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How to obtain a Microsoft Translator API Access Token

Microsoft used to require a Bing appID earlier. Now that the API is available through the Azure marketplace, they require a newer authentication model. There is also a quota now limiting the free translations to 2.000.000 characters per month. The process of obtaining an access token (as described in MSDN or better in MSDN blog) is as follows:

You need a free Microsoft account
- Sign up at http://login.live.com
Subscribe to the Microsoft Translator API on Azure Marketplace
- Go to https://datamarket.azure.com/dataset/1899a118-d202-492c-aa16-ba21c33c06cb
- Scroll down to 2.000.000 Characters/month and click SIGN UP
- Register (VAT ID is optional)
- After registration you will be asked to sign up with Microsoft Translator
Registration of your wiki with Azure DataMarket
- Go to https://datamarket.azure.com/developer/applications/ and click REGISTER
  - Client ID: Just choose whatever you like. Note it down!
  - Name: The name of your wiki
  - Client secret: This is already completed for you. Do not change it! Note it down!
  - Redirect URI: This field is not used by the Microsoft Translator API but you must enter something beginning with https. Suggestion is to use https://www.yourdomain.com, where yourdomain is the domain name of your own site.