Notes on translation, AI and localisation
Accessing new markets the right way
Stop Losing Formatting in Translation: The Placeholder Revolution
The translated document arrives. You open it. Immediately you see the problems: bold text that’s no longer bold, links that point nowhere, bullet lists …
From Scanned PDFs to Translated Docs in Minutes
The document arrives as a scanned PDF. The text you need to translate is locked in images of pages, not extractable text. In a traditional workflow, someone …
The Post-MT Enhancement Pipeline Your Competitors Don't Have
Machine translation output in 2026 is good. It’s not good enough. Raw MT from DeepL, Google, or any major engine produces text that’s usually …
Context-Aware Translation: Why Surrounding Segments Matter
Translation tools divide content into segments—usually sentences. Each segment gets translated independently. Segment 47 is processed without awareness of …
Translation Memory Meets AI: The Hybrid Approach
Translation memory is a solved problem. You translate a sentence once, store it, and reuse it when the same sentence appears again. 100% matches translate …
Style Guide Automation: AP, Chicago, Duden Without the Manual Work
The AP Stylebook runs over 600 pages. The Chicago Manual of Style exceeds 1,100. Every translation into English should theoretically conform to one of these …