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Chinese to Kazakh speech translation API

Stream Chinese (中文) speech and get Kazakh (Қазақ тілі) back in real time. One WebSocket, ISO codes zh to kk, and ultra-low latency for voice agents and live apps.

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Production-ready Chinese to Kazakh translation API

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

Chinese (Sino-Tibetan > Sinitic) and Kazakh (Turkic > Kipchak) come from different language families, so word order and morphology differ. Soniox reorders meaning in-stream instead of word by word.

Chinese is written in CJK and Kazakh in Cyrillic, so Soniox emits correctly scripted Kazakh text.

A breakthrough in real-time Chinese to Kazakh translation

Translate before the sentence ends

Kazakh meaning lands as Chinese is spoken, not after the caption catches up.

Directional zh to kk streaming

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

High quality Kazakh output

Same model across every language, including historically underserved ones.

Native-speaker Chinese STT accuracy

Accurate Kazakh translation starts with accurate Chinese 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": "zh",
    "target_language": "kk"
  }
}

Chinese and Kazakh through a single stream

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

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

Live Chinese to Kazakh: written and spoken

Chinese to Kazakh speech-to-text

Live Chinese speechKazakh text

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

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

Chinese to Kazakh speech-to-speech

Live Chinese speechSpoken Kazakh

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

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

Live Chinese to Kazakh translation in action

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

Chinese speaker says: 群里那个milk tea的deal快没了,deadline是12:30,你要不要一起拼单?
Translated into Kazakh in real time.

One-way translation

Translate live Chinese into Kazakh. Everyone in the conversation sees the same translated stream.

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

Chinese speaker talks in Chinese.
Kazakh speaker hears Kazakh.
Kazakh speaker replies in Kazakh.
Chinese speaker hears Chinese.

Two-way translation

Translate between Chinese and Kazakh 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 Chinese at 1.25% word error rate and Kazakh 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 Chinese and Kazakh

Chinese has roughly 1,100,000,000 speakers across China, Taiwan, and Singapore. Kazakh has roughly 13,000,000 speakers across Kazakhstan.

Chinese characters are one of the oldest continuously used writing systems, with over 3,000 years of history.

Kazakhstan is transitioning the Kazakh language from Cyrillic to Latin script, with a target completion in the 2030s.

Soniox makes Chinese to Kazakh usable in real-time translation across every supported pair.

Frequently asked questions

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

Simple, usage-based pricing

Translate live audio from Chinese to Kazakh 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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