Amazon Translate

AWS Access Key

IAM user unique ID. Used as part of the authentication.

AWS Secret Key

Used for authentication.

AWS Region

The region where your IAM user is authorized and where AWS services are accessed.

Set Parameters

Define the request parameters using CatDV fields, or manually set them on the Worker, with or without using the language picklist. If you choose a language from the picklist, the translation will target that specific language. If you leave language blank, AWS will attempt to auto-detect the source and default target language, which may be less accurate or not suit your needs.

Translate

Translate from a Text Field or Clip Markers:

Text Field: Translates the text from the field specified in “Input Expression” and saves the result to the “Output Field”.

Clip Markers: Translates all markers in the “From Category” and saves the results under the “To Category”. This is especially useful when paired with a transcription action—for example, transcribing a clip in English, then translating it to French or Spanish to provide bilingual subtitles in the CatDV Web Client.

Input Language

Original language of the text you want to translate.

Output Language

Target language you want the text to be translated into.

Input Expression

The CatDV field containing the original text to be translated. Eg. ${clip.notes}

Output Field

The CatDV field where the translated text will be saved.

From Category

The marker category containing text you want to translate.

To Category

The marker category where the translated markers will be placed.

Property key

Valid range (default)

Description

amazonAI.outputRawResponseDataToField

<field identifer>

Writes a JSON object to the field of your choosing e.g. clip[ai.json] - note these responses can be half a megabyte or larger which doesn’t sound like much but can crowd your database if you’re not careful, so it is recommended only to use this feature in a transient nature and then remove the extra data when finished.

amazonAI.outputRawResponseDataToFile

<path>

Writes a JSON object to an external text file of your choosing (e.g. /Volumes/MyData/myResponse.txt) which you could parse separately and then toss away, rather than keeping all of the raw response data in the CatDV database.