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Model infoModelsSnapshot: 15 Oct 2026

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen3-LiveTranslate

Qwen3-LiveTranslate Flash

Translate an audio or video file into streamed text and speech, with visual context used to disambiguate the spoken content.

availableClosed weightsSpeech-to-speechSpeech translation
Official documentation (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 14 Oct 2026
23 of 31 specification fields collected
Output formatsWAVSee specification notes below
Languages18 listedFull language list in specifications
Input billingSee ratesAlibaba Model Studio · Singapore · International
Output billingSee ratesPublished units and conditions below

Specifications

Provider-documented facts. “Not collected” means we have not verified that field yet, not that the feature is unsupported.

Reasoning
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Tool calling
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Structured output
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Batch processing
Not collected
Fine-tuning
Not collected
Knowledge cutoff
Not collected
Release date
2025-12-04Source for Release date (opens in a new tab)

Earliest reviewed regional release; snapshot dates are not assumed to be release dates.

Parameters
Not collected
Architecture
Specialized translation model using Qwen3-Omni infrastructureSource for Architecture (opens in a new tab)

Family lineage, not proof of identity with an open 30B-A3B checkpoint.

Languages
View all 18 entries
  • English (en)
  • Chinese (zh)
  • Russian (ru)
  • French (fr)
  • German (de)
  • Portuguese (pt)
  • Spanish (es)
  • Italian (it)
  • Indonesian (id)
  • Korean (ko)
  • Japanese (ja)
  • Vietnamese (vi)
  • Thai (th)
  • Arabic (ar)
  • Cantonese (yue)
  • Hindi (hi)
  • Greek (el)
  • Turkish (tr)
Source for Languages (opens in a new tab)
Context caching
Not collected
API aliases
qwen3-livetranslate-flash, qwen3-livetranslate-flash-2025-12-01Source for API aliases (opens in a new tab)
Data retention
Standard inference prompts and responses may be retained for up to 30 days, with legal/security exceptions. Stateful conversations and files remain until deleted. These translation models are not listed in the reviewed zero-data-retention roster.Source for Data retention (opens in a new tab)
Speech output languages
English (en), Chinese (zh), Russian (ru), French (fr), German (de), Portuguese (pt), Spanish (es), Italian (it), Korean (ko), Japanese (ja), Cantonese (yue)Source for Speech output languages (opens in a new tab)
Language coverage
18 audio-input/text-output languages; 11 speech-output entries including CantoneseSource for Language coverage (opens in a new tab)

Current API table; release prose uses different totals. Cantonese is explicitly marked Audio, text.

Stock voice catalog
8 named presetsSource for Stock voice catalog (opens in a new tab)
Request quotas
100 requests/minute; 100,000 tokens/minute in Beijing and SingaporeSource for Request quotas (opens in a new tab)

Published model quotas, not a guarantee of concurrent sessions or actual throughput.

Usage metering
Input and output audio: 12.5 tokens/second; clips below one second are billed as one second. Video frames incur additional resolution-dependent tokens.Source for Usage metering (opens in a new tab)
Request mode
Streaming Chat Completions; exactly one user message, no system message or multi-turn historySource for Request mode (opens in a new tab)
Audio formats
MP3, WAVSource for Audio formats (opens in a new tab)

Examples documented for input; this is not presented as an exhaustive codec roster.

Output formats
WAVSource for Output formats (opens in a new tab)

The API format field accepts wav. The usage guide decodes the returned stream as 24 kHz PCM audio.

Translation pipeline
Required target language; optional source language enables automatic detection when omittedSource for Translation pipeline (opens in a new tab)

Parameter prose asks for English language names, but official examples and the guide use codes such as zh and en. This discrepancy remains unresolved.

Voice cloning
Not supportedSource for Voice cloning (opens in a new tab)

Official generation comparison marks voice cloning unavailable for Qwen3-LiveTranslate.

Speech speed
0.5×–2×, default 1×Source for Speech speed (opens in a new tab)
Video token calculation
Sample at 2 fps, keeping 4–128 frames. Visual tokens depend on paired-frame count and resized dimensions in 32-pixel blocks, plus 2 tokens; the audio track is billed separately.Source for Video token calculation (opens in a new tab)

Access & pricing

Prices belong to an endpoint and billing tier. A provider listing does not guarantee access for every account or region.

Alibaba Model Studio · Singapore · International

Provider source (opens in a new tab)
API model ID
qwen3-livetranslate-flash
Access
https://{WorkspaceId}.ap-southeast-1.maas.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1/chat/completions. Use a matching regional workspace API key. POST with stream=true; the DashScope interface is unsupported.
Regions
Singapore / International deployment scope
Request quotas
100 RPM; 100,000 TPMSource for Request quotas (opens in a new tab)

Prices retain their published currencies and billing units below.

Published billing units · original currency · observed 14 Oct 2026
CategoryUsageRateUnit
File translationAudio input1$1.5771M tokens
File translationSpeech output1$6.3081M tokens
File translationVisual input1$0.6311M tokens
File translationTranslated text output1$1.5771M tokens

Rate conditions

  1. Audio input/output 12.5 tokens/second, rounding subsecond audio to one second. Visual pricing applies to video frames under the guide tokenization rules. Translated text and speech have separate listed rates; accompanying-text co-billing is not explicitly resolved. Singapore offers 1M free tokens valid 90 days from the latest of activation, model release or application approval.
Pricing source (opens in a new tab)

Data & enterprise terms

Standard inference prompts and responses may be retained for up to 30 days, with legal/security exceptions. Stateful conversations and files remain until deleted. These translation models are not listed in the reviewed zero-data-retention roster.

Read the service policy (opens in a new tab)

Alibaba Model Studio · Singapore · International

Provider source (opens in a new tab)
API model ID
qwen3-livetranslate-flash-2025-12-01
Access
https://{WorkspaceId}.ap-southeast-1.maas.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1/chat/completions. Use a matching regional workspace API key. POST with stream=true; the DashScope interface is unsupported.
Regions
Singapore / International deployment scope
Request quotas
100 RPM; 100,000 TPMSource for Request quotas (opens in a new tab)

Prices retain their published currencies and billing units below.

Published billing units · original currency · observed 14 Oct 2026
CategoryUsageRateUnit
File translationAudio input1$1.5771M tokens
File translationSpeech output1$6.3081M tokens
File translationVisual input1$0.6311M tokens
File translationTranslated text output1$1.5771M tokens

Rate conditions

  1. Audio input/output 12.5 tokens/second, rounding subsecond audio to one second. Visual pricing applies to video frames under the guide tokenization rules. Translated text and speech have separate listed rates; accompanying-text co-billing is not explicitly resolved. Singapore offers 1M free tokens valid 90 days from the latest of activation, model release or application approval.
Pricing source (opens in a new tab)

Data & enterprise terms

Standard inference prompts and responses may be retained for up to 30 days, with legal/security exceptions. Stateful conversations and files remain until deleted. These translation models are not listed in the reviewed zero-data-retention roster.

Read the service policy (opens in a new tab)

Alibaba Model Studio · China (Beijing)

Provider source (opens in a new tab)
API model ID
qwen3-livetranslate-flash
Access
https://{WorkspaceId}.cn-beijing.maas.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1/chat/completions. Use a matching regional workspace API key. POST with stream=true; the DashScope interface is unsupported.
Regions
China (Beijing)
Request quotas
100 RPM; 100,000 TPMSource for Request quotas (opens in a new tab)

Prices retain their published currencies and billing units below.

Published billing units · original currency · observed 14 Oct 2026
CategoryUsageRateUnit
File translationAudio input1$1.4341M tokens
File translationSpeech output1$5.7341M tokens
File translationVisual input1$0.5731M tokens
File translationTranslated text output1$1.4341M tokens

Rate conditions

  1. Audio input/output 12.5 tokens/second, rounding subsecond audio to one second. Visual pricing applies to video frames under the guide tokenization rules. Translated text and speech have separate listed rates; accompanying-text co-billing is not explicitly resolved. No regional free quota is listed.
Pricing source (opens in a new tab)

Data & enterprise terms

Standard inference prompts and responses may be retained for up to 30 days, with legal/security exceptions. Stateful conversations and files remain until deleted. These translation models are not listed in the reviewed zero-data-retention roster.

Read the service policy (opens in a new tab)

Alibaba Model Studio · China (Beijing)

Provider source (opens in a new tab)
API model ID
qwen3-livetranslate-flash-2025-12-01
Access
https://{WorkspaceId}.cn-beijing.maas.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1/chat/completions. Use a matching regional workspace API key. POST with stream=true; the DashScope interface is unsupported.
Regions
China (Beijing)
Request quotas
100 RPM; 100,000 TPMSource for Request quotas (opens in a new tab)

Prices retain their published currencies and billing units below.

Published billing units · original currency · observed 14 Oct 2026
CategoryUsageRateUnit
File translationAudio input1$1.4341M tokens
File translationSpeech output1$5.7341M tokens
File translationVisual input1$0.5731M tokens
File translationTranslated text output1$1.4341M tokens

Rate conditions

  1. Audio input/output 12.5 tokens/second, rounding subsecond audio to one second. Visual pricing applies to video frames under the guide tokenization rules. Translated text and speech have separate listed rates; accompanying-text co-billing is not explicitly resolved. No regional free quota is listed.
Pricing source (opens in a new tab)

Data & enterprise terms

Standard inference prompts and responses may be retained for up to 30 days, with legal/security exceptions. Stateful conversations and files remain until deleted. These translation models are not listed in the reviewed zero-data-retention roster.

Read the service policy (opens in a new tab)

Caching

Caching can reuse earlier input processing. Availability, lifetime and billing depend on the endpoint. A cache hit still generates a new response.

01 / INITIAL INPUTProcess & retain

The system processes eligible input and retains reusable state.

02 / LATER REQUESTCheck available state

Reuse depends on matching input, session state and the cache policy.

03 / CACHE HITReuse & generate

Reusing state can reduce repeated work. Any charges follow the billing rules below.

Alibaba Model Studio · Singapore · International

qwen3-livetranslate-flash
Not verified

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

How it works
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

Minimum reusable input
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

Lifetime & refresh
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

How to enable it
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

Usage fields
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

Billing rules
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

Limits & data boundaries
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

No verified cache rate for this endpoint. An empty rate is not a zero charge.

Caching reviewed 14 Oct 2026

Alibaba Model Studio · Singapore · International

qwen3-livetranslate-flash-2025-12-01
Not verified

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

How it works
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

Minimum reusable input
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

Lifetime & refresh
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

How to enable it
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

Usage fields
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

Billing rules
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

Limits & data boundaries
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

No verified cache rate for this endpoint. An empty rate is not a zero charge.

Caching reviewed 14 Oct 2026

Alibaba Model Studio · China (Beijing)

qwen3-livetranslate-flash
Not verified

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

How it works
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

Minimum reusable input
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

Lifetime & refresh
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

How to enable it
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

Usage fields
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

Billing rules
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

Limits & data boundaries
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

No verified cache rate for this endpoint. An empty rate is not a zero charge.

Caching reviewed 14 Oct 2026

Alibaba Model Studio · China (Beijing)

qwen3-livetranslate-flash-2025-12-01
Not verified

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

How it works
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

Minimum reusable input
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

Lifetime & refresh
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

How to enable it
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

Usage fields
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

Billing rules
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

Limits & data boundaries
Not collected

Not established for this translation selector by the reviewed sources.

No verified cache rate for this endpoint. An empty rate is not a zero charge.

Caching reviewed 14 Oct 2026

Voice choices

8 voices

Choose a voice within Qwen3-LiveTranslate Flash. These are API voice identifiers, not additional model releases. Source links document each voice.

Published voice catalog
Voice / API IDLanguage & accentDelivery
CherryCherryMandarin Chinese, English, French, German, Russian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean
See the published language list
Provider preset voice. Supported languages vary by voice.Voice source (opens in a new tab)
NofishNofishMandarin Chinese, English, French, German, Russian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean
See the published language list
Provider preset voice. Supported languages vary by voice.Voice source (opens in a new tab)
JadaJadaChinese (Shanghainese)
See the published language list
Provider preset voice. Supported languages vary by voice.Voice source (opens in a new tab)
DylanDylanChinese (Beijing)
See the published language list
Provider preset voice. Supported languages vary by voice.Voice source (opens in a new tab)
SunnySunnyChinese (Sichuanese)
See the published language list
Provider preset voice. Supported languages vary by voice.Voice source (opens in a new tab)
PeterPeterChinese (Tianjin)
See the published language list
Provider preset voice. Supported languages vary by voice.Voice source (opens in a new tab)
KikiKikiChinese (Cantonese)
See the published language list
Provider preset voice. Supported languages vary by voice.Voice source (opens in a new tab)
EricEricChinese (Sichuanese)
See the published language list
Provider preset voice. Supported languages vary by voice.Voice source (opens in a new tab)

What the measurements say

No benchmark observations have been added for this model. We do not turn a vendor description into a performance score.

Latency and throughput depend on the host, request size, reasoning settings and load. There is no measured speed or global usage figure in this record.

The record behind the model

Why it is included

Inference: these named translation API releases have their own service contracts and release history, with no corresponding LiveTranslate weights in the reviewed official Qwen inventory. Their use of Omni infrastructure does not identify them with the public Omni checkpoints. Private lineage and parameter counts remain unverified.

Classification evidence (opens in a new tab)

Lifecycle dates

Platform release · Singapore4 Dec 2025Source (opens in a new tab)
Platform release · China (Beijing)4 Dec 2025Source (opens in a new tab)

Sources reviewed