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Arabic to Spanish speech translation API

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

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Production-ready Arabic to Spanish translation API

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

Arabic (Afro-Asiatic > Semitic > Central Semitic) and Spanish (Indo-European > Romance > Western Romance) 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 Spanish in Latin, so Soniox emits correctly scripted Spanish text. Right-to-left output is handled directly in the token stream.

A breakthrough in real-time Arabic to Spanish translation

Translate before the sentence ends

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

Directional ar to es streaming

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

High quality Spanish output

Same model across every language, including historically underserved ones.

Native-speaker Arabic STT accuracy

Accurate Spanish 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": "es"
  }
}

Arabic and Spanish through a single stream

Arabic to Spanish translation is built on top of Soniox Speech-to-Text API. Every spoken word is transcribed, and Spanish 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: "es". It runs on the same WebSocket and the same model, with no extra round trip.

Live Arabic to Spanish: written and spoken

Arabic to Spanish speech-to-text

Live Arabic speechSpanish text

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

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

Arabic to Spanish speech-to-speech

Live Arabic speechSpoken Spanish

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

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

Live Arabic to Spanish translation in action

Stream Arabic to Spanish one-way to push all speech into Spanish, 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 Spanish in real time.

One-way translation

Translate live Arabic into Spanish. 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.
Spanish speaker hears Spanish.
Spanish speaker replies in Spanish.
Arabic speaker hears Arabic.

Two-way translation

Translate between Arabic and Spanish 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 Spanish 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 Spanish

Arabic has roughly 422,000,000 speakers across Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Algeria, and Sudan. Spanish has roughly 500,000,000 speakers across Spain, Mexico, Colombia, and Argentina.

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

Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world by native speakers, after Mandarin Chinese.

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

Frequently asked questions

How do I translate Arabic to Spanish with the API?
Add a translation block to your real-time request with source_language "ar" and target_language "es". Soniox transcribes Arabic and streams the Spanish translation over the same WebSocket.
Is Arabic to Spanish translation real-time?
Yes. Soniox streams Spanish while Arabic is still being spoken, so meaning arrives mid-sentence instead of after the sentence ends.
What about translating Spanish to Arabic?
That direction is supported too. See the Spanish 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 Spanish 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 Spanish translation stays accurate across regions.
Which other providers support Arabic to Spanish?
Based on their public docs, OpenAI, Google, and Azure list both Arabic and Spanish for real-time translation. Soniox is the only one that also supports two-way live translation across 60+ languages.
How fast is Arabic to Spanish translation?
Soniox streams Spanish 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 Spanish 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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