# What is Amazon Translate?
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Amazon Translate is a text translation service that uses advanced machine learning technologies to provide high-quality translation on demand. You can use Amazon Translate to translate unstructured text documents or to build applications that work in multiple languages. See [Supported languages and language codes](what-is-languages.md) for information about the languages that Amazon Translate supports.

 

**Topics**
+ [Use cases](#what-is-use-cases)
+ [Are you a first-time user of Amazon Translate?](#first-time-user)
+ [Amazon Translate pricing](#what-is-pricing)
+ [Amazon Translate API Reference](#what-is-api)

## Use cases
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Use Amazon Translate to do the following:

**Enable multilingual user experiences in your applications by integrating Amazon Translate: **  
+ Translate company-authored content, such as meeting minutes, technician reports, knowledge-base articles, posts, and more.
+ Translate interpersonal communications, such as email, in-game chat, customer service chat, so that customers and employees can connect in their preferred language.

**Process and manage your company's incoming data:**  
+ Analyze text, such as social media and news feeds, in many languages.
+ Search for information, such as for eDiscovery cases, in many languages.

**Enable language-independent processing by integrating Amazon Translate with other AWS services:**  
+ Extract named entities, sentiment, and key phrases from unstructured text, such as social media streams with [Amazon Comprehend](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/comprehend/latest/dg/comphrened-general.html).
+ Make subtitles and live captioning available in many languages with [Amazon Transcribe](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/latest/dg/what-is-transcribe.html).
+ Speak translated content with [Amazon Polly](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/what-is.html).
+ Translate document repositories stored in [Amazon S3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/Welcome.html) .
+ Translate text stored in the following databases: [Amazon DynamoDB](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/Introduction.html), [Amazon Aurora](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/CHAP_AuroraOverview.html), and [Amazon Redshift](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/welcome.html).
+ Seamlessly integrate workflows with [AWS Lambda](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/welcome.html) or [AWS Glue](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/what-is-glue.html).

## Are you a first-time user of Amazon Translate?
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If you are a first-time user of Amazon Translate, we recommend that you start with the following topics:

1. [How Amazon Translate works](how-it-works.md) – Introduces Amazon Translate.

1. [Getting started with Amazon Translate](getting-started.md) – Explains how to set up your AWS account and start using Amazon Translate.

1. [Code examples for Amazon Translate using AWS SDKs](service_code_examples.md) – Use the code examples to explore the Amazon Translate APIs.

You can also use the following resources to learn about the Amazon Translate service:
+ The [AWS Machine Learning Blog](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/ ) includes useful articles about Amazon Translate.
+ [Amazon Translate Deep Dive Video Series](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhr1KZpdzukePPoSt1BZUNYQ6r5BdNm-1) provides introductory videos about Amazon Translate.

## Amazon Translate pricing
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As with other AWS products, there are no contracts or minimum commitments for using Amazon Translate. For more information about the cost of using Amazon Translate, see [Amazon Translate Pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/translate/pricing/).

## Amazon Translate API Reference
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The Amazon Translate API Reference is now a separate document. For more information, see [Amazon Translate API Reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/translate/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html).