The API calculates the beginning offset of the content in the original
document according to the
[EncodingType][google.cloud.language.v1.EncodingType] specified in the API
request.
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set; }\n\nThe API calculates the beginning offset of the content in the original\ndocument according to the\n\\[EncodingType\\]\\[google.cloud.language.v1.EncodingType\\] specified in the API\nrequest.\n\n### Content\n\n public string Content { get; set; }\n\nThe content of the output text."]]
