Your own AI key

Run translations on your own AI account: your provider bills you for the model, and the studio charges only its fee.

Add a key from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google or OpenRouter in Settings, with the model you want it to use. When you set up a translation, choose to run it on your key: every stage then goes to your account, your provider bills you for it, and the studio charges only its pipeline fee, $0.25 per 1,000 words, from Studio credit.

The style bible, the voice chapters, the editor pass, the checks and the QA report all work the same way. How good the translation is depends on the model you choose.

On your own key, your provider's terms decide what happens to your text, not the studio's. Anthropic and OpenAI don't train their models on what their paid APIs are sent. Google's unpaid tier of the Gemini API is different: Google may use what you send to improve its products, and people may read it; on the paid tier it doesn't. With OpenRouter it depends on the provider each request goes to; its privacy settings can keep your requests away from providers that train on them. Check your provider's terms before you translate a book you care about.

With the Author plan, or a Book Pass for one book.

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Any other languageTranslations into other languages too, starting from neutral conventions you set in the style bible.
Automated checksChecks on every line, with no AI: what's missing, what moved and what changed that shouldn't.
Compare AI modelsTry the studio's AI models on the first lines of your book, then pick the one that translates it.
Glossary and series memoryNames and terms you settle once, carried from book to book so a series reads the same in every language.
HarmonizationNames, terms and repeated lines made consistent across the whole book.
Independent editor passA second pass that checks every translated line against your original.
Parallel translationYour book in another language, translated line by line from your own manuscript, in stages you approve.
Partial re-translationTranslate one line, a section, or only what changed, again, without touching the rest.
Price previewThe price of every translation, shown before anything runs.
Production languagesLanguages the studio typesets in full: their typography and conventions are built in.
QA reportWhat each pass changed, what the checks found, and what still needs a human look.
Side-by-side editorYour original and the translation, line by line: fix any line, and lock the ones that are final.
Style bibleOne brief for every translator and editor of an edition: names, terms, register and typography.
Voice referenceThe first chapters, translated first, for you to approve as the voice of the rest.
Your own reviewerInvite your own reviewer by a private link: they fix lines next to the original and sign the translation off.

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