# Microsoft Translator authentication

> Connect UiPath to Microsoft Translator by providing an Azure subscription key and subscription region.

## Prerequisites

To be able to create a connection, you need to provide the following credentials:

* **Subscription Key**
* **Subscription Region**

## Retrieve your credentials

To retrieve your credentials, follow these steps:

1. Login to your [https://portal.azure.com](https://portal.azure.com/) dashboard and search for your **Translators** service using the search bar.
2. In the **Azure AI Services | Translator** overview page, select your resource, for example, **UiPathCognitiveServicesResource**.

   ![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/integration-service/integration-service-docs-image-49031-70c45e36.webp)
3. Under **Resource Management**, select **Keys and Endpoint**.
4. Your subscription keys and region are displayed.

   ![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/integration-service/integration-service-docs-image-49332-5dcdc58a.webp)

## Add the Microsoft Translator connection

To create a connection to your Microsoft Translator instance, you need to perform the following steps:

1. Select Orchestrator from the product launcher.
2. Select a folder, and then navigate to the **Connections** tab.
3. Select **Add connection**.
4. To open the connection creation page, select the connector from the list. You can use the search bar to find the connector.
5. Provide your subscription key and region.

   ![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/integration-service/integration-service-docs-image-48795-afe97084.webp)

   Where available, select the menu next to a field and choose **Use credential asset** or **Use Orchestrator asset** to reference an Orchestrator asset instead of entering the value directly. For more information, see [Use credential assets for connections](credential-store-connections.md).
6. Select **Connect**.

For more information about authenticating in Microsoft Translator, visit the [Authenticate requests to Azure Cognitive Services](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/authentication) page.