AI Mastery for Translators Insights

Out Through the Front Door Nov 4, 2026 · @Steven I'm leaving the translation profession. I'm winding down CotranslatorAI, the tool and business I've spent the last few years building. And I'm turning my time [...]

Greetings to the resistance, still holding the line against the robots, For years I’ve been saying the same thing: our only real hope in this business is to lean into our human skills, not follow [...]

Hi everyone, Two reminders for CotranslatorAI users: OpenAI’s legacy API key phaseout is coming up on October 22, and our next AI Drop-In Clinic is on Tuesday, October 20. If you need help updating your [...]

Hi everyone, What’s costing you time with AI? An ignored glossary? A prompt that grows longer with every client request? A feature in CotranslatorAI you haven't made use of yet? Bring it to our next [...]

In today's edition: What's new in CotranslatorAI 4.7? Does your OpenAI API key need replacing? CotranslatorAI users! Two updates today: a new version of CotranslatorAI and an OpenAI change that may require your attention. What’s [...]

In today's edition: If the AI bubble bursts, do you get your old translation workload and rates back? Getting reference material out of your CAT tool and into your AI prompt Is your AI question [...]

Hi everyone, Our first AI Drop-In Clinic for Translators is tomorrow, Tuesday, September 15. It’s free for CotranslatorAI Advanced license holders. Have an AI or translation workflow question? Not sure how to do something in CotranslatorAI? Reply with your [...]

Hello, translators with questions (including the ones you haven’t asked yet), Is there an AI task you keep putting off because you’re not quite sure how to do it? Bring it to next Tuesday’s AI Drop-In [...]

Hi everyone, Join me on Tuesday, September 15, for our first-ever CotranslatorAI Drop-In Clinic. Wondering what a drop-in clinic is? The concept is simple: come with your question, get it answered, and then leave. There is no [...]

Hi CotranslatorAI users, OpenAI is rolling out their new GPT-6 Astra model, accompanied by the usual flood of grandiose marketing about its "unprecedented" capabilities.... exactly the kind of hype you would expect from a company [...]

In today's edition: You asked for a shorter CotranslatorAI subscription... We listened. The one-pass QC prompt that catches what you missed Put your best prompts one click away in CotranslatorAI You asked for a shorter [...]

In today's edition: Who gets to define the translator’s future? Don't fall for the “more is better” fallacy New tutorial video: OpenAI 5.6 in 3.5 minutes Greetings to the translators refusing to become a button [...]

In today's edition: The direct-client work hiding behind “free” AI Is your AI prompt missing its control center? AI4LanguageProfessionals is going on hiatus Translators done selling by the word, NAVIGATING THE PARADIGM SHIFT The direct-client [...]

In today's edition: Find out your AI Survival Score—and what to do next GPT-5.6 Sol: 60,000 words for $6 in AI token costs CotranslatorAI Dashboard: A Quick Guide Hello, translators swimming in unfamiliar waters, NAVIGATING [...]

NOTE: If you want the freebie without reading the intro, just skip to the orange button at the end. 🙂 Fellow tilters at language windmills! Last week was the Direct Clients Summit hosted by Techforword, [...]

In today's edition: The translation market is shifting, not collapsing. Is the AI losing focus on your big projects? Here’s the fix. Use Mark's routines to improve your workflow. To translators building faster, better workflows, [...]

In today's edition: The post-editing advice that sounds noble, but may cost you Don't bother asking the AI its name. Changing models in CotranslatorAI Dear translators always trying to deliver your version of perfect: NAVIGATING [...]

In today's edition: You can compete against "free" MT: The real costs (and opportunity) Get sharper AI help by asking right where you're translating Unlock multi-tab prompting power in CotranslatorAI Translators, friends, visionaries—lend me your [...]

In today's edition: From resistance to relevance: Your move in the MTPE game What Is "turn-key MTPE"? Why it’s your new secret weapon Stuck in your client's interface? Here’s how CotranslatorAI gives you back control [...]

In today's edition: You don't need a scary new job title to survive AI today.... and maybe not ever How to make AI obey your terminology (not its “average”) It's in CotranslatorAI's DNA to play [...]

In today's edition: Why smart translators walk away from “efficient” AI projects Broken record alert: The answer is not in the model. It is in the method. Stop letting AI happen to you.  Before today’s [...]

In today's edition: Daniel Sebesta’s AI ThoughtCon 2026 talk, "Creative Control in AI Translation" Prompting matters... until it doesn’t Learn the Creative-Control Translation Flow (and get a free tab collection too!) Hello to the translators [...]

In today's edition: Discover hidden translation demand with this free set of prompts The humbling AI QA trick every translator should try Unlock new OpenAI models in CotranslatorAI (without the frustration) Hey, translation pros making [...]

In today's edition: Where are your language skills taking you in the age of AI? A multi-step prompting method that puts you in charge of the full process First time with CotranslatorAI? Carolina’s tips make [...]

In today's edition: Is AI really coming for specialist translators? Could AI actually nail that lyric? Here’s how Carolina did it Make CotranslatorAI Companion your companion ATTN: Tuning in to all you linguistic hitmakers like [...]