# payload402 Text Translator (Azure Translator via MCP)

> payload402 Text Translator (Azure Translator via MCP) is a paid API for AI agents from payload402.edgebytenet.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Translates short text between languages using Azure Translator, returning the translated string with source/target language metadata.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://payload402.edgebytenet.workers.dev/mcp-translate
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/payload402-text-translator-azure-translator-via-mcp-104dbfa8
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_fVLrKJYo0IYHF3ZEfHtol

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 payload402-text-translator-azure-translator-via-mcp-104dbfa8 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Translate 'Your order has been confirmed' from English to Spanish so I can display it in the Spanish version of my app.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when an AI agent needs a verifiable, machine-translated string in another language for UI copy, messages, or research snippets — especially when the agent cannot rely on LLM-internal translation arithmetic and needs a documented provider (Azure) for auditability. Not suitable for legal, medical, or compliance-grade translation needs.

## Known failure modes

- Unsupported language code returns an error or empty translation
- Text exceeding short-text limits may be truncated or rejected
- Network timeout from Azure Translator upstream
- Invalid MCP tool invocation format causes schema validation error
- Language auto-detection failure if source language is ambiguous

## How this service works

npm package license triage for coding agents: call before npm install or adding a dependency mid-task. Returns declared license, SPDX normalization, and permissive-default compatible yes/no/unknown from the public npm registry. Triage only — not compliance-grade SBOM or legal advice. Workflow: call GET /license/check (or MCP check_npm_license) before npm install; if compatible=no, pick another package or escalate to human; if unknown, treat as risk. Example: left-pad@1.0.0 before install. Also: Convert amounts between ISO 4217 currencies using ECB daily reference rates (Frankfurter). Use for invoices, travel budgets, expense reports, and shopping comparisons when you need a verifiable rate instead of LLM arithmetic. Not live tradable FX — rates follow ECB business-day publication. Also: Resolve a place name or lat/lon to IANA timezone and coordinates (Open-Meteo). Use for agent scheduling, travel logistics, and local-time questions without LLM guessing. Not IP geolocation. Also: Translate short text between languages (Azure Translator). Use when an agent needs a verifiable string in another language for UI copy, messages, or research snippets — not legal, medical, or certified translation.

## Output

A JSON object containing the translated text string, the source language code, the target language code, the original input text, the translation provider identifier ('azure-translator'), and a note clarifying it is short-text machine translation and not certified or domain-specific.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "toolName",
    "inputSchema"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "mcp"
    },
    "toolName": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "description": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "inputSchema": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "to": "es",
  "from": "en",
  "note": "Short-text machine translation via Azure Translator (Microsoft); not certified or domain-specific",
  "text": "Hello",
  "source": "azure-translator",
  "translated": "Hola"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/payload402-text-translator-azure-translator-via-mcp-104dbfa8/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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