libretranslate
Self-hosted LibreTranslate deployment — a free, open-source machine translation API. Used for translating church names, addresses, and mass schedule text in the ScraperControl pipeline.
Service
| Service | Port | Description |
|---|---|---|
libretranslate |
15000 → 5000 |
LibreTranslate translation API |
Loaded Languages
Only these languages are loaded at startup (LT_LOAD_ONLY):
| Code | Language |
|---|---|
en |
English |
th |
Thai |
tl |
Filipino (Tagalog) |
id |
Indonesian |
ms |
Malay |
These cover the Southeast Asian language churches targeted by ScraperControl importers (import-mass-schedules-ph.ts, import-philmass.ts).
API
Translate text:
curl -X POST http://192.168.0.241:15000/translate \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"q": "Misa ng Bata", "source": "tl", "target": "en"}'
List available languages:
curl http://192.168.0.241:15000/languages
Web UI: http://192.168.0.241:15000 (enabled)
Running
docker compose up -d
Note: First startup downloads language models (~several minutes). The healthcheck has a 300 s start period to account for this.
Data Persistence
Language models and translation data are persisted in the Docker volume libretranslate_data (/home/libretranslate/.local).
Deployment
Runs on 192.168.0.241 (albert-MacBookPro Linux server).
Docker Compose: /opt/docker/libretranslate/docker-compose.yml
| Endpoint | URL |
|---|---|
| Translation API | http://192.168.0.241:15000 |
| Web UI | http://192.168.0.241:15000 |