Limitations in Dynamic Translation

  • Release version: Xanadu
  • Updated August 1, 2024
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    • You must be aware of a few limitations when you integrate with a translation service provider to enable the Dynamic Translation experience.

    Length limitations for translation service providers

    The following are the length limitations for translation service providers:
    • For Microsoft, the input text for translation cannot have more than 50,000 characters including spaces. The input text for detection also has a maximum of limit of 50,000 characters. For more information, see the Microsoft Documentation.
    • For IBM, the size of the input text cannot exceed 50KB. For more information, see the IBM Documentation.
      Important:
      IBM has announced the deprecation of the IBM Watson Translator Service for IBM Cloud in all regions. As of June 10, 2023, the Language Translator tile will be removed from the IBM Cloud Platform for new customers; only existing customers will be able to access the product. As of June 10, 2024, the service will reach its End of Support date. As of December 10, 2024, the service will be withdrawn entirely and will no longer be available to any customers. For more information, see https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/language-translator?topic=language-translator-release-notes.
    • For Google, the recommended maximum length of each request is 5,000 characters. The maximum size of the input text cannot exceed 30,000 code points. For more information, see the Google Documentation.

    Language support limitations for translation service providers

    Not all source language translations are supported by translation service providers.

    For information about language translations supported by Microsoft, see the Microsoft documentation.

    For information about language translations supported by IBM, see the IBM documentation for identifiable languages, and the IBM documentation for translation models.
    Important:
    IBM has announced the deprecation of the IBM Watson Translator Service for IBM Cloud in all regions. As of June 10, 2023, the Language Translator tile will be removed from the IBM Cloud Platform for new customers; only existing customers will be able to access the product. As of June 10, 2024, the service will reach its End of Support date. As of December 10, 2024, the service will be withdrawn entirely and will no longer be available to any customers. For more information, see https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/language-translator?topic=language-translator-release-notes.

    For information about language translations supported by Google, see the Google documentation.