Don’t gamble early on creative nuance. Start with a clean, structured project where terminology is rigid and the “correct” translation is objective.
- Highly structured, technical content—legal, patents, engineering, medical, and manuals—are a good place to start.
- It is easier to process the job if the project manager knows the source language (to segment the source cleanly and judge the anchor), but the workflow is effective even on unknown language pairs once you trust the process.
- While small documents can work, the workflow offers the best ROI on documents large enough to justify the initial anchor setup (ideally 5,000+ words).
- Marketing copy, press releases, and creative writing. Ironically, this means the AI often performs better on dense technical specs than on a “simple” newsletter. In a single- pass workflow, AI excels at consistency but struggles with subjective “flair.” If your translator has to rewrite the voice rather than revise the text, you lose the efficiency. Stick to documents where consistency outweighs style.
