Either way, you can start using Amazon Translate for multilingual text capabilities to translate text with just a few lines of code. You can also call the service directly from the AWS Command Line Interface, or use one of the SDKs in the programming language of your choice to integrate with your applications.
The easiest way to get started with Amazon Translate is to use the console to translate some text. With more extensive post-editing, you can also use Amazon Translate to translate high-value, branded content, such as advertising and marketing materials, contracts, etc. With light human post-editing, Amazon Translate can be applied to enabling customer service agents to support anyone, and translating company authored information such as specifications, comparisons of alternatives, FAQs, and support content. For example, if you need to extract insights from large volumes of text in many languages, enable customers to search your application in their language of choice, make user-authored content such as forums and support content accessible in languages other than the source, get the gist out of responses to questionnaires and surveys, or publish a first draft – you can use Amazon Translate’s raw output. Q: What are the most common use cases for Amazon Translate?Īmazon Translate is a great solution in cases where the volume of content is high, speed is critical, and a certain level of translation imperfection (usually minor) is acceptable. Translation Resellers can broaden their service portfolio without building new infrastructure or hiring staff. Amazon Translate also allows you to customize your translation output using Active Custom Translation, as LSPs, you protect your IP when you use ACT provide customized translation.
With Amazon Translate, LSPs can increase productivity by as much as 50% and produce larger volumes of translation, freeing professional translators to focus on high-end creative content. Because Amazon Translate costs a fraction of the cost of human translation (0.05% at $15/1M characters for Amazon Translate vs $30K for human translation on average), businesses can now afford to translate content they could not before.įor Language Service Providers (LSP) and value-added resellers, Amazon Translate supports business growth and expansion. Many businesses have large volumes of content, user or company authored the only way to make all of it accessible in multiple languages in a timely manner is to use Machine Translation. You should use Amazon Translate because it enables you to reach more customers, communicate with them more effectively, and decrease your TCO.