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English to Finnish speech translation API

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

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Production-ready English to Finnish translation API

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

English (Indo-European > Germanic > West Germanic) and Finnish (Uralic > Finnic) come from different language families, so word order and morphology differ. Soniox reorders meaning in-stream instead of word by word.

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

A breakthrough in real-time English to Finnish translation

Translate before the sentence ends

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

Directional en to fi streaming

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

High quality Finnish output

Same model across every language, including historically underserved ones.

Native-speaker English STT accuracy

Accurate Finnish translation starts with accurate English 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": "en",
    "target_language": "fi"
  }
}

English and Finnish through a single stream

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

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

Live English to Finnish: written and spoken

English to Finnish speech-to-text

Live English speechFinnish text

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

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

English to Finnish speech-to-speech

Live English speechSpoken Finnish

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

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

Live English to Finnish translation in action

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

English speaker says: Oh, FYI, the client moved the demo to 9:30, so we’re not totally sprinting.
Translated into Finnish in real time.

One-way translation

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

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

English speaker talks in English.
Finnish speaker hears Finnish.
Finnish speaker replies in Finnish.
English speaker hears English.

Two-way translation

Translate between English and Finnish 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 English at 1.25% word error rate and Finnish 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 English and Finnish

English has roughly 1,500,000,000 speakers across United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. Finnish has roughly 5,500,000 speakers across Finland.

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

Finnish is not related to the neighboring Scandinavian languages; it belongs to the Uralic family.

Soniox makes English to Finnish usable in real-time translation across every supported pair.

Frequently asked questions

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

Simple, usage-based pricing

Translate live audio from English to Finnish 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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