diff --git a/backend/backend.proto b/backend/backend.proto
index aec0c00e74e..0d3d5f7f795 100644
--- a/backend/backend.proto
+++ b/backend/backend.proto
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ message TranscriptRequest {
   string dst = 2;
   string language = 3;
   uint32 threads = 4;
+  bool translate = 5;
 }
 
 message TranscriptResult {
diff --git a/backend/go/transcribe/transcript.go b/backend/go/transcribe/transcript.go
index 9b3da01cd28..6831167f3aa 100644
--- a/backend/go/transcribe/transcript.go
+++ b/backend/go/transcribe/transcript.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func audioToWav(src, dst string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func Transcript(model whisper.Model, audiopath, language string, threads uint) (schema.TranscriptionResult, error) {
+func Transcript(model whisper.Model, audiopath, language string, translate bool, threads uint) (schema.TranscriptionResult, error) {
 	res := schema.TranscriptionResult{}
 
 	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "whisper")
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ func Transcript(model whisper.Model, audiopath, language string, threads uint) (
 		context.SetLanguage("auto")
 	}
 
+	if translate {
+		context.SetTranslate(true)
+	}
+
 	if err := context.Process(data, nil, nil); err != nil {
 		return res, err
 	}
diff --git a/backend/go/transcribe/whisper.go b/backend/go/transcribe/whisper.go
index 7ed60c82126..61ae98e943d 100644
--- a/backend/go/transcribe/whisper.go
+++ b/backend/go/transcribe/whisper.go
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ func (sd *Whisper) Load(opts *pb.ModelOptions) error {
 }
 
 func (sd *Whisper) AudioTranscription(opts *pb.TranscriptRequest) (schema.TranscriptionResult, error) {
-	return Transcript(sd.whisper, opts.Dst, opts.Language, uint(opts.Threads))
+	return Transcript(sd.whisper, opts.Dst, opts.Language, opts.Translate, uint(opts.Threads))
 }
diff --git a/core/backend/transcript.go b/core/backend/transcript.go
index 1807f510105..0980288f644 100644
--- a/core/backend/transcript.go
+++ b/core/backend/transcript.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	model "github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/model"
 )
 
-func ModelTranscription(audio, language string, ml *model.ModelLoader, backendConfig config.BackendConfig, appConfig *config.ApplicationConfig) (*schema.TranscriptionResult, error) {
+func ModelTranscription(audio, language string, translate bool, ml *model.ModelLoader, backendConfig config.BackendConfig, appConfig *config.ApplicationConfig) (*schema.TranscriptionResult, error) {
 
 	opts := modelOpts(backendConfig, appConfig, []model.Option{
 		model.WithBackendString(model.WhisperBackend),
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ func ModelTranscription(audio, language string, ml *model.ModelLoader, backendCo
 	}
 
 	return whisperModel.AudioTranscription(context.Background(), &proto.TranscriptRequest{
-		Dst:      audio,
-		Language: language,
-		Threads:  uint32(*backendConfig.Threads),
+		Dst:       audio,
+		Language:  language,
+		Translate: translate,
+		Threads:   uint32(*backendConfig.Threads),
 	})
 }
diff --git a/core/cli/transcript.go b/core/cli/transcript.go
index 52381741f73..fd78557fd9c 100644
--- a/core/cli/transcript.go
+++ b/core/cli/transcript.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ type TranscriptCMD struct {
 	Backend           string `short:"b" default:"whisper" help:"Backend to run the transcription model"`
 	Model             string `short:"m" required:"" help:"Model name to run the TTS"`
 	Language          string `short:"l" help:"Language of the audio file"`
+	Translate         bool   `short:"t" help:"Translate the transcription to english"`
 	Threads           int    `short:"t" default:"1" help:"Number of threads used for parallel computation"`
 	ModelsPath        string `env:"LOCALAI_MODELS_PATH,MODELS_PATH" type:"path" default:"${basepath}/models" help:"Path containing models used for inferencing" group:"storage"`
 	BackendAssetsPath string `env:"LOCALAI_BACKEND_ASSETS_PATH,BACKEND_ASSETS_PATH" type:"path" default:"/tmp/localai/backend_data" help:"Path used to extract libraries that are required by some of the backends in runtime" group:"storage"`
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ func (t *TranscriptCMD) Run(ctx *cliContext.Context) error {
 		}
 	}()
 
-	tr, err := backend.ModelTranscription(t.Filename, t.Language, ml, c, opts)
+	tr, err := backend.ModelTranscription(t.Filename, t.Language, t.Translate, ml, c, opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/core/http/endpoints/openai/transcription.go b/core/http/endpoints/openai/transcription.go
index eddcc6fcda8..c8e447f79cb 100644
--- a/core/http/endpoints/openai/transcription.go
+++ b/core/http/endpoints/openai/transcription.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func TranscriptEndpoint(cl *config.BackendConfigLoader, ml *model.ModelLoader, a
 
 		log.Debug().Msgf("Audio file copied to: %+v", dst)
 
-		tr, err := backend.ModelTranscription(dst, input.Language, ml, *config, appConfig)
+		tr, err := backend.ModelTranscription(dst, input.Language, input.Translate, ml, *config, appConfig)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/core/schema/prediction.go b/core/schema/prediction.go
index 7e509167d5f..8ad5692806d 100644
--- a/core/schema/prediction.go
+++ b/core/schema/prediction.go
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ type PredictionOptions struct {
 	// Also part of the OpenAI official spec
 	Language string `json:"language"`
 
+	// Only for audio transcription
+	Translate bool `json:"translate"`
+
 	// Also part of the OpenAI official spec. use it for returning multiple results
 	N int `json:"n"`