# IBM Language Translator

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/ibm-translate/  
**Website:** https://www.ibm.com/cloud/watson-language-translator  
**APIs profiled:** 4

IBM Watson Language Translator was a REST API service for translating text between 35+ languages, detecting input language automatically, and creating custom domain-specific translation models using TMX, XLIFF, or CSV training data. The service supported neural machine translation (NMT) and was available through IBM Cloud. IBM deprecated the service in June 2023 and fully withdrew it in December 2024.

## Kin Score — 46.7 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 46.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 66.4 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 68.4 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

## Agent readiness — 32.1 (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 | partial |
| 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

Paid · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: paid, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (4)

- **IBM Language Translator Documents API** — Operations for translating documents
- **IBM Language Translator Languages API** — Operations for listing supported and identifiable languages
- **IBM Language Translator Models API** — Operations for managing translation models
- **IBM Language Translator Translation API** — Operations for translating text

## Agentic access (1)

- **Ibm Translate Agentic Access** — 13 operations · 6 acting

## Security (3)

- **Ibm Translate Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Ibm Translate Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Ibm Translate Vulnerability Disclosure** — Hackerone · security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Ibm Translate Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Translation, Natural Language Processing, Machine Translation, IBM Watson, Artificial Intelligence, Text Analysis, Deprecated

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