Translating documents with Amazon Translate, AWS Lambda, and the new Batch Translate API Amazon Web Services

With an increasing number of digital text documents shared across the world for both business and personal reasons, the need for translation capabilities becomes even more critical. There are multiple tools available online that enable people to copy/paste text and get the translated equivalent in the language of their choice. While this is a great way to perform ad hoc translation of a (limited) amount of text, it can be tedious and time-consuming if performed frequently. Your organization may largely depend on content to document your products and services, teach your customers how to interact with you, or just share the cool things you are doing. This content is often text-heavy and mostly written in English.