AZ563631 - Generally Available: Unified Text Translation API in Azure AI Translator

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Published

Jun 2, 2026

Status

Launched

Timeline

  • June 2026
    General Availability

Product

Microsoft Foundry

Tag

Microsoft Build
Feature

Category

AI + machine learning

Description

Azure AI Translator's unified Text Translation API reaches general availability, giving developers a single endpoint that fronts neural machine translation, large language model translation, small language model translation, Adaptive custom translation, and classic Custom Translator. Applications send one request and pick the engine that best fits each piece of content based on language pair, latency target, and quality requirements. The unified API consolidates years of customer feedback asking for fewer SDKs and less plumbing between translation modes. Existing v3 customers can stay on the v3 GA endpoint, while teams that want LLM-grade quality on long or domain-specific content can opt into the new GA API and pay only for the requests routed to LLM. The service retains regional data residency, Microsoft Entra authentication, and per-region service endpoints.  

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