// Trust & Security Report
Amazon Web Services, Inc.
Amazon Translate is a first-party AWS managed neural machine translation service (batch and real-time text translation, customization via custom terminology and parallel data), sold as a pay-as-you-go API under the standard AWS Cloud shared responsibility model rather than as an independent SaaS product.
Certifications held
8
Maturity
Enterprise
Trains on your data
Yes
Trust center
Yes
// Certification ledger
Each held certification is backed by a verbatim quote from the vendor's own trust or security page. “Not confirmed” means we could not verify it publicly, not that the vendor lacks it.
Verify on aws.amazon.com“Amazon Translate ✓ (listed as a currently in-scope service reflected in the current SOC 1, 2, and 3 reports)”
Verify on aws.amazon.com“AWS publishes SOC 1 reports quarterly and SOC 2 and 3 reports twice per year... Fall 2025 System and Organization Controls (SOC) 1, 2, and 3 reports are now available, covering 185 services”
Verify on aws.amazon.com“AWS has certification for compliance with ISO/IEC 27001:2022... Amazon Translate [is listed] among the services in scope for ISO 27001, 27017, and 27018 certification”
Verify on aws.amazon.com“AWS has certification for compliance with ISO/IEC 27001:2022, 27017:2015, and 27018:2019... covered AWS services that are in scope... can be found on ISO Certified”
Verify on aws.amazon.com“Amazon Translate ✓ (checkmark in the PCI DSS column indicates the service is currently in scope and reflected in current compliance reports)”
Verify on aws.amazon.com“The Translate API is now an AWS HIPAA Eligible Service. If you have a Business Associate Addendum (BAA) in place with AWS, you can immediately start using Amazon Translate to translate texts containing protected health information (PHI).”
Verify on docs.aws.amazon.com“Third-party auditors assess the security and compliance of Amazon Translate as part of multiple AWS compliance programs. These include PCI, FedRAMP, HIPAA, and others.”
Verify on aws.amazon.com“AWS has certification for compliance with... CSA STAR CCM v4.0”
> Show 1 unconfirmed / not-held certifications
source: aws.amazon.comAWS is the first major cloud service provider to achieve ISO/IEC 42001 accredited certification for AI services, covering Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Q Business, Amazon Textract, and Amazon Transcribe. Amazon Translate is not named among the services in scope for this certification.
// Privacy & AI training
Trains on customer data
Yes
Data processing agreement
Offered
Data region
Processed in the AWS Region selected by the customer for the API call; content used for service improvement (when not opted out) may be stored in an AWS Region outside the Region where the service is used, per AWS's AI opt-out documentation.
By default, AWS may use and store Amazon Translate customer content for service improvement, including model training/development, per the AWS Service Terms (section on AWS AI/ML services). Amazon Translate is explicitly listed as one of the services covered by the AWS Organizations AI services opt-out policy, so customers (via an org admin) can opt out; opting out deletes previously stored improvement-purpose content going forward but AWS's default posture is opt-in-by-default/opt-out-available, which enterprise or regulated buyers should configure explicitly rather than assume.
// Security controls
Encryption in transit
AWS recommends and supports SSL/TLS for all communication with Amazon Translate API endpoints; documented under the service's Encryption in Transit topic.
docs.aws.amazon.comEncryption at rest
Amazon Translate supports encryption at rest for stored content per AWS's standard encryption-at-rest controls documented for the service.
docs.aws.amazon.comIdentity & access control
Access governed via AWS IAM; AWS recommends MFA, least-privilege IAM roles, and AWS CloudTrail logging of API/user activity for Amazon Translate usage.
docs.aws.amazon.comGDPR posture
AWS states customers can use all AWS services (including Amazon Translate) to process personal data under GDPR; the AWS DPA incorporates Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) adopted by the European Commission for transfers outside the EEA.
aws.amazon.comCompliance report access
SOC 1/2/3 reports, ISO certificates, and PCI DSS attestations for in-scope services (including Amazon Translate) are available on demand to customers via AWS Artifact.
aws.amazon.com// Products & data scope
data: Text content submitted for translation, optional custom terminology and parallel data uploads for customization
Single product line; no separate consumer vs. enterprise tiers as with typical SaaS. Governance/compliance posture (SOC2, ISO, HIPAA, PCI) is inherited from and identical to the parent AWS account's applicable agreements (AWS Customer Agreement, DPA, BAA), not a separate per-tool contract.
// What to watch
- AWS uses customer content by default to improve/train Amazon Translate and related ML technologies; opt-out requires an explicit AWS Organizations opt-out policy set by an org admin, not enabled by default -- flag this for privacy-sensitive listings.
- ISO/IEC 42001 (AI Management System) is held by AWS but its published scope covers Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Q Business, Amazon Textract, and Amazon Transcribe only -- Amazon Translate is not named in that scope, so it is graded held=false to avoid an over-claim by association with AWS's broader AI-governance certification.
- This is a first-party AWS managed service, not an independent company; all certs are AWS's own (verified via AWS's in-scope-services tables specifically naming Amazon Translate), not a host/subprocessor cert being misattributed to a smaller vendor.
// At a glance
Pricing model
Usage-based (per-character billed), pay-as-you-go via AWS Cloud billing; no separate SaaS subscription tiers
Self-hostable
No
// How we verified this
Every certification marked HELD is confirmed against a verbatim quote on Amazon Web Services, Inc.'s own trust, security, or privacy pages. We reject certifications claimed only on third-party aggregators, on a cloud host's behalf, or by a similarly named company.
Last verified 2026-06-27. Compliance changes over time. Always confirm directly with the vendor before relying on any certification for a purchasing or compliance decision.
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