# Google Cloud Translation API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/google-translate/  
**Website:** https://cloud.google.com/translate  
**APIs profiled:** 3

The Google Cloud Translation API provides programmatic access to Google's neural machine translation technology. It enables developers to dynamically translate text between thousands of language pairs, detect the source language of text, and retrieve lists of supported languages. The API supports both basic (v2) and advanced (v3) translation capabilities including batch translation, custom models, glossaries, and adaptive translation.

## Kin Score — 46.8 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 46.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 58.7 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 23.7 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 54.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 47.4 |
| Access Clarity | 47.4 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (3)

- **Google Cloud Translation API Detections API** — Detect language of text
- **Google Cloud Translation API Languages API** — List supported languages
- **Google Cloud Translation API Translations API** — Translate text between languages

## Agentic access (1)

- **Google Translate Agentic Access** — 3 operations · 2 acting

## Security (2)

- **Google Translate Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Google Translate Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Google Translate Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Google Cloud, Internationalization, Language Detection, Localization, Machine Translation, Natural Language Processing, Translation

---

Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/google-translate/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.