# TranslatePulse > Free translation between 250+ languages, plus language reference data: > writing systems, language families, and 116 common phrases translated into > 246 languages. ## What an agent can call - [Language detection API](https://translatepulse.com/api/detect): POST JSON `{"text": "..."}`, returns the detected language with a confidence level and alternatives. No key required. See [the OpenAPI description](https://translatepulse.com/openapi.json). ## Reference data - [Which languages are hardest for English speakers](https://translatepulse.com/guides/hardest-languages-for-english-speakers): 212 languages scored on writing system, language family and word order, with the method and its limits stated. - [Every writing system in the world](https://translatepulse.com/guides/writing-systems): 22 scripts, the languages using each, and reading direction. - [Language families, mapped](https://translatepulse.com/guides/language-families): 20 families with members and combined speaker counts. ## Language comparisons - [Hindi vs Urdu](https://translatepulse.com/guides/compare/hindi-vs-urdu): Are Hindi and Urdu the same language? - [Spanish vs Portuguese](https://translatepulse.com/guides/compare/spanish-vs-portuguese): How similar are Spanish and Portuguese? - [Japanese vs Chinese](https://translatepulse.com/guides/compare/japanese-vs-chinese): Are Japanese and Chinese related? - [Persian vs Arabic](https://translatepulse.com/guides/compare/persian-vs-arabic): Is Persian a kind of Arabic? - [Indonesian vs Malay](https://translatepulse.com/guides/compare/indonesian-vs-malay): What is the difference between Indonesian and Malay? - [Norwegian vs Swedish](https://translatepulse.com/guides/compare/norwegian-vs-swedish): Can Norwegians and Swedes understand each other? - [Cantonese vs Mandarin](https://translatepulse.com/guides/compare/cantonese-vs-mandarin): Are Cantonese and Mandarin different languages? - [Dutch vs German](https://translatepulse.com/guides/compare/dutch-vs-german): How close are Dutch and German? - [Korean vs Japanese](https://translatepulse.com/guides/compare/korean-vs-japanese): Are Korean and Japanese similar? ## Tools - [Word & character counter](https://translatepulse.com/tools/word-counter): Count words, characters and translation requests - [Remove line breaks](https://translatepulse.com/tools/remove-line-breaks): Join text broken across lines - [Remove accents](https://translatepulse.com/tools/remove-accents): Strip diacritics from Latin text - [Case converter](https://translatepulse.com/tools/case-converter): UPPERCASE, lowercase, Title Case, Sentence case - [Transliterate to Latin](https://translatepulse.com/tools/transliterate): Romanize Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew and Devanagari - [Language detector](https://translatepulse.com/detect-language): identify the language of a piece of text - [Image translator](https://translatepulse.com/translate-image): extract text from an image and translate it ## Translation pages Around 4,200 language-pair pages at `https://translatepulse.com/translation/-to-`, each with a translator, common phrases in both languages, and structural notes on how the two compare. Available in English, German, Arabic, Russian and Indonesian. ## Notes on accuracy - Translations are machine generated and may vary by region or context. - The language reference data is compiled from public sources; the guides state their coverage and known limitations. - Content Signals: ai-train=yes, search=yes, ai-input=yes. ## Contact https://translatepulse.com/contact