# Logger v1.10.3 Logger.Translator View Source

Default translation for Erlang log messages.

Logger allows developers to rewrite log messages provided by OTP applications into a format more compatible with Elixir log messages by providing a translator.

A translator is simply a tuple containing a module and a function that can be added and removed via the `Logger.add_translator/1` and `Logger.remove_translator/1` functions and is invoked for every Erlang message above the minimum log level with four arguments:

- `min_level` - the current Logger level
- `level` - the level of the message being translated
- `kind` - if the message is a `:report` or `:format`
- `message` - the message to format. If it is `:report`, it is a tuple with `{report_type, report_data}`, if it is `:format`, it is a tuple with `{format_message, format_args}`.

The function must return:

- `{:ok, chardata, metadata}` - if the message translation with its metadata
- `{:ok, chardata}` - the translated message
- `:skip` - if the message is not meant to be translated nor logged
- `:none` - if there is no translation, which triggers the next translator

See the function `translate/4` in this module for an example implementation and the default messages translated by Logger.

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translate(min_level, level, kind, message)

Built-in translation function.

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# translate(min_level, level, kind, message)

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Built-in translation function.