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Automatically copy & translate Telegram channel content with GPT-4o-mini

Ready for 3.0

by Shohani ✓ · 2,262 views · created 2025-07-30 · Social Media, Multimodal AI

Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What this workflow does

This AI workflow has 15 nodes and runs on a schedule (every day at 09:00). Along the way it connects OpenAI and Telegram.

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (every day at 09:00).

  1. Set Telegram Channels (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 4 fields: sourceChannel, targetChannel, targetLanguage…
  2. Fetch Channel Page (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
  3. Extract Post Content (HTML): parses or builds HTML
  4. Clean Post Content (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  5. Translate Text (OpenAI): uses OpenAI
  6. Process Media URLs (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  7. Has Photo? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
  8. Has Video? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
  9. Text Only? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
  10. Download Photo (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API

…plus 4 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

OpenAITelegram

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Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.

Nodes used (8)

From the author

Overview This n8n workflow automatically fetches the latest post from a Telegram channel, translates it using OpenAI, and republishes it to another channel. It supports text, images, and videos. Features - Works Without Admin Privileges - Does not require any…

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