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 [Try it online!](https://libretranslate.com) | [API Docs](https://libretranslate.com/docs)
 
-Free and Open Source Translation API, entirely self-hosted and works even in offline environments. Unlike other APIs, it doesn't rely on proprietary providers such as Google or Azure to perform translations.
+Free and Open Source Machine Translation API, entirely self-hosted and works even in offline environments. Unlike other APIs, it doesn't rely on proprietary providers such as Google or Azure to perform translations.
 
 ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1951843/102724116-32a6df00-42db-11eb-8cc0-129ab39cdfb5.png)