Passport, trial chapter and chapter translation

Once the glossary is approved, the machine prepares the documents it translates by, tries out the tone on one chapter and translates the book. Your part at this stage is to correct the passport if the machine got the book wrong, set the tone on the trial chapter and, if you like, read the chapters next to the original. In the “T1 · Step by step” mode the machine waits for you at the passport and the trial chapter; in the “T2 · Full automation” mode it goes through them without stopping.

Translation passport and guide

1. Open “Passport and guide”. The passport describes the book, the reader of the translation and what must not be lost. The guide holds the decisions for this book: the narrator’s voice, the characters’ speech, humor, cultural references, rhythm. The language norms are the general rules of the target language. Every chapter is translated according to these documents; the machine builds them after you approve the glossary.
2. The documents are split into blocks in three parts: “Passport”, “Guide” and “Language norms”. Select a block — it opens for editing on the right and saves by itself.
3. Rebuild block rewrites only that block; your edits in the others stay. Rebuild all… builds the documents again from scratch.
4. When everything suits you, click Accept passport and guide — the machine translates the trial chapter.

Trial chapter and style samples

1. Open “Trial chapter and samples”. The trial chapter checks the tone before the whole book is translated, and the machine takes style samples for the other chapters from your edits. In the “Chapter” field, choose a chapter.
2. The chapter is translated block by block: translation, editor, meaning check, native reader. Each AI call is a line in the log: what was done, by which model and how long it took.
3. Read the translation next to the original, edit paragraphs right in the translation column and click Save. An edited paragraph is marked “your edit”.
4. If the tone is wrong, click Translate again: the chapter is translated again, and your earlier edits stay in the version history.
5. Click Build samples — the machine picks three “original — translation” pairs: description, action and dialogue, mainly from your edits. Then click Run automation for the whole book — the chapters are translated and accepted on their own.

Chapter translation

1. Chapters are translated in order, and each chapter block by block. In the “Chapters” list, select a chapter. Each chapter shows its state, and the ⚑ flag with a number shows the places for you to check.
2. In the center is the chapter path: reading, translation blocks, acceptance. Each AI call is a line: model, duration, result.
3. On the right, in “Reading and editing”, the “Bilingual” tab shows the original and the translation side by side. Clicking a word highlights the sentence in both columns. The ⤢ button opens them to full width — like a book spread.
4. Edit the translation right in the text and click Save. A weak block is translated again with the “Again…” button — add what to fix, for example how to render a character’s speech.
5. The automation accepts chapters on its own. Without the automation, a chapter is accepted with the Accept chapter button once all its paragraphs are translated. The chapter title in the translation goes in the “Chapter title in the translation” field.