---
title: "Update Controlled Vocabulary Term Translation"
method: POST
path: "/vocab/terms/{cvtid}/translations/{locale}"
tags: ["Vocabularies"]
---

# Update Controlled Vocabulary Term Translation

`POST /vocab/terms/{cvtid}/translations/{locale}`

Update a controlled vocabulary term translation.  The vocabulary term may be localized into many languages, but the term remains the same. Only one translation allowed per language.

## Path parameters

- `cvtid` string, required
- `locale` string, required

## Headers

- `Content-Type` 'application/x-fs-v1+json' | 'application/json', required

## Response `201`

A new translation was successfully created.

## Other responses

- `204` — An existing translation was successfully updated.
- `308` — If the term has been superseded by a different term
- `404` — If the requested term is not found.
- `429` — The request was throttled.

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