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          "Pass `source=auto` to detect and translate in one call",
          "Set `format=html` for markup",
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            {
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            {
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/libretranslate.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/libretranslate.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Lara Translate API for reliability (+35), schema \u0026 documentation (+9), agent ergonomics (+12), maintenance \u0026 community (+43).\n\nPick LibreTranslate for security \u0026 auth (+15).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Lara Translate API | LibreTranslate | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 35 | Lara Translate API +35 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 65 | Lara Translate API +9 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 65 | Lara Translate API +12 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 30 | 45 | LibreTranslate +15 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 40 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 40 | Lara Translate API +43 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 64 | 61 | Lara Translate API +3 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **61.7 · C** | **49.8 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Lara Translate API | LibreTranslate |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Translated | LibreTranslate |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp-v2.laratranslate.com/v1` | `https://libretranslate.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT (MCP server and SDKs) | AGPL-3.0 |\n| Tools exposed | 22 | none |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-24 | 2026-05-26 |\n| Popularity | 97 stars, 29k npm/wk, 1.7k PyPI/wk | 17k stars, 4.5k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 4/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Lara Translate API.** Glossaries, translation memories, styles and instructions on every translate call. Texts may be used for model improvement unless a request sets `noTrace`.\n\n**LibreTranslate.** Open source under AGPL-3.0, self-hosted with no text leaving your network. No status page, SLA or terms of service for the hosted API.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Lara Translate API\n\n1. Set `noTrace` on every request that carries private text, since storage for model improvement is the default\n2. Leave `reasoning` off unless the text needs it. It moves the call to Lara Think at $2,499 per million characters\n3. Resolve glossary and memory names to `gls_*` and `mem_*` IDs with the list tools before translating\n4. Send one target language per translate call\n5. Merge short documents, since each file bills at least 20,000 characters\n\n### LibreTranslate\n\n1. Split text into calls of 2,000 characters or fewer on the hosted service\n2. Pace to about 20 calls a minute on Pro, since repeated 429s turn into a 403 ban\n3. Pass `source=auto` to detect and translate in one call\n4. Set `format=html` for markup\n5. Read /spec on the server you call, since self-hosted limits and options differ from the hosted ones\n\n## Other comparisons with Lara Translate API or LibreTranslate\n\n- [Amazon Translate vs Lara Translate API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-lara-translate.md)\n- [Amazon Translate vs LibreTranslate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-libretranslate.md)\n- [Azure Translator vs Lara Translate API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-lara-translate.md)\n- [Azure Translator vs LibreTranslate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-libretranslate.md)\n- [DeepL API vs Lara Translate API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepl-api-vs-lara-translate.md)\n- [DeepL API vs LibreTranslate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepl-api-vs-libretranslate.md)\n- [Google Cloud Translation vs Lara Translate API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-cloud-translation-vs-lara-translate.md)\n- [Google Cloud Translation vs LibreTranslate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-cloud-translation-vs-libretranslate.md)\n- [Lara Translate API vs Lingvanex Translation API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lara-translate-vs-lingvanex.md)\n- [LibreTranslate vs Lingvanex Translation API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/libretranslate-vs-lingvanex.md)\n",
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