.translations Domain

The .translations string names an entire professional services category, applied for in ICANN's 2012 New gTLD Program. Descriptive plural nouns of this kind sit in the round's most contested territory: the word describes what an entire industry does, and granting it to one applicant forecloses it for every translation agency, localisation firm, and freelance linguist working under the same description.

The category also has genuine namespace utility, since language services are inherently international and a shared extension could signal professional standing across markets. The extension is not currently active in the DNS root zone and is not available for registration by any party, leaving that possibility unrealised.