what_you_need
Prepare the inputs before opening the apps
- A final source manuscript
- Rights to create the translation
- Target language and market
- Character/name glossary
- A fluent editor or translator
step_by_step
The working process
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Prepare the source manuscript
Remove unresolved edits and split the source into predictable chapter files if that makes review easier. Keep the original edition unchanged.
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Build a book-specific glossary
Record character names, invented terms, recurring phrases, tone, dialogue rules, and words that must remain unchanged.
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Translate a representative chapter
Use Batch Translate Text with any AI on one chapter containing dialogue, description, headings, and difficult terms. Revise the instructions before translating the complete manuscript.
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Edit as a book, not a file conversion
A fluent reviewer must check voice, continuity, cultural context, and repeated terminology across chapters. Track corrections so later chapters receive the same treatment.
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Rebuild the language edition
Use Batch Text to PDF for corrected chapter inputs. Use Batch Merge PDFs to assemble numbered sections, or Batch Split PDFs when a combined proof needs to return to chapter-sized review files.
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Proof the new layout
Translated text changes line length and page count. Check contents, page breaks, headers, cover/spine dimensions, and platform metadata as a new edition.
human_checkpoint
Review before you call it finished
- Are translation rights clear?
- Is terminology consistent across the whole book?
- Did a fluent editor review voice and cultural context?
- Was the final layout proofed as a separate edition?
honest_boundaries
Limits and privacy
Practical limitation
A machine-translated manuscript is not a publication-ready book. Rights, literary editing, cultural review, and edition-specific layout remain human responsibilities.
Privacy boundary
Book text goes to the provider selected in Batch Translate Text with any AI. PDF conversion, splitting, merging, and final stored files remain local.
faq
Questions worth answering
Why not translate the final PDF and publish it directly?
Book translation changes text length, line breaks, page count, and sometimes structure. Rebuilding and proofing the target-language edition gives you control over those changes.