# What is the usage of translate API?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-usage-of-translate-api/171428>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 8, 2019, 5:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-usage-of-translate-api/171428 "2019-03-08T05:32:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![nikhil.k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@nikhil.k](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nikhil.k)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 5:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-usage-of-translate-api/171428/1 "2019-03-08T05:32:37Z")

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Hi All,

Can anyone let me know what is proper usage of SQL Translate API.  
I am following the below given link:  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.4/sql-translate.html#sql-translate](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.4/sql-translate.html#sql-translate)

Regards  
Nikhil Kapoor

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**Author:** ![mjunaidmuzammil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mjunaidmuzammil/32/56910_2.png) [@mjunaidmuzammil](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mjunaidmuzammil)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 6:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-usage-of-translate-api/171428/2 "2019-03-08T06:17:13Z")

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The translate API is used for converting SQL queries to generate ES queries. This comes as a part of the XPACK module, so you must ensure that xpack is enabled for your ES configurations. Once you have ensured it, you can than use your SQL queries and get them converted into the corresponding ES queries through this API.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 8:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-usage-of-translate-api/171428/3 "2019-03-08T08:43:00Z")

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Note that's part of the default installation from 6.3.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 8:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-usage-of-translate-api/171428/4 "2019-04-05T08:43:04Z")

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