Instant Translation

This chapter describes all API methods to interact with the Wordbee Instant Translation tool.

Connection parameters

To use the Instant Translation API methods you need to set the domain query parameter to InstantTranslation when creating a connection. See API - Connect.

API methods

The instant translation specific methods are:

Connection results

Upon connection, the JSON result includes important configuration details, such as:

{
  ...
  "InstantTranslation": {
    "urlTerms": null,
    "deadlineMandatory": true,
    "deadlineMinLeadHours": 12
  }
}

The properties are:

InstantTranslation	This node contains the configuration of the tool.
urlTerms	Applies to post edit requests. If not null then this is the URL to view usage Terms & Conditions. Before a user requests a post edit of a machine translated file, the user must be asked to navigate to this URL. For example, in your user interface you would add a checkbox like: [ ] I have read and agree with the Terms & Conditions. If the property is null then the user does not need to accept any terms and conditions.
deadlineMandatory	Applies to post edit requests. If not null then the user must choose a deadline for the work. If null then the choice of a deadline is optional.
deadlineMinLeadHours	Applies to post edit requests. If not null: If the user selects a deadline it must be at least this number of hours into the future. If null: The deadline can be any future date/time,