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Translation Storage API

Explore Intento's Translation Storage API to efficiently manage, store, and reuse multilingual content. Enhance translation consistency, streamline localization workflows, and reduce costs with AI-powered tools.​

Intento Translation Storage API – Centralized Multilingual Content Management

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<p class="slate-p " >The <a href="https://inten.to/translation-storage/" target="">Intento Translation Storage</a> API empowers enterprises to scale their localization efforts with consistency, efficiency, and quality.</p><p class="slate-p " >Centralizing and managing all translated content — across platforms, content sources, and languages — eliminates duplication of translations, reduces costs, and ensures that brand voice is preserved globally.</p><p class="slate-p " >Built to integrate seamlessly with translation workflows and tools, the API enables you to:</p><ul class="slate-ul " ><li class="slate-li " ><div style="position:relative"><strong class="slate-bold">Store and reuse translations </strong>to avoid repeated costs and inconsistent output. </div></li><li class="slate-li " ><div style="position:relative"><strong class="slate-bold">Operate at scale with low latency </strong>with a high-performance architecture optimized for fast segment lookup and write operations under heavy load.</div></li><li class="slate-li " ><div style="position:relative"><strong class="slate-bold">Use AI agents to evaluate and increase the language quality</strong> to ensure it meets your company&apos;s requirements.</div></li></ul><p class="slate-p " >Whether managing a high-volume localization pipeline or building multilingual products, <a href="https://inten.to/translation-storage/" target="">Intento&apos;s Translation Storage</a> API gives you a strategic edge, turning every translation into a long-term asset.</p><p class="slate-p " ></p><p class="slate-p " ></p>

 API empowers enterprises to scale their localization efforts with consistency, efficiency, and quality.

Centralizing and managing all translated content — across platforms, content sources, and languages — eliminates duplication of translations, reduces costs, and ensures that brand voice is preserved globally.

Built to integrate seamlessly with translation workflows and tools, the API enables you to:

Whether managing a high-volume localization pipeline or building multilingual products, 

 API gives you a strategic edge, turning every translation into a long-term asset.

Intento Translation Storage is a centralized solution for managing and reusing multilingual content across your organization. 

<p class="slate-p " >This section outlines typical scenarios where the Translation Storage API adds value to your localization workflows. Whether you&apos;re building a multilingual application, optimizing translation costs, or ensuring consistent reuse of approved content, these use cases help you understand how to apply the API effectively.</p><p class="slate-p " ></p>

This section outlines typical scenarios where the Translation Storage API adds value to your localization workflows. Whether you're building a multilingual application, optimizing translation costs, or ensuring consistent reuse of approved content, these use cases help you understand how to apply the API effectively.

Explore practical use cases for Intento Translation Storage, from translation memory reuse and cost optimization to LQA, APE, and multilingual content deployment. Learn how enterprises streamline localization workflows with Intento.

<p class="slate-p " >By reusing content, you get faster translations, consistent messaging, and significant cost savings across all your multilingual materials.</p><ol class="slate-ol " ><li class="slate-li " ><div style="position:relative"><strong class="slate-bold">Reuse translations</strong>
Store and reuse consistent segments, such as UI strings, legal disclaimers, product descriptions, marketing content, etc, to avoid redundant translation work. </div></li><li class="slate-li " ><div style="position:relative"><strong class="slate-bold">Maintain consistency across vendors and tools</strong>
Store translations independently from your TMS or MT provider and ensure consistent brand voice and terminology.</div></li></ol><h3 class="slate-h3 " ><strong class="slate-bold">Integration Guide</strong></h3><div class="steps-widget" style="width:100%;
  	min-width:100%;"><div class="steps-wrapper"><div class="steps-content"><h6 class="slate-h6 " >1</h6><h4 class="slate-h4 " ><strong class="slate-bold">Check if the translation already exists in Translation Storage.</strong></h4><p class="slate-p " >Calculate md5 hash of content to be translated and use it as a key to retrieve translation results (if there are any previously recorded).</p></div></div><div class="steps-wrapper"><div class="steps-content"><h6 class="slate-h6 " >2</h6><h4 class="slate-h4 " ><strong class="slate-bold">Translate via a Machine Translation or GenAI provider, or involve human translators.</strong></h4><p class="slate-p " >Use Intento, your Machine Translation provider, or TMS to translate the content.</p></div></div><div class="steps-wrapper"><div class="steps-content"><h6 class="slate-h6 " >3</h6><h4 class="slate-h4 " ><strong class="slate-bold">Submit translations to Storage.</strong></h4><p class="slate-p " ><a href="https://app.theneo.io/intento/translation-storage/segment/store-segment" target="">Store translation</a> in Translation Storage to reuse it next time.</p></div></div></div><p class="slate-p " ></p><p class="slate-p " ></p>

By reusing content, you get faster translations, consistent messaging, and significant cost savings across all your multilingual materials.

Discover how to optimize your translation workflow with Intento Translation Storage. Learn strategies to enhance efficiency, ensure consistency, and reduce costs by leveraging AI-powered multilingual content management.

<p class="slate-p " >Our automatic tool (Intento LQA metric) uses GenAI to review accuracy, readability, and grammar quickly. You can:</p><ul class="slate-ul " ><li class="slate-li " ><div style="position:relative"><strong class="slate-bold">Detect Grammar and Syntax Issues</strong>
Identify common errors, such as verb tense mismatches, incorrect word order, or agreement issues, especially in morphologically rich languages.</div></li><li class="slate-li " ><div style="position:relative"><strong class="slate-bold">Spot Terminology Inconsistencies</strong>
Ensure brand-specific, legal, or technical terms are used correctly and consistently across all translations.</div></li><li class="slate-li " ><div style="position:relative"><strong class="slate-bold">Evaluate Fluency and Readability</strong>
Measure how natural and smooth a translation reads to a native speaker, beyond literal accuracy.</div></li><li class="slate-li " ><div style="position:relative"><strong class="slate-bold">Control Tone and Register</strong>
Confirm that translations match the expected tone (e.g., formal vs. informal), especially for customer-facing content.</div></li><li class="slate-li " ><div style="position:relative"><strong class="slate-bold">Catch Critical Errors</strong> 
Automatically flag potentially harmful errors (e.g., omissions, reversals of meaning, or inappropriate phrasing) that would otherwise require manual review.</div></li></ul><div style="width:100%;
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  	min-width:60%;"><div class="steps-wrapper"><div class="steps-content"><h6 class="slate-h6 " >1</h6><h4 class="slate-h4 " ><strong class="slate-bold">Get the list of segments.</strong></h4><p class="slate-p " ><a href="67fe26e08b8e5290af85b10f/67fe26e08b8e5290af85b111" target="">Select</a> the list of stored segments.</p></div></div><div class="steps-wrapper"><div class="steps-content"><h6 class="slate-h6 " >2</h6><h4 class="slate-h4 " ><strong class="slate-bold">Select the proper Action.</strong></h4><p class="slate-p " >Storage may contain multiple Quality Evaluation actions suitable for different needs. <a href="67fe26e08b8e5290af85b114/67fe26e08b8e5290af85b115" target="">Select</a> the one you want to apply.</p></div></div><div class="steps-wrapper"><div class="steps-content"><h6 class="slate-h6 " >3</h6><h4 class="slate-h4 " ><strong class="slate-bold">Run the selected Action.</strong></h4><p class="slate-p " ><a href="67fe26e08b8e5290af85b114/67fe26e08b8e5290af85b116" target="">Apply</a> the chosen action to a list of segments. </p></div></div><div class="steps-wrapper"><div class="steps-content"><h6 class="slate-h6 " >4</h6><h4 class="slate-h4 " ><strong class="slate-bold">Wait till the quality estimation is done.</strong></h4><p class="slate-p " >The action application will take some time, so <a href="67fe26e08b8e5290af85b114/67fe26e08b8e5290af85b117" target="">check</a> periodically when the action application is completed.</p></div></div><div class="steps-wrapper"><div class="steps-content"><h6 class="slate-h6 " >5</h6><h4 class="slate-h4 " ><strong class="slate-bold">Get evaluated segments.</strong></h4><p class="slate-p " ><a href="67fe26e08b8e5290af85b10f/67fe26e08b8e5290af85b113" target="">Retrieve</a> the list of segments containing language quality insights.</p></div></div></div><p class="slate-p " ></p><p class="slate-p " ></p><p class="slate-p " ></p>

Our automatic tool (Intento LQA metric) uses GenAI to review accuracy, readability, and grammar quickly. You can:

Gain actionable insights into your multilingual content quality with Intento Translation Storage. Learn how to evaluate translations, identify issues like mistranslations or inconsistent terminology, and enhance your localization workflow using AI-powered tools.

<p class="slate-p " >Improving translation quality enhances user trust, efficiency, and brand perception across critical content areas:</p><ol class="slate-ol " ><li class="slate-li " ><div style="position:relative"><strong class="slate-bold">Terminology Consistency</strong>
 Ensure key terms—technical, legal, or branded—are used consistently across all translations and languages. </div></li><li class="slate-li " ><div style="position:relative"><strong class="slate-bold">Contextual Accuracy</strong>
 Translate based on context, including domain relevance, gender agreement, tense, and usage nuances. </div></li><li class="slate-li " ><div style="position:relative"><strong class="slate-bold">Tone and Style Control</strong>
 Match the appropriate tone (formal, informal, professional, conversational) to the target audience and content channel.</div></li></ol><div style="width:100%;
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  	min-width:60%;"><div class="steps-wrapper"><div class="steps-content"><h6 class="slate-h6 " >1</h6><h4 class="slate-h4 " ><strong class="slate-bold">Select the list of segments.</strong></h4><p class="slate-p " ><a href="67fe26e08b8e5290af85b10f/67fe26e08b8e5290af85b113" target="">Select</a> the list of stored segments for which you want to improve the translation.</p></div></div><div class="steps-wrapper"><div class="steps-content"><h6 class="slate-h6 " >2</h6><h4 class="slate-h4 " ><strong class="slate-bold">Select the Action.</strong></h4><p class="slate-p " ><a href="67fe26e08b8e5290af85b114/67fe26e08b8e5290af85b115" target="">Select</a> the action that enables you to improve the quality of the translation.</p></div></div><div class="steps-wrapper"><div class="steps-content"><h6 class="slate-h6 " >3</h6><h4 class="slate-h4 " ><strong class="slate-bold">Run the Action.</strong></h4><p class="slate-p " ><a href="67fe26e08b8e5290af85b114/67fe26e08b8e5290af85b116" target="">Apply</a> the translation quality improvement action. </p></div></div><div class="steps-wrapper"><div class="steps-content"><h6 class="slate-h6 " >4</h6><h4 class="slate-h4 " ><strong class="slate-bold">Wait until the improvement completes.</strong></h4><p class="slate-p " >This action might take a while to complete, so <a href="67fe26e08b8e5290af85b114/67fe26e08b8e5290af85b117" target="">check</a> periodically for completion.</p></div></div><div class="steps-wrapper"><div class="steps-content"><h6 class="slate-h6 " >5</h6><h4 class="slate-h4 " ><strong class="slate-bold">Get improved segments.</strong></h4><p class="slate-p " ><a href="67fe26e08b8e5290af85b10f/67fe26e08b8e5290af85b113" target="">Retrieve</a> the list of post-edited segments with improved translation quality.</p></div></div></div><p class="slate-p " ></p><p class="slate-p " ></p><p class="slate-p " ></p>

Improving translation quality enhances user trust, efficiency, and brand perception across critical content areas:

Learn how to enhance translation quality using Intento Translation Storage by improving source content, selecting optimal machine translation engines, and applying automatic post-editing.​

<p class="slate-p " >The <strong class="slate-bold">Segment API</strong> provides core functionality for storing, retrieving, and managing individual translation units (<em class="slate-italic">segments) </em>within Intento&apos;s Translation Storage.</p><p class="slate-p " >Each segment represents a single source string and corresponding translations to the specific language. Segments are uniquely identified by a <strong class="slate-bold">key</strong> (MD5 hash of the source text) to ensure consistency and efficient reuse across projects, vendors, and systems.</p><h4 class="slate-h4 " ><strong class="slate-bold">Key Features:</strong></h4><ul class="slate-ul " ><li class="slate-li " ><div style="position:relative"><strong class="slate-bold">Store translations</strong> for any language pair, including metadata. </div></li><li class="slate-li " ><div style="position:relative"><strong class="slate-bold">Retrieve existing translations</strong> instantly via a key-based lookup. </div></li><li class="slate-li " ><div style="position:relative"><strong class="slate-bold">Update or delete segments</strong> to keep your translation memory clean and current. </div></li><li class="slate-li " ><div style="position:relative"><strong class="slate-bold">Support batch operations</strong> for scalable workflows involving large volumes of content. </div></li></ul><p class="slate-p " ></p><p class="slate-p " ></p>

 provides core functionality for storing, retrieving, and managing individual translation units (

Each segment represents a single source string and corresponding translations to the specific language. Segments are uniquely identified by a 

 (MD5 hash of the source text) to ensure consistency and efficient reuse across projects, vendors, and systems.

Explore the Segment API of Intento Translation Storage to efficiently manage translation segments. Learn how to store, retrieve, search, update, and delete multilingual content using RESTful endpoints.​

<p class="slate-p " >The <strong class="slate-bold">Actions API</strong> enables you to apply advanced, AI-powered <strong class="slate-bold">actions </strong>to translation segments stored in Intento Translation Storage. These actions include <strong class="slate-bold">Automatic Post-Editing (APE)</strong> and <strong class="slate-bold">Language Quality Evaluation (LQE)</strong>, allowing you to assess or enhance the quality of your translations at scale.</p><p class="slate-p " >Actions are fully integrated with stored content and are executed asynchronously via jobs, making it easy to run evaluations or improvements in bulk.</p><h4 class="slate-h4 " >Key Features</h4><ul class="slate-ul " ><li class="slate-li " ><div style="position:relative">List available actions configured for your workspace </div></li><li class="slate-li " ><div style="position:relative">Trigger actions such as APE or LQE on selected segments </div></li><li class="slate-li " ><div style="position:relative">Monitor the status and results of submitted jobs</div></li></ul><p class="slate-p " ></p><p class="slate-p " ></p>

 enables you to apply advanced, AI-powered 

to translation segments stored in Intento Translation Storage. These actions include 

, allowing you to assess or enhance the quality of your translations at scale.

Actions are fully integrated with stored content and are executed asynchronously via jobs, making it easy to run evaluations or improvements in bulk.

Explore the Actions API in Intento Translation Storage to automate and manage translation-related tasks. Learn how to retrieve available actions, execute them, and monitor their status to enhance your localization workflow.​

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