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{{site.data.keyword.languagetranslatorfull}} is a translation API that uses domain-specific models to translate text from one language to another. {: shortdesc}
The service provides translation models for the following domains.
- News: targeted at news articles and transcripts.
- Conversational: targeted at conversations and colloquial phrases.
- Patent: targeted at technical and legal terminology.
In addition to using the provided translation models, you can build upon the news models to create your own custom models for your use case.
A preview of new Neural Machine Translation (NMT) models that offer improved translations is now available. For more details, view the release notes. {: tip}
- Get started.
- Try the live demo
{: new_window}. - View the API reference {: new_window}.
- View language support information: