System Design Question

Design a Language Translation Service

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Functional Requirements:

  • Users can input text in one language and receive a translation in a target language.
  • The service supports translation between a defined set of popular languages (e.g., English, Spanish, French, Chinese, etc.).
  • The system detects the source language automatically if not specified.
  • The service provides an API endpoint for programmatic access to translation.

Non-Functional Requirements:

  • The system should respond to translation requests within 1-2 seconds for typical sentence-length inputs.
  • The service should handle at least 1,000 concurrent requests.
  • Translations should be reasonably accurate and fluent for general-purpose text.
  • The system should be available 99.9% of the time.
  • User data and translation requests must be handled securely and in compliance with privacy standards.

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