Document history for Amazon Translate
The following table describes the documentation for this release of Amazon Translate.
| Change | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
Translate now supports brevity for real-time text translations. Brevity reduces the length of the translation output for most translations (compared to the translation output without brevity). For more information, see Using brevity in Amazon Translate. | October 31, 2023 | |
Language auto-detection for document input to real-time translations | You can now use language auto-detection when you input a document to real-time translations (console or API). For more information, see Real-time translations. | August 3, 2023 |
You can now use .docx files (in addition to text files and HTML files) as input to real-time translations (console or API). For more information, see Real-time translations. | July 17, 2023 | |
Translate now supports enhancements to the custom terminology feature that improve translation fluency and accuracy. For more information, see Customizing your translations with custom terminology. | June 30, 2023 | |
You can now use text files or HTML files as input to real-time translations (console or API). For more information, see Real-time translations. | May 23, 2023 | |
Amazon Translate now allows the | May 23, 2023 | |
Translate now supports additional regions for asynchronous batch processing. | Translate now supports additional regions for asynchronous batch processing. For more information, see Asynchronous batch processing with Amazon Translate. | March 28, 2023 |
You can now input up to 10,000 characters for real-time translations. For more information, see Getting started in Amazon Translate (console). | December 16, 2022 | |
You can now provide nested input folders to batch translation jobs. For more information, see Running a batch translation job in Amazon Translate. | November 18, 2022 | |
You can now auto-detect the source language in batch translation jobs. As a result, you can now input documents with different source languages in batch translation jobs. For more information, see Running a batch translation job in Amazon Translate. | November 18, 2022 | |
You can now specify multiple target languages in batch translation jobs. For more information, see Running a batch translation job in Amazon Translate. | October 10, 2022 | |
You can now tag ParallelData and Custom Terminology resources in Amazon Translate. For more information, see Tagging your resources in Amazon Translate. | October 6, 2022 | |
You can now set the translation formality level for Dutch, Korean, and Mexican Spanish in Amazon Translate. For more information, see Setting formality in Amazon Translate. | October 5, 2022 | |
The Amazon Translate API Reference is now a separate document from the Developer Guide. For more information, see Amazon Translate API Reference. | August 25, 2022 | |
You can now set the formality level for your translation output. For more information, see Setting formality in Amazon Translate. | February 22, 2022 | |
You can now mask profane words and phrases in your translation output. For more information, see Masking profane words and phrases in Amazon Translate. | November 24, 2021 | |
You can now establish a private connection between your VPC and Amazon Translate by using AWS PrivateLink. For more information, see Amazon Translate and interface VPC endpoints (AWS PrivateLink). | November 24, 2021 | |
You can now create parallel data resources that use any of the languages that are supported by Amazon Translate. You no longer need to use English as one of the languages. For more information about parallel data, see Customizing your translations with parallel data (Active Custom Translation). | November 15, 2021 | |
You can now create multi-directional terminology, in which any language can be the source language or a target language. For more information, see Creating a custom terminology. | November 11, 2021 | |
Amazon Translate now supports the following languages: Irish, Marathi, Portuguese (Portugal), and Punjabi. For all of the languages that Amazon Translate supports, see Supported languages and language codes. | November 10, 2021 | |
You can now encrypt your translation output by using your own customer managed key that you manage in AWS Key Management Service. For more information, see Running a batch translation job | November 5, 2021 | |
Amazon Translate now supports XML Localization Interchange File Format (XLIFF) files for asynchronous batch processing. For all supported formats, see Supported file formats. | June 9, 2021 | |
Amazon Translate now sends events to Amazon EventBridge to notify you about changes that affect your translation jobs and parallel data resources. For more information, see Monitoring Amazon Translate events with Amazon EventBridge. | June 4, 2021 | |
Amazon Translate now supports up to 1000 queued batch translation jobs. For all Amazon Translate quotas, see Guidelines and limits. | April 23, 2021 | |
The maximum size for a parallel data input file has increased from 1 MB to 5 MB. For all Amazon Translate quotas, see Guidelines and limits. | March 31, 2021 | |
Amazon Translate now supports the following languages: Armenian, Catalan, Farsi (Persian), Filipino Tagalog, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Icelandic, Kannada, Kazakh, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malayalam, Maltese, Mongolian, Sinhala, Telugu, Uzbek, and Welsh. For all of the languages that Amazon Translate supports, see Supported languages and language codes. | November 23, 2020 | |
You can now customize batch translation jobs by using parallel data, which consists of examples of source text and their translations. Jobs that use parallel data are called Active Custom Translation jobs. During these jobs, Amazon Translate adapts the translation output to reflect the examples in the parallel data. For more information, see Customizing your translations with parallel data (Active Custom Translation). | November 23, 2020 | |
Amazon Translate now supports the following Office Open XML file formats as input for asynchronous batch processing: Word document (.docx), PowerPoint presentation (.pptx), Excel workbook (.xlsx). For more information, see Starting a batch translation job. | July 29, 2020 | |
Amazon Translate now supports the Spanish (Mexico) language for translation. For all supported languages, see Supported languages and language codes. | April 30, 2020 | |
Amazon Translate supports asynchronous batch processing in the Europe (London) Region. For all of the AWS regions where asynchronous batch processing is available, see Region availability. | April 20, 2020 | |
Amazon Translate adds asynchronous batch translation functionality. For more information, see Asynchronous batch processing. | December 23, 2019 | |
Amazon Translate adds support for the Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Sydney), EU
(London), EU (Paris), EU (Stockholm), and US West (N. California) Regions. For a
complete list of the AWS Regions supported by Amazon Translate, see the AWS Region Table | November 25, 2019 | |
Amazon Translate adds new language for translation: Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Canadian-French, Croatian, Dari, Estonian, Georgian, Hausa, Latvian, Pashto, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Swahili, Tagalog, and Tamil. For a list of the language combinations that Amazon Translate can translate directly, see Supported languages. | November 25, 2019 | |
Amazon Translate adds new languages for translation: Greek, Hungarian, Romanian, Thai, Ukrainian, Urdu, and Vietnamese. For a list of the language combinations that Amazon Translate can translate directly, see Supported languages. | October 3, 2019 | |
Amazon Translate adds FedRAMP compliance | July 31, 2019 | |
Amazon Translate adds SOC compliance. For more information, see Compliance. | May 30, 2019 | |
Amazon Translate adds support for the Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Singapore),
Asia Pacific (Tokyo), and Canada (Central) Regions. For a complete list of the
AWS Regions supported by Amazon Translate, see the AWS Region Table | May 8, 2019 | |
Amazon Translate adds new languages for translation: Hindi, Malay, Norwegian, and Persian. For a list of the language combinations that Amazon Translate can translate directly, see Supported languages. | May 6, 2019 | |
Amazon Translate adds support for the EU (Frankfurt) and Asia Pacific (Seoul) Regions.
For a complete list of the AWS Regions supported by Amazon Translate, see the AWS Region Table | February 28, 2019 | |
Amazon Translate adds PCI
compliance | December 12, 2018 | |
Amazon Translate adds four new APIs and the custom terminology feature to give you more control over your translation. By using a custom terminology with your translation requests, you can make sure that your brand names, character names, model names, and other unique content is translated exactly the way you want it, every time, regardless of the standard translation or context. For more information, see Custom terminology. | November 27, 2018 | |
Amazon Translate now translates documents in the following languages: Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hebrew, Indonesian, Korean, Polish, and Swedish. Amazon Translate continues to improve direct translation by significantly reducing the number of unsupported language pairs. For the language combinations that Amazon Translate can translate directly, see Supported languages. | November 20, 2018 | |
Amazon Translate adds direct translation between supported languages other than English. For the language combinations that Amazon Translate can translate directly, see Supported languages. | October 29, 2018 | |
Amazon Translate adds HIPAA | October 25, 2018 | |
Amazon Translate adds multiple new languages for translation: Chinese (Tradition), Czech, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Turkish. For a list of languages that Amazon Translate supports, see Supported languages. | July 17, 2018 | |
Amazon Translate adds support for automatic source language detection. For more information, see How Amazon Translate works. | April 4, 2018 | |
New guide | This is the first release of the Amazon Translate Developer Guide. | November 29, 2017 |
