diff --git a/sonar/inference_pipelines/text.py b/sonar/inference_pipelines/text.py
index 34ab79b..0b8ccc0 100644
--- a/sonar/inference_pipelines/text.py
+++ b/sonar/inference_pipelines/text.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def __init__(
     def predict(
         self,
         input: Union[Path, Sequence[str]],
-        source_lang: str,
+        source_lang: Union[str, Sequence[str]],
         batch_size: Optional[int] = 5,
         batch_max_tokens: Optional[int] = None,
         max_seq_len: Optional[int] = None,
@@ -196,9 +196,24 @@ def predict(
         if batch_size is not None and batch_size <= 0:
             raise ValueError("`batch_size` should be strictly positive")
 
-        tokenizer_encoder = self.tokenizer.create_encoder(
-            lang=source_lang, device=self.device
-        )
+        def encode_fn(x: Union[str, tuple[str, str]]) -> torch.Tensor:
+            if isinstance(source_lang, str):
+                assert isinstance(x, str)
+                tokenizer_encoder = self.tokenizer.create_encoder(
+                    lang=source_lang,
+                    device=self.device,
+                )
+                return tokenizer_encoder(x)
+            else:
+                # Multiple languages
+                assert isinstance(x, tuple)
+                text, lang = x
+                tokenizer_encoder = self.tokenizer.create_encoder(
+                    lang=lang,
+                    device=self.device,
+                )
+                return tokenizer_encoder(text)
+
         model_max_len = cast(int | None, self.model.encoder_frontend.pos_encoder.max_seq_len)  # type: ignore[union-attr]
         if max_seq_len is None:
             max_seq_len = model_max_len
@@ -221,15 +236,37 @@ def truncate(x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
         if isinstance(input, (str, Path)):
             pipeline_builder = read_text(Path(input))
             sorting_index = None
+            if not isinstance(source_lang, str):
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "If input is a file, source_lang must be a single string."
+                )
         else:
-            # so it should a list
-            sorting_index = torch.argsort(torch.tensor(list(map(len, input))))
-            pipeline_builder = read_sequence(list(sorting_index.cpu())).map(
-                input.__getitem__
+            # input is a list
+            if isinstance(source_lang, str):
+                items = input
+            else:
+                if len(input) != len(source_lang):
+                    raise ValueError("Length of input and source_lang must match.")
+                items = list(zip(input, source_lang))  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+            sorting_index = torch.argsort(
+                torch.tensor(
+                    list(
+                        map(
+                            lambda x: (
+                                len(x[0])
+                                if not isinstance(source_lang, str)
+                                else len(x)
+                            ),
+                            items,
+                        )
+                    )
+                )
             )
+            sorted_items = [items[i] for i in sorting_index.tolist()]
+            pipeline_builder = read_sequence(sorted_items)
 
         pipeline: Iterable = (
-            pipeline_builder.map(tokenizer_encoder)
+            pipeline_builder.map(encode_fn)
             .map(truncate)
             .dynamic_bucket(
                 batch_max_tokens or 2**31,
@@ -306,7 +343,7 @@ def __init__(
     def predict(
         self,
         inputs: torch.Tensor,
-        target_lang: str,
+        target_lang: Union[str, Sequence[str]],
         batch_size: int = 5,
         progress_bar: bool = False,
         sampler: Optional[Sampler] = None,
@@ -319,25 +356,41 @@ def predict(
         else:
             generator = BeamSearchSeq2SeqGenerator(self.model, **generator_kwargs)
 
-        converter = SequenceToTextConverter(
-            generator,
-            self.tokenizer,
-            task="translation",
-            target_lang=target_lang,
-        )
+        if isinstance(target_lang, str):
+            target_lang = [target_lang] * len(inputs)
+
+        if len(target_lang) != len(inputs):
+            raise ValueError(
+                "input and target_lang must have the same length for multi-language decoding."
+            )
 
-        def _do_translate(src_tensors: List[torch.Tensor]) -> List[str]:
+        def _do_translate(x: tuple[torch.Tensor, str]):
+            tensor, lang = x
+            converter = SequenceToTextConverter(
+                generator,
+                self.tokenizer,
+                task="translation",
+                target_lang=lang,
+            )
             texts, _ = converter.batch_convert(
-                torch.stack(src_tensors).to(self.device), None
+                torch.stack([tensor]).to(self.device),
+                None,
             )
             return texts
 
         pipeline: Iterable = (
-            read_sequence(list(inputs))
-            .bucket(batch_size)
+            read_sequence(
+                list(
+                    zip(
+                        list(inputs),
+                        list(target_lang),
+                    )
+                )
+            )
             .map(_do_translate)
             .and_return()
         )
+
         if progress_bar:
             pipeline = add_progress_bar(pipeline, inputs=inputs, batch_size=batch_size)
         with precision_context(self.model.dtype):