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Arabic to Malay speech translation API

Stream Arabic (العربية) speech and get Malay (Bahasa Melayu) back in real time. One WebSocket, ISO codes ar to ms, and ultra-low latency for voice agents and live apps.

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Production-ready Arabic to Malay translation API

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

Arabic (Afro-Asiatic > Semitic > Central Semitic) and Malay (Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian > Malay) come from different language families, so word order and morphology differ. Soniox reorders meaning in-stream instead of word by word.

Arabic is written in Arabic and Malay in Latin, so Soniox emits correctly scripted Malay text. Right-to-left output is handled directly in the token stream.

A breakthrough in real-time Arabic to Malay translation

Translate before the sentence ends

Malay meaning lands as Arabic is spoken, not after the caption catches up.

Directional ar to ms streaming

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

High quality Malay output

Same model across every language, including historically underserved ones.

Native-speaker Arabic STT accuracy

Accurate Malay translation starts with accurate Arabic 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": "ar",
    "target_language": "ms"
  }
}

Arabic and Malay through a single stream

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

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

Live Arabic to Malay: written and spoken

Arabic to Malay speech-to-text

Live Arabic speechMalay text

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

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

Arabic to Malay speech-to-speech

Live Arabic speechSpoken Malay

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

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

Live Arabic to Malay translation in action

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

Arabic speaker says: هخلصه بعد ال meeting، وببعتلك ال draft.
Translated into Malay in real time.

One-way translation

Translate live Arabic into Malay. Everyone in the conversation sees the same translated stream.

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

Arabic speaker talks in Arabic.
Malay speaker hears Malay.
Malay speaker replies in Malay.
Arabic speaker hears Arabic.

Two-way translation

Translate between Arabic and Malay 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 Arabic at 1.25% word error rate and Malay 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 Arabic and Malay

Arabic has roughly 422,000,000 speakers across Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Algeria, and Sudan. Malay has roughly 290,000,000 speakers across Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore.

Arabic is one of the six official languages of the United Nations.

Malay has been a lingua franca in Southeast Asia for centuries, used as a trade language across the archipelago.

Soniox makes Arabic to Malay usable in real-time translation across every supported pair.

Frequently asked questions

How do I translate Arabic to Malay with the API?
Add a translation block to your real-time request with source_language "ar" and target_language "ms". Soniox transcribes Arabic and streams the Malay translation over the same WebSocket.
Is Arabic to Malay translation real-time?
Yes. Soniox streams Malay while Arabic is still being spoken, so meaning arrives mid-sentence instead of after the sentence ends.
What about translating Malay to Arabic?
That direction is supported too. See the Malay to Arabic page, or use two-way translation to run both directions in one session.
Does Soniox handle Arabic to Latin output?
Yes. Soniox outputs correctly scripted Malay text in Latin, including right-to-left rendering, directly in the token stream.
Does Soniox handle Arabic dialects and accents?
Yes. Soniox handles Arabic dialects like Modern Standard Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, and Gulf Arabic in a single model, so Malay translation stays accurate across regions.
Which other providers support Arabic to Malay?
Based on their public docs, OpenAI and Azure list both Arabic and Malay for real-time translation. Soniox is the only one that also supports two-way live translation across 60+ languages.
How fast is Arabic to Malay translation?
Soniox streams Malay as Arabic is being spoken, with ultra-low latency. Translation arrives before the sentence ends.

Simple, usage-based pricing

Translate live audio from Arabic to Malay 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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