n8n community node for the Langbly translation API. Context-aware machine translation, 81-90% cheaper than Google Translate.
- 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
- Go to Settings → Community Nodes
- Click Install a community node
- Enter:
n8n-nodes-langbly - Click Install
cd ~/.n8n/custom
npm install n8n-nodes-langbly- Sign up at langbly.com/signup (free, 500K chars/month)
- Create an API key in your dashboard
- In n8n, go to Credentials → New → Langbly API
- Paste your API key
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 the language of input text.
Output:
{
"detectedLanguage": "fr",
"sourceText": "Bonjour le monde",
"confidence": "high"
}- Email Trigger → receives email
- Langbly → translates body to your language
- Slack → sends translated email to channel
- Webhook → receives content
- Langbly (Dutch) → translate to NL
- Langbly (German) → translate to DE
- Langbly (French) → translate to FR
- Google Sheets → save all translations
- Google Sheets Trigger → new row added
- Langbly → translate specific column
- Google Sheets → update row with translation
| Plan | Price | Characters/mo |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 500K |
| Starter | $19/mo | 5M |
| Growth | $69/mo | 25M |
| Scale | $199/mo | 100M |
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