IAIDocProcessingService.TranslateAsync(Slide, CultureInfo, CancellationToken) Method

Translates slide content into a specific language with AI-powered translation services.

Namespace: DevExpress.AIIntegration.Docs

Assembly: DevExpress.AIIntegration.Docs.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.AIIntegration.Docs

Declaration

C#

Task TranslateAsync(
    Slide slide,
    CultureInfo culture,
    CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken)
)

VB.NET

Function TranslateAsync(
    slide As Slide,
    culture As CultureInfo,
    cancellationToken As CancellationToken = Nothing
) As Task

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
slide	Slide	The Slide instance which content should be translated.
culture	CultureInfo	An object that specifies culture settings applied during translation.

Optional Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
cancellationToken	CancellationToken	null	The token that cancels the task.

Returns

Type	Description
Task	The response that contains AI-generated translation.’

Example

How to: Translate the First Slide in the Presentation

The following code snippet translates the first slide in a presentation:

C#

using DevExpress.AIIntegration;
using DevExpress.AIIntegration.Docs;
using DevExpress.Docs.Presentation;
using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;

// See "Register AI extension service" section for implementation code
docProcessingService docProcessingService = 
        defaultAIExtensionsContainer.CreateAIDocProcessingService();

var presentation = 
        new Presentation(File.ReadAllBytes("Documents/Presentation.pptx"));

await docProcessingService.TranslateAsync(
        presentation.Slides[0], 
        new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("DE-DE"));

// Save the modified document
FileStream outputStream = File.OpenWrite(
        Path.Combine(
                Path.Combine(
                        Environment.CurrentDirectory, 
                        $"presentation_translated.pptx")));
presentation.SaveDocument(outputStream, DocumentFormat.Pptx);
outputStream.Close();

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.AIIntegration
Imports DevExpress.AIIntegration.Docs
Imports DevExpress.Docs.Presentation
Imports Microsoft.Extensions.AI
Imports System.Globalization
Imports System.IO

' See "Register AI extension service" section for implementation code
var docProcessingService = 
        defaultAIExtensionsContainer.CreateAIDocProcessingService()

Dim presentation As New Presentation(File.ReadAllBytes("Documents/Presentation.pptx"))

Await docProcessingService.TranslateAsync(
        presentation.Slides(0), 
        New CultureInfo("DE-DE"))

' Save the modified document
Dim outputStream As FileStream = File.OpenWrite(Path.Combine(Environment.CurrentDirectory, "presentation_translated.pptx"))
presentation.SaveDocument(outputStream, DocumentFormat.Pptx)
outputStream.Close()

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C#

office-file-api-ai-implementation/CS/Controllers/TranslateController.cs#L37

var slide = presentation.Slides[0];
await docProcessingService.TranslateAsync(slide, language);
break;