North Small Translate

Cohere

cohere/north-small-translate-1-0Open Weights

Open-weight translation model for more than 50 languages and locale variants

Benchmark Pricing$0.00 / 1M in$0.00 / 1M out

Context: 16,000 tokens•Max Output: 16,000 tokens•Released: 2026-09-09

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Context Window16,00016K tokens

Max Output16,00016K tokens

LicenseCC-BY-NC-4.0Self-hostable

Input Modalities

Text

Function / Tool CallingNot Supported

Structured OutputsPrompt Based

MODEL CONTEXT PROTOCOL (MCP) READINESS

⚠ North Small Translate does not natively advertise tool-calling capabilities. When connecting to MCP servers, function calling must be handled via structured prompt injection.

MCP Context Window Recommendations

With a context capacity of 16,000 tokens, this model can handle compact tool sets. Consider keeping MCP server tool manifests minimal to preserve headroom.

API CALL INVOCATION EXAMPLE

// Example: Calling North Small Translate via OpenAI SDK
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.COHERE_API_KEY,
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "cohere/north-small-translate-1-0",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello! Can you inspect MCP tools?" }],
});

console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);