diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 562559a..eb5bb43 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         wparams.print_progress       = false;
         wparams.print_timestamps     = !params.no_timestamps;
         wparams.print_special_tokens = params.print_special_tokens;
+        wparams.translate            = params.translate;
+        wparams.language             = params.language.c_str();
 
         if (whisper_full(ctx, wparams, pcmf32.data(), pcmf32.size()) != 0) {
             fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed to process audio\n", argv[0]);