# Document
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The content and content type of a document.

## Contents
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 ** Content **   <a name="translate-Type-Document-Content"></a>
The `Content`field type is Binary large object (blob). This object contains the document content converted into base64-encoded binary data. If you use one of the AWS SDKs, the SDK performs the Base64-encoding on this field before sending the request.   
Type: Base64-encoded binary data object  
Length Constraints: Maximum length of 102400.  
Required: Yes

 ** ContentType **   <a name="translate-Type-Document-ContentType"></a>
Describes the format of the document. You can specify one of the following:  
+  `text/html` - The input data consists of HTML content. Amazon Translate translates only the text in the HTML element.
+  `text/plain` - The input data consists of unformatted text. Amazon Translate translates every character in the content. 
+  `application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document` - The input data consists of a Word document (.docx).
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Maximum length of 256.  
Pattern: `^[-\w.]+\/[-\w.+]+$`   
Required: Yes

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/translate-2017-07-01/Document) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/translate-2017-07-01/Document) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/translate-2017-07-01/Document)