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ByteDance / Seed Translation

Doubao Seed Translation (250915)

Volcengine-native Seed Translation (250915) for text translation.

Text translation
availableClosed weightsText translation
Official documentation (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 15 Oct 2026
7 of 18 specification fields collected
Input token limit1KSee specification notes below
Maximum output3KSee specification notes below
Input / 1M tokensCN¥1.20Volcengine Ark (China)
Output / 1M tokensCN¥3.60CNY · billing conditions below

Specifications

Provider-documented facts. “Not collected” means we have not verified that field yet, not that the feature is unsupported.

Context / input limit
4KSource for Context / input limit (opens in a new tab)

Provider K notation retained; shared context is not an independent budget for each input/output component.

Maximum input tokens
1KSource for Maximum input tokens (opens in a new tab)
Maximum output
3KSource for Maximum output (opens in a new tab)

Published answer limit. Shared context and reasoning consumption also constrain a request.

Reasoning
Not supportedSource for Reasoning (opens in a new tab)

The catalog states models without the deep-thinking tag do not support deep thinking.

Tool calling
Not collected
Structured output
Not collected
Streaming
Not collected
Batch processing
Not collected
Fine-tuning
Not collected
Knowledge cutoff
Not collected
Release date
Not collected
Parameters
Not collected
Architecture
Not collected
Languages
Not collected
Context caching
Not collected
Published request quota
Max RPM: 5000 500000 TPMSource for Published request quota (opens in a new tab)

Published quotas are not rigid guarantees; account, endpoint and platform load apply.

Input modalities
TextSource for Input modalities (opens in a new tab)
Output modalities
TextSource for Output modalities (opens in a new tab)

Access & pricing

Prices belong to an endpoint and billing tier. A provider listing does not guarantee access for every account or region.

Volcengine Ark (China) · Standard online API; other service modes have separately published family tariffs

Provider source (opens in a new tab)
API model ID
doubao-seed-translation-250915
Access
Native hosted API requires Volcengine service activation, an eligible account and API key. No inference was executed.
Regions
China (Beijing)
Service tier
Standard online API; other service modes have separately published family tariffsSource for Service tier (opens in a new tab)
Published request quota
Max RPM: 5000 500000 TPMSource for Published request quota (opens in a new tab)

Published quotas are not rigid guarantees; account, endpoint and platform load apply.

Input modalities
TextSource for Input modalities (opens in a new tab)
Output modalities
TextSource for Output modalities (opens in a new tab)
Context / input limit
4KSource for Context / input limit (opens in a new tab)

Provider K notation retained; shared context is not an independent budget for each input/output component.

Maximum input tokens
1KSource for Maximum input tokens (opens in a new tab)
Maximum output
3KSource for Maximum output (opens in a new tab)

Published answer limit. Shared context and reasoning consumption also constrain a request.

Prices retain their published currencies and billing units below.

Published billing units · original currency · observed 15 Oct 2026
CategoryUsageRateUnit
Volcengine Standard online family tariffNon-audio input · all lengths (thousand tokens)1CN¥1.201M tokens
Volcengine Standard online family tariffOutput · all lengths (thousand tokens)1CN¥3.601M tokens
Volcengine Batch inference family tariffNon-audio input · all lengths (thousand tokens)2CN¥0.601M tokens
Volcengine Batch inference family tariffCached non-audio input · all lengths (thousand tokens)2CN¥0.241M tokens
Volcengine Batch inference family tariffOutput · all lengths (thousand tokens)2CN¥1.801M tokens

Rate conditions

  1. Published family tariff for doubao-seed-translation, Standard online, no prompt-length bracket. Applicable request length selects the whole-request rate, not incremental blocks. Audio input is separately priced. This tariff does not itself prove every service mode is enabled on every dated endpoint. Explicit cache storage is separate; Flex permits implicit cache only. Native currency retained; no exchange-rate conversion.
  2. Published family tariff for doubao-seed-translation, Batch inference, no prompt-length bracket. Applicable request length selects the whole-request rate, not incremental blocks. Audio input is separately priced. This tariff does not itself prove every service mode is enabled on every dated endpoint. Explicit cache storage is separate; Flex permits implicit cache only. Native currency retained; no exchange-rate conversion.
Pricing source (opens in a new tab)

Data & enterprise terms

Retention, training use, regional processing and enterprise terms have not been summarized for this endpoint.

Caching

Caching can reuse earlier input processing. Availability, lifetime and billing depend on the endpoint. A cache hit still generates a new response.

01 / INITIAL INPUTProcess & retain

The system processes eligible input and retains reusable state.

02 / LATER REQUESTCheck available state

Reuse depends on matching input, session state and the cache policy.

03 / CACHE HITReuse & generate

Reusing state can reduce repeated work. Any charges follow the billing rules below.

Volcengine Ark (China) · Standard online API; other service modes have separately published family tariffs

doubao-seed-translation-250915
Not verified
How it works
Not collected
Minimum reusable input
Not collected
Lifetime & refresh
Not collected
How to enable it
Not collected
Usage fields
Not collected
Billing rules
Not collected
Limits & data boundaries
Not collected
Cache reads, writes & storage
ChargeApplies toRate / unit
Cached non-audio input · all lengths (thousand tokens)1Volcengine Batch inference family tariffCN¥0.24 / 1M tokensPricing evidence (opens in a new tab)

Rate conditions

  1. Published family tariff for doubao-seed-translation, Batch inference, no prompt-length bracket. Applicable request length selects the whole-request rate, not incremental blocks. Audio input is separately priced. This tariff does not itself prove every service mode is enabled on every dated endpoint. Explicit cache storage is separate; Flex permits implicit cache only. Native currency retained; no exchange-rate conversion.

Observed 15 Oct 2026. Write rates and storage fees are different charges; use the billing rules above.

Caching reviewed 15 Oct 2026

What the measurements say

No benchmark observations have been added for this model. We do not turn a vendor description into a performance score.

Latency and throughput depend on the host, request size, reasoning settings and load. There is no measured speed or global usage figure in this record.

The record behind the model

Why it is included

Inferred from the named native hosted foundation-model offering, official release history and current ByteDance/ByteDance-Seed public inventories. No matching public checkpoint was found. This is not an explicit published weight-license declaration.

Classification evidence (opens in a new tab)

Sources reviewed