# translate-mcp

> translate-mcp — lopatnov-translate-mcp. Use this tool when you need to translate speech and text in a self-hosted environment, solving language barriers and enabling multilingual communication. It takes in audio or text inputs and outputs transcriptions, translations, and detected languages through a gRPC backend interface. Ideal for use cases requiring real-time language translation, such as chatbots, voice assistants, or multilingual support systems.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/lopatnov-translate-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/lopatnov-translate-mcp

## Description

MCP server for self-hosted speech and text translation — wraps Lopatnov.Translate gRPC backend and exposes transcription, translation, and language detection as AI tools for Claude and other MCP clients.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.50
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** container
- **Runtime environment:** vm
- **Category:** other
- **Updated:** 2026-09-21

## Source

- **Source listing:** [GitHub](https://github.com/lopatnov/translate-mcp)

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "lopatnov-translate-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/lopatnov-translate-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/lopatnov-translate-mcp/pull`

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