Machine Translation:FAQ

FAQ

What languages are currently supported by Machine Translation?

Machine Translation of the e-commerce edition

Currently, Machine Translation provides automatic recognition and translation of Arabic, Russian, French, Portuguese, Thai, Turkish, Spanish, Vietnamese, Indonesian, English, and Chinese, with deep optimization of scenarios, such as commodity titles, commodity descriptions, commodity reviews, and seller-buyer communication.

• Title translation supports translation from English to Arabic, Russian, French, Portuguese, Thai, Turkish, Spanish, Vietnamese, Indonesian, and Chinese.

• Commodity description supports translation from English to Arabic, Russian, French, Portuguese, Thai, Turkish, Spanish, Vietnamese, Indonesian, and Chinese.

• Commodity review or seller-buyer communication supports translation from English to Arabic, Russian, French, Thai, Turkish, Spanish, Vietnamese, Indonesian, and Chinese.

Machine Translation of the universal edition

Machine Translation provides high-quality translation between Chinese and English. It adopts Alibaba’s advanced neural network translation framework, and is applicable to daily communication, traveling abroad, and other scenarios. More languages will be added in the future.

What is the code for each language?

• en English

• ru Russian

• fr French

• zh Simplified Chinese

• es Spanish

• pt Portuguese

• ar Arabic

• tr Turkish

• th Thai

• vi Vietnamese

• id Indonesian

What are the error codes, and what do they mean?

Is partial result customization supported?

Partial result customization is not supported for the moment. If part of the translation is incorrect, contact Customer Support to correct it.

Is there a limit on the number of characters for a single translation request?

The length of the text string for a single translation cannot exceed 2000, and is calculated by using String.length() <=2000 of Java.

Does Machine Translation provide other forms of translation in addition to text translation?

Currently, only text translation is available. The APIs for voice translation and image translation will be provided in the future.

Does Machine Translation provide custom translation services?

Contact Customer Support if you need custom translation services.

What do I do when calling the Java SDK returns the error SDK.InvalidRegionId?

1. Check whether the aliyun-java-sdk-core and aliyun-java-sdk-alimt versions are normal.

2. Change the code writing.

DefaultProfile profile = DefaultProfile.getProfile(
        "cn-hangzhou", // Region ID
        accessKeyId, // AccessKey ID
        accessKeySecret); // Access Key Secret
IAcsClient client = new DefaultAcsClient(profile);
//Create API requests and set parameters
TranslateECommerceRequest eCommerceRequest = new TranslateECommerceRequest();
eCommerceRequest.setScene("communication");
eCommerceRequest.setMethod(MethodType.POST); // Set request method,POST
eCommerceRequest.setFormatType("text"); // format type
eCommerceRequest.setSourceLanguage("en"); //source language
eCommerceRequest.setSourceText("book"); //source text
eCommerceRequest.setTargetLanguage("zh"); //target language
DefaultProfile.addEndpoint("cn-hangzhou", "alimt", "mt.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com");
TranslateECommerceResponse eCommerceResponse = client.getAcsResponse(eCommerceRequest);
System.out.println(JSON.toJSON(eCommerceResponse));

How do I solve the authorization problem of a RAM user when calling the Machine Translation APIs?

Log on to the Alibaba Cloud console with the primary account, and click RAM to enter the Policy Management page. Add a policy.

MyAlimtFullAccess
{
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": "alimt:*",
            "Resource": "*"
        }
    ],
    "Version": "1"
}

Authorize the RAM user to call the Machine Translation APIs.

How do I define non-translated elements in the source text and return those elements as they are in the translation?

The source text for translation may contain many elements that do not need to be translated, such as words, abbreviations, and code. Machine Translation provides tags used to define non-translated elements in the source text. Insert before a non-translated element (there is a space after ALIMT), and insert after the same non-translated element. See the following figure.