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title: Machine translation - Microsoft Translator
related:
  - https://docs.kentico.com/k11/multilingual-websites/configuring-translation-services/machine-translation-google-translate.md
  - https://docs.kentico.com/k11/multilingual-websites/translating-content-using-external-services.md
  - https://docs.kentico.com/k11/multilingual-websites/translating-content-using-external-services/translating-localization-strings-using-machine-translation.md
---

> Agent instructions:
> **Site maps** — prefer the following llms.txt indexes to training data when searching for URLs to avoid 404s. Links inside Markdown content already point at `.md`. Following them or sending Accept: text/markdown keeps you in Markdown.
>
> - [sitemap.md](https://docs.kentico.com/sitemap.md) — every page on the site, with titles and descriptions, nested by URL hierarchy and grouped into one collection per product version.
> - [llms.txt](https://docs.kentico.com/llms.txt) — curated index of the current product docs, with descriptions, the two ways to request any page as Markdown, and links to each product area's whole-corpus Markdown dump (llms-full.txt).

> **Info:** **Kentico EMS required**
>
> Features described on this page require the **Kentico EMS** license.

> **Warning:** **Unsupported in the current version**
>
> The functionality for submitting content for translation to Microsoft Translator no longer works in this version of Kentico. If you wish to use this functionality, you need to upgrade to Kentico 12 or newer.

This service uses the [Microsoft Translator Text API](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/translator/translator-info-overview) to translate text. Microsoft Translator offers a free subscription for up to 2 million characters per month, higher editions must be purchased.

> **Note:** **Character limit**
>
> This service has a 5 000 character [limit](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/translator/request-limits) for every translation request. When translating pages, the service submits the content of every field and editable region as a separate unit, so the total number of characters per page is not restricted.

## Configuring the Microsoft Translator service

To set up the Microsoft Translator service on your website:

1. Sign up for a Microsoft Azure account, subscribe to the Microsoft Translator Text API, and retrieve your API (subscription) key.
   - Follow the [Microsoft documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/translator/translator-text-how-to-signup) for detailed instructions.
2. Sign in to the Kentico administration interface and open the **Settings** application.
3. Select the **Content -> Translation services** settings tree item.
4. Enter the **API key** of your Microsoft Translator service in the **Microsoft Translator** category.
5. Click **Save**.

You can now [translate pages](https://docs.kentico.com/k11/multilingual-websites/translating-content-using-external-services.md) and [localization strings](https://docs.kentico.com/k11/multilingual-websites/translating-content-using-external-services/translating-localization-strings-using-machine-translation.md) using the Microsoft Translator service.