---
title: "Export Translation Memory"
method: POST
path: "/translation-memory/{translationMemoryId}/exports"
tags: ["Translation Memory Export"]
---

# Export Translation Memory

`POST /translation-memory/{translationMemoryId}/exports`

Generates an asynchronous export operation.
Use the [Poll Translation Memory Export](#/operations/PollTranslationMemoryExport) endpoint to poll until the export status is `done`.

## Headers

- `Authorization` string, required
- `X-LC-Tenant` string, required

## Request body

- TranslationMemoryExportRequest
  - `languageDirection` TranslationMemoryExportLanguageDirection, required
    - `sourceLanguage` SourceLanguageRequest, required
      - `languageCode` string, required — The language code.
    - `targetLanguage` TargetLanguageRequest, required
      - `languageCode` string, required — The language code.

## Response `200`

OK - returned when the `status` field has one of the following values: `failed`, `done`, `cancelled`

- TranslationMemoryExportResponse
  - `id` string, required — The translation memory export identifier.
  - `status` 'queued' | 'inProgress' | 'failed' | 'done' | 'cancelled', required — (Deprecated) The status of the import operation. * `queued` - the import has been queued and is waiting to be processed * `inProgress` - the import is being processed * `failed` - the import has failed due to internal errors * `done` - the import has finished successfully * `cancelled` - the import has been interrupted

## Other responses

- `202` — Accepted - returned when the `status` field has one of the following values: `queued`, `inProgress`
- `400` — Error codes: * "invalid": Invalid input in the request parameters. Either the `translationMemoryId` or the `sourceLanguageCode`/`targetLanguageCode` are invalid.
- `401` — The user could not be identified.
- `403` — Error codes: * "forbidden": The authenticated user is not allowed to export the translation memory.
- `404` — Error codes: * "notFound": The resource could not be found by identifier.

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