  • source_language = "en-US" (English)
  • target_language = "es-ES" (Spanish)

So you don’t have to choose anything to get started. But when you’re building your own use case, changing these two parameters is the main way you control language behavior.

Where to change the language

await client.translate_file(
    source_language="en-US",  # default
    target_language="es-ES",  # default
)

How to pick the right language code

The API expects valid language codes, not names.

Use the Supported languages and codes tables:

  • Input language codes → valid for source_language
  • Output language codes → valid for target_language

See Supported languages and codes > for the full tables.