Yandex Translate
by Yandex
Yandex Translate is a web and mobile machine-translation service from Yandex. It translates text, websites, documents, and text in images across many languages, with related translation APIs available through Yandex Cloud.
Why Abandoned
The public translation website remains available, while current App Store and Google Play listings and Yandex Cloud documentation show continued support for its apps and translation APIs.
💵 Pricing & access
- Pricing model
- Not documented
- Starting at
- Not documented
- Official site
- Visit Yandex Translate →
🩺 Health Signals
- HTTP Status
- 200
- Response
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- SSL
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- Confidence
- 98%
- Domain expires
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- Last content change
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- Last tweet
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- API status
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📅 Timeline
Yandex.Translate launched
Yandex announced the beta release of its machine-translation service, initially supporting English, Russian, and Ukrainian.
Translation API announced
Yandex introduced an API that allowed developers to integrate its machine-translation technology into websites and applications.
Neural-network language technology detailed
Yandex published an overview of its translation technology and described statistical machine translation, an important stage before later neural approaches.
Hybrid neural translation introduced
Yandex announced a hybrid system combining neural machine translation with statistical translation methods to improve output quality.
🔄 Alternatives to Yandex Translate
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Microsoft Copilot
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🪦 Other dead Translation tools
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Transifex
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
What is Yandex Translate used for?
Yandex Translate is used to translate typed or pasted text, web pages, documents, and text detected in images. Its mobile apps also provide translation features for users on phones and tablets.
Is Yandex Translate free to use?
The consumer website and mobile apps can be used without a paid subscription for ordinary translation tasks. Developer access through Yandex Cloud Translation is a separate metered service with its own pricing and quotas.
Does Yandex Translate offer a translation API?
Yes. Yandex Cloud provides a Translation API for programmatic text translation and related language operations. Availability, authentication requirements, quotas, and pricing are documented by Yandex Cloud.
Can Yandex Translate translate websites, documents, and images?
Yes. The web interface provides modes for translating websites, documents, and images in addition to plain text. Supported formats, file limits, and language coverage can change over time.
What are the best alternatives to Yandex Translate?
From this catalogue, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot can translate and explain multilingual text. They are broader AI assistants rather than dedicated machine-translation services, so results and workflow differ from Yandex Translate.