The document translation blog.
How machine translation actually works, why Arabic and layout are hard, and what governed translation changes inside an organization. No fluff.
Why Arabic machine translation is genuinely hard
Morphology that packs a sentence into a word, diglossia, transliteration drift, and 20 to 40 percent text expansion. Why generic engines underperform on formal Arabic documents.
Business caseThe hidden cost of reformatting
A 40-slide board deck: 10 minutes to translate the words, six hours to rebuild the slides. Why DTP is the real cost of translation, and what layout preservation changes.
SecurityOn-prem AI translation for government
Public cloud, sovereign cloud, on-prem, air-gapped: where sensitive translation belongs, what has to run locally, and seven questions to ask any vendor.
WorkflowMachine translation plus human review
A triage framework for review depth, from gist to legally binding, and how segment statuses, QA checks, memory, and glossaries make the human pass fast.
Translate the document. Keep the design.
Right-click a file, work inside Office, or press F6 on anything on screen. TranslateX returns the same document in the other language: fonts, tables, and layout intact, terminology on brand.
Arabic, English & more · Layout preserved · On-premises available