Description
n8n-nodes-langbly
n8n community node for the Langbly translation API. Context-aware machine translation, 81-90% cheaper than Google Translate.
Features
- Translate Text – Translate any text to 100+ languages with context-aware quality
- Detect Language — Auto-detect the language of input text
- HTML Support — Preserve HTML tags during translation
- Formality Control — Choose formal or informal tone
- Batch Processing — Translate multiple items in a workflow
Installation
In n8n Desktop / Self-hosted
1. Go to Settings → Community Nodes
2. Click Install a community node
3. Enter: n8n-nodes-langbly
4. Click Install
Manual Installation
cd ~/.n8n/custom
npm install n8n-nodes-langbly
Setup
1. Sign up at langbly.com/signup (free, 500K chars/month)
2. Create an API key in your dashboard
3. In n8n, go to Credentials → New → Langbly API
4. Paste your API key
Operations
Translate Text
Translate text from one language to another.
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|———–|———-|————-|
| Text | Yes | The text to translate |
| Target Language | Yes | ISO 639-1 code (e.g., nl, de, fr) |
| Source Language | No | Auto-detected if empty |
| Format | No | text (default) or html |
| Formality | No | formal, informal, or default |
Output:
{
"translatedText": "Hallo wereld",
"detectedSourceLanguage": "en",
"sourceText": "Hello world",
"targetLanguage": "nl"
}
Detect Language
Detect the language of input text.
Output:
{
"detectedLanguage": "fr",
"sourceText": "Bonjour le monde",
"confidence": "high"
}
Example Workflows
Translate Incoming Emails
1. Email Trigger → receives email
2. Langbly → translates body to your language
3. Slack → sends translated email to channel
Multilingual Content Pipeline
1. Webhook → receives content
2. Langbly (Dutch) → translate to NL
3. Langbly (German) → translate to DE
4. Langbly (French) → translate to FR
5. Google Sheets → save all translations
Translate Spreadsheet Rows
1. Google Sheets Trigger → new row added
2. Langbly → translate specific column
3. Google Sheets → update row with translation
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Characters/mo |
|——|——-|————–|
| Free | $0 | 500K |
| Starter | $19/mo | 5M |
| Growth | $69/mo | 25M |
| Scale | $199/mo | 100M |
License
MIT
