Modify Translation Timeouts

Solution: Use the KeepAliveTimeout or MaximumTranslationTime parameters with the Set-SPTranslationServiceApplication cmdlet.

To confuse matters, the MaximumTranslationTime parameter explained in the previous section deals with job monitoring, not the timeouts of translation processing. Use the KeepAliveTimeout parameter to determine how many seconds a process can be nonresponsive before it is terminated. The valid values for this setting are from 60 to 600 seconds; the default is 60 seconds.

Use the MaximumTranslationTime parameter to determine how long a translation should continue running. The default is 600 seconds, whereas the valid range is 600 to 3,600 seconds. Listing 20.9 shows a sample modification of the translation timeout setting.

Listing 20.9. Changing the Translation Timeout Settings

Set-SPTranslationServiceApplication -Identity "Machine Translation
Services" -KeepAliveTimeout 120 -MaximumTranslationTime 1200

These values cannot be configured through the service application settings in Central Administration. As of this writing, they are available only via the Set-SPTranslationServiceApplication cmdlet.