# generaltranslation: General Translation Core SDK: TranslationResult
URL: https://generaltranslation.com/en-US/docs/core/types/translation-result.mdx
---
title: TranslationResult
description: Type definition for translation results returned by translate() methods
---

## Overview

`TranslationResult` represents the result of translation operations.

```typescript
type TranslationResult = RequestSuccess | TranslationError;
```

## Union types

### RequestSuccess

```typescript
type RequestSuccess = TypedResult & {
  locale: string;
  reference: TranslationResultReference;
};
```

### TranslationError

```typescript
type TranslationError = {
  error: string;
  code: number;
  reference?: TranslationResultReference;
};
```

## Examples

### Basic error handling

```typescript copy
import { GT, TranslationResult } from 'generaltranslation';

const gt = new GT({ apiKey: 'your-api-key' });

const result: TranslationResult = await gt.translate('Hello');

if ('error' in result) {
  console.error(`Translation failed: ${result.error}`);
} else {
  console.log(`Translation: ${result.translation}`);
}
```

### Type guards

```typescript copy
function isTranslationError(result: TranslationResult): result is TranslationError {
  return 'error' in result;
}

if (isTranslationError(result)) {
  // Handle error
} else {
  // Handle success
}
```

## Related types

* [`TranslateManyResult`](/docs/core/types/translate-many-result) - Batch translation results