{"id":8180375,"date":"2021-02-26T12:24:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T12:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=8180375"},"modified":"2024-07-24T19:34:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T19:34:26","slug":"why-cant-i-use-my-own-deepl-google-or-microsoft-api-key-for-automatic-translation","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/de\/faq\/why-cant-i-use-my-own-deepl-google-or-microsoft-api-key-for-automatic-translation\/","title":{"rendered":"Why can\u2019t I use my own DeepL, Google, or Microsoft API key for automatic translation?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"lead\">You can&#8217;t use API keys from DeepL, Google, or Microsoft, because WPML doesn&#8217;t support this functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WPML Automatic Translation vs API Key<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All costs considered, using your own API key can be more expensive. This is because WPML includes several features that reduce cost when it comes to automatic translation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/documentation\/translating-your-contents\/how-wpml-keeps-track-of-your-translations\/\">Translation memory<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 avoid paying twice for content you already translated, and automatically fill-in saved translations. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/documentation\/translating-your-contents\/advanced-translation-editor\/how-to-create-and-manage-glossary-entries\/\"><strong>Glossary <\/strong><\/a>\u2013 save credits by indicating translations for specific terms and phrases.   <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Free credits on purchase <\/strong>\u2013 enjoy up to 180,000 free credits (~$55) when purchasing WPML.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Free monthly credits <\/strong>\u2013 enjoy 2,000 free credits every month when using <a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/documentation\/automatic-translation\/automatic-translation-pricing\/#pay-as-you-go\">pay-as-you-go<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hosted servers <\/strong>\u2013 avoid overloading your own servers (and paying more) by offsetting translation processes to WPML&#8217;s private servers. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can&#8217;t use API keys from DeepL, Google, or Microsoft, because WPML doesn&#8217;t support this functionality. WPML Automatic Translation vs API Key All costs considered, using your own API key can be more expensive. This is because WPML includes several features that reduce cost when it comes to automatic translation:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":353313,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":318,"template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"faq-category":[],"class_list":["post-8180375","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/8180375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/353313"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/8180375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16000115,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/8180375\/revisions\/16000115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8180375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-category?post=8180375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}