AI doesn’t sign your translations. It prepares a first draft, finds a term in the client’s documentation, checks an expression, and proofreads with a cold eye. The meaning, the tone, and responsibility for the delivered text remain yours.
AI helps translators with tasks such as “Do a bilingual review before delivery,” “Prepare a first draft that follows the glossary,” and “Settle an expression using real sentences.” Start with a single task, in Claude: allow 15 minutes the first time, and always review the result before you use it.
For each task: how it goes today, then with the tool. And the time it takes the first time.
Claude · “Projects”: one project per client
TodayAfter three days on the same text, you no longer see the skipped line, the transposed number, or the lost negation.
With ClaudeA table of the discrepancies between the original and your translation, to approve one by one before delivering.
DeepL · “Glossary,” then file translation
TodayOn a repetitive text, you spend more time retyping simple sentences than polishing the hard passages.
With DeepLA first draft with the right vocabulary, and the list of passages where the machine translated too close to the text.
Reverso · “Reverso Context”
TodayThe dictionary gives five equivalents, and none says which one is really used in this type of text.
With ReversoAn expression chosen from real examples, with the reason for your choice noted in the glossary.
Also
Gemini Notebook · One notebook per client
The translations the client has already approved for this term, with the passage where each appears.
Claude · Excel file, in the conversation
A bilingual glossary drawn from the client’s texts, ready to submit to them for approval.
A term backed by an official source, with the link to keep in your glossary.
A list of precise questions, sent to the client before you start and not the day before delivery.
About ten annotated ideas, so you start from something other than a blank page.
A clear reply sent within the hour, with the price, the turnaround, and the questions to settle.
What to check
Ask for the client’s consent before giving their text to an online tool: many contracts forbid it. In “Settings,” “Privacy,” check that your conversations are not used for training. An assistant lets errors through and flags false ones: it doesn’t replace your own review.
Do a bilingual review before deliveryClaude · “Projects”: one project per clientThe prompt to copy
You are a reviser of translations from [Spanish] into [English], in the field of [field]. Here are the source text and my translation. Compare them sentence by sentence and flag in a table: omissions and additions, mistranslations, numbers, dates, units, and percentages that differ, lost negations, proper nouns and references copied incorrectly, terms that don’t follow the project glossary. For each discrepancy: the source sentence, my sentence, the problem, a suggested correction. Don’t rewrite what is correct and don’t touch the style. If you’re unsure, say so instead of deciding.
In Nova, “My path” starts from your level: one next step at a time.
The first moves, with free tools.
In your jobReply to a quote request
In your jobFind how a term has already been translated
In your jobPrepare a first draft that follows the glossary
In your jobDo a bilingual review before delivery
For a team: everyone moves forward in their own job. You see the team’s progress, never one person’s activity.
It compares your translation with the original and flags omissions, numbers, and mistranslations. One “Project” per client keeps the glossary and the style guide.
Recommended planFree to start. Pro, $20 per month ($17 per month if billed yearly), if you use it every day.
A first draft that follows your glossary, and a Word or PowerPoint file returned translated with its layout. To rework sentence by sentence, never to deliver as is.
Recommended planIndividual, €7.49 per month, billed yearly: your texts are not used for training. Keep the free plan for texts that are already public.
Reverso Context shows an expression in real sentences, with their translation alongside: useful for settling on a phrasing or a technical term.
Recommended planFree, €0. Premium, €6.49 per month, billed yearly (€9.99 billed monthly), for more results.
You upload a client’s past translations and reference documents. It finds how a term has already been rendered, and shows the passage.
Recommended planFree: 100 notebooks, 50 sources per notebook, 50 questions per day.
To check a term in reference sources: every sentence of the answer links to the page it comes from.
Recommended planFree to start: 3 “Pro” searches per day, 1 “Research” report per month. Pro, $20 per month (€22 on the French App Store).
The last proofread before delivery, in English or French: grammar, punctuation, typography, repetitions, with an explanation of each error.
Recommended planAntidote+ Personal, one language, $59.95 the first year, then $48 per year. 30-day free trial.
Prices taken from the vendors’ official pages, dated on each tool page. These subscriptions are not included in Nova. Brands are named to identify the tools. No affiliation.
Nova recommends 6 to start with: Claude, DeepL, Reverso, Gemini Notebook, Perplexity, and Antidote. 4 of them can be used for free to get started.
It compares your translation with the original and flags omissions, numbers, and mistranslations. One “Project” per client keeps the glossary and the style guide. The plan to choose: Free to start. Pro, $20 per month ($17 per month if billed yearly), if you use it every day.
With “Do a bilingual review before delivery,” in Claude (“Projects”: one project per client). Allow 15 minutes the first time. A table of the discrepancies between the original and your translation, to approve one by one before delivering.
No. Nova is software, not an accredited training provider: it issues no diploma or certification. It costs €19 per month for one person, and €129 per month for a team of up to ten people.