Microsoft Translator
by Microsoft
At a glance
Microsoft's machine translation service for text, speech, images, and documents, with a consumer app and Azure API.
translation language speech
- Licence
- Not recorded
- Category
- Translation & Language
- Business model
- Freemium
- Availability
- Global
- Launched
- 2007
Overview
Microsoft Translator is Microsoft's machine translation service for text, speech, images, websites, and documents. Consumer apps cover conversations, menus, and offline packs; organizations use Azure AI Translator (Foundry Tools) for text and speech APIs. The consumer product is free; programmatic use is billed through Azure.
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Key features
- Text, speech, image, and document translation
- Conversation and offline language packs on mobile
- Azure AI Translator API for applications
- Custom terminology through Azure Custom Translator
Use cases
- Translating conversations, signs, and documents on the go
- Adding translation to products via Azure APIs
- Classroom and workplace multilingual captions
Pricing
Consumer Translator apps are free; Azure AI Translator is billed per character (and related speech SKUs) on Azure.
Record details
Provenance, dates and links are kept here so the main sections stay about the product itself.
Links, dates and provenance
- Record updated
- 2026-10-09
- Documentation
- azure.microsoft.com ↗
- Founded
- 1975
- 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.
Selection profile11 fields3 unknown
- Tasks it fits
- Translation
Derived from the record: category "translation-language".
Suggest a correction - How you use it
- Web app
Hosted product with no desktop/CLI tag in the record; assumed web-delivered.
Suggest a correction - Runs on
- Android iOS
Matched on the vendor page: “nversation Overview of apps App features Outlook add-in Help overview Android Bing iOS Multi-device conversation Outlook Windows Languages For Education For Business Micr”
Suggest a correction - Where it runs
- Vendor cloud
Vendor-hosted product; no self-hosted option is recorded.
Suggest a correction - Works offline
- Not recorded
The record contains no offline-operation claim.
Suggest a correction - Official service region
- Global
Mirrors the availability field already on the record ("global").
Suggest a correction - Public API
- Yes
The record mentions an API surface.
Suggest a correction - Licence
- proprietary
Commercial product; no source licence is published in the record.
Suggest a correction - Commercial use
- Not recorded
Commercial product; the terms reviewed here do not state a non-commercial restriction, but that was not verified.
Suggest a correction - Interface languages
- Not recorded
No vendor page read in this pass states the product's own interface languages; the key exists so the field can be answered later rather than left absent.
Suggest a correction - Billing
- Subscription Free allowance: Limited Subscription required: No
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Where each value comes from
- Tasks it fits
- Our inference
- How you use it
- Our inference
- Runs on
- Verified 2026-10-09 www.microsoft.com ↗
- Where it runs
- Our inference
- Works offline
- Our inference
- Official service region
- Our inference
- Public API
- Our inference
- Licence
- Our inference
- Commercial use
- Our inference
- Interface languages
- Unknown
Key facts and their evidence
Each fact lists the conditions it holds under, the page it was read from and the day it was checked.
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Platform support: android, ios Verified 2026-10-09 www.microsoft.com ↗
Applies to: As stated on microsoft.com on 2026-10-09
Matched on the vendor page: “nversation Overview of apps App features Outlook add-in Help overview Android Bing iOS Multi-device conversation Outlook Windows Languages For Education For Business Micr”
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Frequently asked questions
What is Microsoft Translator?
Microsoft Translator is Microsoft's machine translation service, available as consumer apps and as Azure AI Translator APIs.
Is Microsoft Translator free?
The consumer apps are free; developers and enterprises pay for Azure AI Translator usage.
How is it different from Bing Translator?
Bing Translator has been the web front end of the same Microsoft translation service; APIs are sold as Azure AI Translator.
What does Microsoft Translator not record?
No plan price is recorded because no confirmable same-site pricing page was found on the vendor site when this record was checked.
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This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-09.
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