Translate Telegram audio messages with AI (55 supported languages) v1

Automatically translate incoming Telegram audio messages into text and then into any of 55 supported languages, delivering the translation back to the sender. This n8n workflow connects Telegram for receiving and sending messages, and leverages OpenAI for both speech-to-text transcription and language translation. When a user sends an audio message to your Telegram bot, the Telegram Trigger node initiates the process, sending the audio to OpenAI for transcription. The transcribed text is then passed to the Auto-detect and translate node, which uses OpenAI's language model to identify the original language and translate it into a target language, before sending the translated text back to the user via the Text reply Telegram node. This is ideal for businesses with international clients, community managers supporting diverse groups, or individuals communicating across language barriers, eliminating the need for manual transcription and translation and saving significant time and effort in cross-cultural communication.
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TelegramOpenAI

Workflow JSON

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Just provide the translation without anything else.\n\nText:\n {{ $json.text }}\n", "promptType": "define"}, "typeVersion": 1.4}, {"id": "a6e63516-4967-4e81-ba5b-58ad0ab21ee3", "name": "Audio reply", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.telegram", "position": [2240, 400], "parameters": {"chatId": "={{ $('Telegram Trigger').item.json.message.chat.id }}", "operation": "sendAudio", "binaryData": true, "additionalFields": {}}, "credentials": {"telegramApi": {"id": "", "name": "[Your telegramApi]"}}, "typeVersion": 1.1}, {"id": "e4782117-03de-41d2-9208-390edc87fc08", "name": "OpenAI2", "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi", "position": [1300, 220], "parameters": {"options": {}, "resource": "audio", "operation": "transcribe"}, "credentials": {"openAiApi": {"id": "", "name": "[Your openAiApi]"}}, "typeVersion": 1.3}, {"id": "b29355f5-122c-4557-8215-28fdb523d221", "name": "OpenAI", "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi", "position": [2020, 400], "parameters": {"input": "={{ $json.text }}", "options": {}, "resource": "audio"}, "credentials": {"openAiApi": {"id": "", "name": "[Your openAiApi]"}}, "typeVersion": 1.3}], "active": true, "pinData": {}, "settings": {"executionOrder": "v1"}, "versionId": "ac9c6f40-10c8-4b60-9215-8d4e253bf318", "connections": {"OpenAI": {"main": [[{"node": "Audio reply", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "OpenAI2": {"main": [[{"node": "Auto-detect and translate", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Settings": {"main": [[{"node": "Input Error Handling", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Telegram1": {"main": [[{"node": "OpenAI2", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Telegram Trigger": {"main": [[{"node": "Settings", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "OpenAI Chat Model": {"ai_languageModel": [[{"node": "Auto-detect and translate", "type": "ai_languageModel", "index": 0}]]}, "Input Error Handling": {"main": [[{"node": "Telegram1", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Auto-detect and translate": {"main": [[{"node": "Text reply", "type": "main", "index": 0}, {"node": "OpenAI", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}}}

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