Amazon Translate
by Amazon Web Services
At a glance
Neural machine translation API from AWS for batch and real-time text translation in applications.
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- Licence
- Not recorded
- Category
- Translation & Language
- Business model
- Paid
- Availability
- Global
- Launched
- 2017
Overview
Amazon Translate is AWS's neural machine translation service for on-demand text translation in applications. It supports batch and real-time translation, custom terminology, and integration with other AWS services. There is no consumer chat app; usage is billed per character with no minimum commitment.
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Key features
- Neural machine translation API on AWS
- Batch and real-time translation
- Custom terminology for domain terms
- Integration with other AWS services such as S3 and Lambda
Use cases
- Localizing application and support content
- Translating incoming multilingual data for analysis
- Building multilingual chat and email workflows on AWS
Pricing
Amazon Translate is usage-priced per character on AWS, with no contracts or minimums; see the AWS Translate pricing page.
Record details
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Links, dates and provenance
- Record updated
- 2026-10-09
- Pricing
- aws.amazon.com ↗
- Documentation
- docs.aws.amazon.com ↗
- Founded
- 2006
- Headquarters
- US
Selection profile
Every field says where its value comes from. "Unknown" means we have not confirmed it — it does not mean the product lacks the feature.
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- Tasks it fits
- Translation
Derived from the record: category "translation-language".
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- API
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- Web
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- Vendor cloud
Vendor-hosted product; no self-hosted option is recorded.
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- Not recorded
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- Global
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Suggest a correction - Public API
- Yes
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- proprietary
Commercial product; no source licence is published in the record.
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- Not recorded
Commercial product; the terms reviewed here do not state a non-commercial restriction, but that was not verified.
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- Not recorded
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- Subscription Free allowance: No Subscription required: Yes
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Where each value comes from
- Tasks it fits
- Our inference
- How you use it
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- Runs on
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- Where it runs
- Our inference
- Works offline
- Our inference
- Official service region
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- Public API
- Verified 2026-10-09 docs.aws.amazon.com ↗
- Licence
- Our inference
- Commercial use
- Our inference
- Interface languages
- Unknown
Key facts and their evidence
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API: Public API documented Verified 2026-10-09 docs.aws.amazon.com ↗
Applies to: As stated on docs.aws.amazon.com on 2026-10-09
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Frequently asked questions
What is Amazon Translate?
Amazon Translate is AWS's neural machine translation API for translating unstructured text in applications.
Is Amazon Translate a consumer app?
No. It is a developer and enterprise API on AWS, not a consumer paste-box translator.
How is Amazon Translate priced?
It is billed per character processed, with no minimum commitment, as documented on AWS pricing pages.
What does Amazon Translate not record?
Only Amazon Translate's API is confirmed here; its price figures, licence terms, regional availability and language coverage are not established in this record.
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