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Afrikaans to English speech translation API

Stream Afrikaans (Afrikaans) speech and get English (English) back in real time. One WebSocket, ISO codes af to en, and ultra-low latency for voice agents and live apps.

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Production-ready Afrikaans to English translation API

Real Afrikaans speech includes accents, regional dialects, code switching, and domain-specific vocabulary. Soniox recognizes it in a single model and streams English while the speaker is still talking.

Afrikaans and English both belong to the Indo-European > Germanic > West Germanic family, so cognates and shared structure carry over cleanly into the translated English output.

Soniox preserves formatting in the translated transcript, including names, numbers, addresses, IDs, and domain-specific terms.

A breakthrough in real-time Afrikaans to English translation

Translate before the sentence ends

English meaning lands as Afrikaans is spoken, not after the caption catches up.

Directional af to en streaming

Set the source and target codes once. Both arrive in a single labeled token stream.

High quality English output

Same model across every language, including historically underserved ones.

Native-speaker Afrikaans STT accuracy

Accurate English translation starts with accurate Afrikaans recognition across accents and language switching.

Names, numbers, and domain terms

Preserved across the pair, including phone numbers, emails, and IDs.

config.json
{
  "model": "stt-rt-v5",
  "translation": {
    "type": "one_way",
    "source_language": "af",
    "target_language": "en"
  }
}

Afrikaans and English through a single stream

Afrikaans to English translation is built on top of Soniox Speech-to-Text API. Every spoken word is transcribed, and English translation streams mid-sentence in the same labeled token stream.

Turn it on by adding a translation block with source_language: "af" and target_language: "en". It runs on the same WebSocket and the same model, with no extra round trip.

Live Afrikaans to English: written and spoken

Afrikaans to English speech-to-text

Live Afrikaans speechEnglish text

Translate live Afrikaans into written English with the Soniox STT API. Soniox streams the Afrikaans transcript and the English translation as speech happens.

Use it for English captions, subtitles, meeting translation, agent assist, and multilingual transcription.

Afrikaans to English speech-to-speech

Live Afrikaans speechSpoken English

Build full spoken Afrikaans to English translation by combining Soniox STT and Soniox TTS. Soniox recognizes Afrikaans, translates it, and speaks English with low latency.

Use it for live interpreters, bilingual voice agents, travel assistants, and customer support.

Live Afrikaans to English translation in action

Stream Afrikaans to English one-way to push all speech into English, or two-way to keep a bilingual conversation flowing between the two languages.

Afrikaans speaker says: “Ons braai 6pm sharp, bring jou cooler en daai veggie skewers.”
Translated into English in real time.

One-way translation

Translate live Afrikaans into English. Everyone in the conversation sees the same translated stream.

Ideal for live captions, multilingual meetings, broadcasts, lectures, and customer calls.

Afrikaans speaker talks in Afrikaans.
English speaker hears English.
English speaker replies in English.
Afrikaans speaker hears Afrikaans.

Two-way translation

Translate between Afrikaans and English for live bilingual conversation. Each side speaks naturally and hears the other in their own language.

Soniox supports real-time two-way translation between any two of 60+ supported languages.

Accurate on both ends of the pair

Soniox transcribes Afrikaans at 1.25% word error rate and English at 1.25% word error rate. Accurate recognition on both sides is what makes the translation reliable.

Speech-to-Text

Native-speaker accuracy across 60+ languages, with support for multilingual speech, alphanumerics, speaker diarization, context.

Translation

Real-time streaming translation across 3,600 language pairs, built for high quality and low delay across all supported languages.

Text-to-speech

High-fidelity speech generation in 60+ languages, built for names, alphanumerics, language switching, and ultra-low-latency streaming.

Together, they create a complete real-time low-latency speech AI platform.

About Afrikaans and English

Afrikaans has roughly 7,200,000 speakers across South Africa and Namibia. English has roughly 1,500,000,000 speakers across United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.

Afrikaans evolved from 17th-century Dutch spoken by settlers at the Cape of Good Hope.

English is the most widely spoken language in the world when including both native and non-native speakers.

Afrikaans and English are closely related languages, which helps Soniox keep tone and meaning consistent across the pair.

Translate Afrikaans to any language

From Afrikaans to English, or Afrikaans to any of 60+ supported languages. All real-time.

AlbanianArabicAzerbaijaniBasqueBelarusianBengaliBosnianBulgarianCatalanChineseCroatianCzechDanishDutchEnglishEstonianFinnishFrenchGalicianGermanGreekGujaratiHebrewHindiHungarianIndonesianItalianJapaneseKannadaKazakhKoreanLatvianLithuanianMacedonianMalayMalayalamMarathiNorwegianPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSerbianSlovakSlovenianSpanishSwahiliSwedishTagalogTamilTeluguThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduVietnameseWelsh

Frequently asked questions

How do I translate Afrikaans to English with the API?
Add a translation block to your real-time request with source_language "af" and target_language "en". Soniox transcribes Afrikaans and streams the English translation over the same WebSocket.
Is Afrikaans to English translation real-time?
Yes. Soniox streams English while Afrikaans is still being spoken, so meaning arrives mid-sentence instead of after the sentence ends.
What about translating English to Afrikaans?
That direction is supported too. See the English to Afrikaans page, or use two-way translation to run both directions in one session.
Afrikaans and English are both Indo-European > Germanic > West Germanic — does that affect quality?
Shared family structure and cognates generally help. Soniox uses the same model for every pair, so quality stays consistent whether the languages are closely related or not.
Does Soniox handle Afrikaans dialects and accents?
Yes. Soniox handles Afrikaans dialects like Cape Afrikaans, Orange River Afrikaans, and East Cape Afrikaans in a single model, so English translation stays accurate across regions.
Which other providers support Afrikaans to English?
Based on their public docs, OpenAI and Azure list both Afrikaans and English for real-time translation. Soniox is the only one that also supports two-way live translation across 60+ languages.
How fast is Afrikaans to English translation?
Soniox streams English as Afrikaans is being spoken, with ultra-low latency. Translation arrives before the sentence ends.

Simple, usage-based pricing

Translate live audio from Afrikaans to English from ~$0.18/hour.

Translation is already built into Soniox Speech-to-Text API. When turned on, it adds about ~$0.06/hour in output token costs.

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