What is Google Translate / Cloud Translation?

Google's translation stack: a free consumer product and the Cloud Translation API (~$20/1M characters) covering 130+ languages.

In more depth

The coverage king — if a language is written online, Google probably translates it. The 2026 Gemini 3.5 models extend it to live speech.

Why it matters for your website

Understanding Google Translate / Cloud Translation helps you make better decisions when taking a WordPress site multilingual — from choosing URL structures and engines to controlling costs. Transxlate handles the mechanics (language URLs, lang attributes, caching, hreflang on Pro) so terms like this become settings, not engineering projects.

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