General Translation

General Translation is an end-to-end internationalization (i18n) and localization platform for developers, backed by a16z. It combines open-source i18n libraries for React, Next.js, React Native, Node.js, and Python with an AI-powered translation API, a context platform (glossaries and translation instructions), and Locadex, an AI coding agent that internationalizes source code and opens pull requests. The public REST API (api2.gtx.dev, plus the runtime host runtime2.gtx.dev) uploads source files, queues and downloads translations, manages branches and tags, reads project and job status, and translates content at runtime. It is used by developer-first teams including Cursor, Windsurf, Ramp, Mintlify, and ClickHouse.

General Translation publishes 5 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Context API, Files API, Project API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Company, Internationalization, Localization, Translation, and Developer Tools.

The General Translation catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

General Translation’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, support, pricing, signup flow, and 32 more developer resources.

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76.0/100 exemplar ▬ flat Agent 35/100 agent ready Front door AI 3/6 light Heartbeat 100/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
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1 published contract 3 Agent Skills

Company Internationalization Localization Translation Developer Tools Artificial Intelligence i18n SDK Machine Translation

Kin Score

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Composite quality — 76.0/100 · exemplar

Contract Quality 11.6 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 12.2 / 15

Access Clarity 12.2 / 15

Operational Transparency 7.2 / 10

Contract Governance 2.9 / 9

Discoverability 5.5 / 8

Regulatory Posture 4.1 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 6.1 / 10

Agent readiness — 35/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
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Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)

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Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Quality scores 61.7 — up to +9.6 composite points
Contract Governance scores 31.8 — up to +8.2 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 81.5 — up to +3.7 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Localization and Translation Management	builds-on	26.8 (thin)	-	-
Adobe Exchange (publishers of Creative Cloud, Experience Cloud and Document Cloud integrations)	builds-on	26.8 (thin)	-	-

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Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

General Translation Context API

Generate translation context such as glossaries and instructions.

General Translation Files API

Upload, download, publish, move, and inspect project files.

General Translation Project API

Read and update project information.

General Translation API

Translate content at runtime and queue files for translation.

General Translation Context Management API

Manage context groups, glossary terms, custom prompts, and project assignments.

Postman Collections 7

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

General Translation Branches API

POSTMAN

General Translation Branches Context API

POSTMAN

General Translation Branches Files API

POSTMAN

General Translation Branches Jobs API

POSTMAN

General Translation Branches Project API

POSTMAN

General Translation Branches Tags API

POSTMAN

General Branches Translation API

POSTMAN

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Open Collections 7

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

General Translation Branches API

OPEN COLLECTION

General Translation Branches Context API

OPEN COLLECTION

General Translation Branches Files API

OPEN COLLECTION

General Translation Branches Jobs API

OPEN COLLECTION

General Translation Branches Project API

OPEN COLLECTION

General Translation Branches Tags API

OPEN COLLECTION

General Branches Translation API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Agent Skills 3

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

Generate translation context for a project

AGENT SKILL

Translate content at runtime

AGENT SKILL

Translate a project's source files

AGENT SKILL

General Translation API pricing

Prices published by General Translation, read 2026-10-07 from generaltranslation.com/en-US/pricing.

Plan	Price
Starter	$0 Includes: Unlimited projects, Unlimited users, Unlimited languages, Translation Editor, GitHub Integration, Lo
Enterprise	Contact us Includes: Unlimited projects, Unlimited users, Unlimited languages, Dedicated engineers, Custom workflows, Sec

Plan details, limits and sources →

Billed by: subscription · FinOps profile →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

General Translation Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

General Translation Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

General Translation

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

General Translation Finops

FINOPS

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

General Translation Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

General Translation API Rules

70 rules · 62 errors 7 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 1

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

General Translation Openapi Overlay

3 actions · update · general-translation-openapi-original.yml

DERIVED

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

General Translation Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

General Translation Domain Security

TLSv1.3

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

General Translation Agentic Access

21 operations · 12 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 5

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

SignUp

SignUp

Login

Sandbox

Sandbox

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 5

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

X-MCPServerCandidate

LLMsTxt

AgentSkill

AgenticAccess

WellKnown

Design & Contract 7

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

Components

DataModel

Webhooks

Conformance

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Build 5

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

GitHubOrganization

Packages

SDKs

CLI

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

Compliance

Compliance

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

StatusPage

RateLimits

ChangeLog

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Pricing

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

BlogRSS

BlogRSS

Blog

Blog

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: general-translation
name: General Translation
description: General Translation is an end-to-end internationalization (i18n) and localization platform for developers, backed
  by a16z. It combines open-source i18n libraries for React, Next.js, React Native, Node.js, and Python with an AI-powered
  translation API, a context platform (glossaries and translation instructions), and Locadex, an AI coding agent that internationalizes
  source code and opens pull requests. The public REST API (api2.gtx.dev, plus the runtime host runtime2.gtx.dev) uploads
  source files, queues and downloads translations, manages branches and tags, reads project and job status, and translates
  content at runtime. It is used by developer-first teams including Cursor, Windsurf, Ramp, Mintlify, and ClickHouse.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - rate-limits
  - security
  - sandbox
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/153253056?v=4
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/general-translation/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
x-tier: enriched
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-10-06'
tags:
- Company
- Internationalization
- Localization
- Translation
- Developer Tools
- Artificial Intelligence
- i18n
- SDK
- Machine Translation
tags_raw:
- Company
- Internationalization
- Localization
- Translation
- Developer Tools
- Artificial Intelligence
- i18n
- SDKs
- Machine Translation
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
apis:
- aid: general-translation:general-translation-context-api
  name: General Translation Context API
  description: Generate translation context such as glossaries and instructions.
  humanURL: https://generaltranslation.com/en-US/docs/api
  baseURL: https://api2.gtx.dev
  tags:
  - Context
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/general-translation-context-api-openapi.yml
- aid: general-translation:general-translation-files-api
  name: General Translation Files API
  description: Upload, download, publish, move, and inspect project files.
  humanURL: https://generaltranslation.com/en-US/docs/api
  baseURL: https://api2.gtx.dev
  tags:
  - File
  tags_raw:
  - Files
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/general-translation-files-api-openapi.yml
- aid: general-translation:general-translation-project-api
  name: General Translation Project API
  description: Read and update project information.
  humanURL: https://generaltranslation.com/en-US/docs/api
  baseURL: https://api2.gtx.dev
  tags:
  - Project
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/general-translation-project-api-openapi.yml
- aid: general-translation:general-translation-translation-api
  name: General Translation API
  description: Translate content at runtime and queue files for translation.
  humanURL: https://generaltranslation.com/en-US/docs/api
  baseURL: https://api2.gtx.dev
  tags:
  - Translation
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/general-translation-translation-api-openapi.yml
- aid: general-translation:general-translation-context-management-api
  name: General Translation Context Management API
  description: Manage context groups, glossary terms, custom prompts, and project assignments.
  humanURL: https://generaltranslation.com/en-US/docs/api
  baseURL: https://api2.gtx.dev
  tags:
  - Context Management
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/general-translation-context-management-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/general-translation-plans-pricing.yml
- url: https://generaltranslation.com/rss.xml
  type: BlogRSS
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/general-translation-openapi-overlay.yaml
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/general-translation/overview
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://generaltranslation.com/en-US/docs
- type: Documentation
  url: https://generaltranslation.com/en-US/docs
- type: APIReference
  url: https://generaltranslation.com/en-US/docs/api
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://generaltranslation.com/en-US/docs/cli/quickstart
- type: Blog
  url: https://generaltranslation.com/en-US/blog
- type: Support
  url: https://generaltranslation.com/discord
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/generaltranslation
- type: Pricing
  url: https://generaltranslation.com/en-US/pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://generaltranslation.com/en-US/dashboard
- type: Login
  url: https://dash.generaltranslation.com
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://generaltranslation.com/en-US/legal/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://generaltranslation.com/en-US/legal/privacy-policy
- type: Website
  url: https://generaltranslation.com
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://gt-status.com
- type: Packages
  url: packages/general-translation-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/general-translation-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/general-translation-cli.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/general-translation-mcp.yml
  note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate — a tool list derived
    from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already read the manifest and reported mcp_server
    correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type surfaces with a server that does not exist.'
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/general-translation-llms.txt
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/general-translation-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/general-translation-conventions.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/general-translation-rate-limits.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/general-translation-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/general-translation-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/general-translation-changelog.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/general-translation-sandbox.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/general-translation-components.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/general-translation-data-model.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/general-translation-webhooks.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/general-translation-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://generaltranslation.com/en-US/pricing
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/general-translation-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/general-translation-domain-security.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/general-translation-well-known.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

General Translation API — frequently asked questions

Does General Translation have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 5 APIs from General Translation, including General Translation Context API, General Translation Files API and General Translation Project API, and 2 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the General Translation API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 5 OpenAPI specifications for General Translation, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the General Translation API?

General Translation uses bearer-token authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as General Translation Authentication.

How much does the General Translation API cost?

General Translation publishes its prices; its Starter plan is $0 as of 2026-10-07. APIs.io lists 2 pricing plans for General Translation, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the General Translation API ready for AI agents?

General Translation has a Kin Score of 76.0 out of 100 (exemplar) and an Agent Readiness score of 34.5 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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