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Translate Tool for Live Query BigQuery

Use the Translate tool to translate text from 1 or more languages to another using AI. This helps make your data accessible across languages.

Use this tool when working with multilingual datasets such as customer feedback, documents, or transcripts.

Tool Availability

The Translate tool is available in the Google BigQuery tool palette.

Before using this tool...

  1. From a Cloud Native workflow, go to Options.

  2. Verify that Enable LiveQuery is enabled.

  3. Verify that the Selected Connection displays a BigQuery connection.

Tool Configuration

Column Name

Use the Column Name dropdown to select the column that contains the text to translate.

Database Schema

Use the Database Schema dropdown to select the schema where the model is hosted.

Model

Use the Model dropdown to select the model used to translate the text.

Target Language

Enter the target language for the translated text.

Output Column Name

Enter a name for the output column in Output Column Name. If you don't specify a name, the tool appends _translate to the input column name.

Output

The tool outputs a new column that contains the translated text for each row.

Permission Required

To use this tool, assign these permissions to the BigQuery project or credentials (service account key or OAuth):

  • BigQuery API

  • Cloud Translation API

  • Vertex AI API