\(Legacy\) Activate your translation service in Dynamic Translation

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title: \(Legacy\) Activate your translation service in Dynamic Translation
description: Activate your preferred Dynamic Translation provider and mark it as the default service for both translation and language detection.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/conversational-interfaces/activate-dt-translation-service.html
release: australia
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Localization options for NLU conversations, Build and deploy NLU conversations, \(Legacy\) Virtual Agent for NLU, Conversational Interfaces]
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# \(Legacy\) Activate your translation service in Dynamic Translation

Activate your preferred Dynamic Translation provider and mark it as the default service for both translation and language detection.

## Before you begin

**Note:** The following content is only relevant to NLU conversations and live agent conversations that use Dynamic Translation for Agent Chat.

Review and configure:

-   [\(Legacy\) Prerequisites for using Dynamic Translation in Virtual Agent for NLU](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/conversational-interfaces/prereq-using-dt-va-nlu.md)
-   [\(Legacy\) Configure Dynamic Translation service integration credentials](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/conversational-interfaces/configure-translation-srvc-integration-credentials.md)

Role required: admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Dynamic Translation** > **Translator Configurations**.

2.  Select the name of the translation service to open the record.

3.  On the Translator Configuration form, select the **Active** check box.

4.  On the Preferences tab, select **Mark as default for translation**.

5.  On the Preferences tab, select **Mark as default for detection**.

6.  Select **Update**.


## What to do next

[\(Legacy\) Enable Dynamic Translation for languages in Virtual Agent for NLU](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/conversational-interfaces/enable-dynamic-lang-detection-nlu.md)

**Parent Topic:**[\(Legacy\) Localization options for Virtual Agent for NLU](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/conversational-interfaces/multi-language-options-va.md)