Amazon Translate

 

• A Neural Machine Translation service that provides fluent translation with higher accuracy than traditional statistical and rule-based translation models.
• Powered by deep learning models that deliver fast, accurate, and affordable translation between supported languages.
• Supports batch translation, real-time, and on-demand translations.

Common Use Cases

• Language localization
• Translating content for text analytics
• Cross-lingual communication

Concepts

• Amazon Translate uses a Translation Model that consists of two (2) components:
  • Encoder
    • Read a source text one word at a time.
    • Creates a semantic representation of each word.
  • Decoder
    • Uses the constructed semantic representation of the encoded text and translates it to the target language one word at a time.
    • The decoder also uses a method called the Attention mechanism to translate obscure words or phrases correctly.
• When Automatic Language Detection is enabled, Amazon Translate uses Amazon Comprehend on the backend to automatically detect the language used in the source text.

Features

• Broad Language Coverage
• Neural-Network Based
  • Produces high-quality translations by utilizing deep learning technologies.
• Customized Machine Translation
  • Enables you to tailor your translations to suit domain-specific terminologies.
  • Useful for changing the tone, style, and word choices for the translated text.
• Secure Machine Translation
  • Communications between Amazon Translate and your application is SSL-protected.

Pricing

• Standard Translation
  • Billed for $15.00 per million characters
• Active Custom Translation
  • Billed for $60.00 per million characters