qwen-mt-mcp 0.1.0

MCP Server for Alibaba Cloud Qwen-MT machine translation

qwen-mt-mcp

MCP Server for Alibaba Cloud Qwen-MT machine translation. Supports 92 languages, glossary terms, translation memory, and domain hints.

Installation

pip install qwen-mt-mcp

Or with uv:

uv pip install qwen-mt-mcp

Configuration

Environment Variable	Required	Default	Description
DASHSCOPE_API_KEY	Yes	—	Alibaba Cloud DashScope API Key
QWEN_MT_REGION	No	beijing	API region: beijing or singapore
QWEN_MT_DEFAULT_MODEL	No	qwen-mt-plus	Default model: qwen-mt-plus / qwen-mt-flash / qwen-mt-lite

MCP Client Setup

Claude Desktop / Cursor

Add to your MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "qwen-mt": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["qwen-mt-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "DASHSCOPE_API_KEY": "sk-your-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Or if installed locally:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "qwen-mt": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "--directory", "/path/to/MT-mcp", "qwen-mt-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "DASHSCOPE_API_KEY": "sk-your-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools

translate

Translate text between languages.

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
text	string	Yes	Text to translate (max 8192 tokens)
target_lang	string	Yes	Target language name, e.g. "English", "Chinese"
source_lang	string	No	Source language, default "auto" for auto-detection
model	string	No	qwen-mt-plus (best quality), qwen-mt-flash (balanced), qwen-mt-lite (fastest)
terms	array	No	Glossary: [{"source": "term", "target": "translation"}]
tm_list	array	No	Translation memory: [{"source": "src sentence", "target": "tgt sentence"}]
domains	string	No	Domain hint in English, e.g. "IT", "legal", "medical"

get_supported_languages

List supported languages for a given model.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
model	string	No	Model to query (default from config)

Models

Model	Quality	Speed	Languages	Streaming
qwen-mt-plus	Highest	Slower	92	No
qwen-mt-flash	Balanced	Medium	92	Yes
qwen-mt-lite	Basic	Fastest	31	Yes

License

Apache-2.0