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## Resource: Introduction

## Article: Machine Translation Introduction

## Article Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/business-management/multilingual/machine-translation/introduction.md

## Article Content:

# About the Machine Translation APIs

The Multilingual Machine Translation APIs allow you to translate text content on a site from the primary language to another. With these APIs you can request translations and monitor your translation credits. Read more about managing translations in the [**Translation Manager**](https://support.wix.com/en/article/wix-multilingual-using-the-translation-manager).

The Machine Translation APIs include:

- **Machine Translation**: Performs automatic content translations by calling an external translation service. Learn more about the [Machine Translation API](https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/business-management/multilingual/machine-translation/machine-translation/introduction.md). 
- **Credit Data**: Provides a site's translation word credit balance and usage details. Learn more about the [Credit Data API](https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/business-management/multilingual/machine-translation/credit-data/introduction.md).


## How they work together

The Machine Translation and Credit Data APIs are designed to work together. When a Wix user installs the **Wix Multilingual** app on a site, the site receives a free word credit quota. Each translation request consumes 1 credit per word, and the Machine Translation API automatically deducts credits when processing requests.

The typical workflow involves:
1. Checking available credits using the Credit Data API.
2. Performing translation using the Machine Translation API. 
3. Monitoring remaining credit balance for future planning.


## Use case

- [Translate a blog post with credit validation](https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/business-management/multilingual/machine-translation/machine-translation/sample-flow.md)


## Terminology

- **Machine translate**: The process of using an external service to automatically translate text to other languages. Alternatively, a Wix user can manually translate their content with the [Translation Manager](https://support.wix.com/en/article/wix-multilingual-using-the-translation-manager).
- **Translatable content**: Content that can be machine translated with the Machine Translate API. Learn more about [translatable and untranslatable content](https://support.wix.com/en/article/wix-multilingual-translatable-content)
- **Word credit**: A unit of translation capacity where 1 credit equals 1 word. Every site has a word credit balance indicating the number of words available for translation. 
- **Quota**: The total number of word credits allocated to a site, including initial allocation and any additional credits purchased through the [Translation Manager](https://support.wix.com/en/article/wix-multilingual-using-the-translation-manager). Currently, sites have a quota limit, with the exception of [Wix Studio enterprise sites](https://support.wix.com/en/article/wix-enterprise-an-overview), which have an unlimited quota.