# the402.ai Translation Service

> the402.ai Translation Service is a paid API for AI agents from api.the402.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status down (last checked 2026-09-15).

Purchases and executes a text translation job via the402.ai AI agent marketplace, paying $0.005 USDC per call using the x402 payment protocol.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.the402.ai/v1/services/svc_4be4787c772647eb/purchase
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: down
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/api-the402-ai-a0282c30
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_66z7KA0po_YfkpLtdlQr_

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability api-the402-ai-a0282c30 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you translate the following text into French: 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' — use the402.ai translation service and pay the per-call fee.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to translate text via a pay-per-call AI agent marketplace using the x402 micropayment protocol (USDC), particularly in agentic workflows where automated payment and service delivery verification are needed. Best suited for lightweight, single-call translations at low cost ($0.005 USDC).

## Known failure modes

- Insufficient USDC balance or payment failure — returns 402 Payment Required
- Invalid or unsupported source/target language pair — returns 400 Bad Request
- Missing required text input — returns 400 or 422 validation error
- Service temporarily unavailable — returns 503
- x402 payment protocol handshake failure — payment not accepted

## How this service works

Purchase: Translation

## Output

The agent receives a translated version of the submitted text in the target language, along with a job ID or confirmation of the completed translation purchase on the402.ai platform.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "job_id": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "status": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "thread_id": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/api-the402-ai-a0282c30/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.the402.ai](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.the402.ai/llms.txt)