Libris Translate
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For small presses and digital publishers

A consistent first draft of the whole series, on your server, and the map of the passages to review first.

Libris Translate turns a series from your catalogue into a first draft that keeps its names and terms from one volume to the next, and shows your editors where to look first. Your translators and proofreaders keep the final word.

A real result: two Alice books translated end to end

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The problem

Translating a series from the catalogue costs more than a small press can spend on titles whose foreign sales are uncertain. And sending unpublished manuscripts to an online service raises the question of where the text goes.

What Libris Translate does for you

  • Your server, your models

    Libris Translate runs on your own server. With a local model, the text stays on your network; with a hosted API, only the passages being translated are sent to it.

    Guide: Model providers

  • A series kept consistent

    One glossary and one Series Bible for every volume, and a check that settles the divergences between volumes before the final report.

    Guide: Series consistency

  • The map of the passages to review

    Every passage has a score, and the report lists what the autopilot could not settle. Your editors start with the weakest passages.

    Guide: Completion and recovery

  • Your team and outside proofreaders

    Accounts for your team, and proofreading links for an outside reader who needs no account, with Studio and Pro.

    Guide: Sharing and proofreading links

A typical project

  1. Install Libris Translate on your server, or have your IT provider do it, and create the team's accounts.
  2. Import the series volume by volume, with the glossary of the terms you want kept.
  3. Estimate the cost before starting, then set a budget per book.
  4. Let the autopilot translate the series in reading order.
  5. Hand the passages to review first to your proofreaders, then export EPUB or Word for production.

What it costs

Two separate costs. Libris Translate: 50 € once for the Personal plan, for non-commercial use, 29 € a month or 290 € a year for Studio, or a quote for Pro, after a free 30-day trial. The model, which you bring: a hosted API bills its provider's price per token, a model on your own hardware costs its electricity. Before each paid operation, Libris Translate shows the estimated cost, and a budget per book makes it switch to a cheaper provider, or pause, before going over. How the AI book translator works, from import to EPUB.

Studio, 29 € a month or 290 € a year, gives three accounts and 3 000 000 words a month; Pro, on quote, gives ten accounts and 12 000 000 words a month.

Before choosing a model: Models and costs · Estimate before you start · Compare providers · Pricing

What it does not do

  • Libris Translate writes a first draft for human review. It does not replace a translator: publish nothing that nobody has read.
  • You need the translation rights to the text: your own work, a contract with the rightsholder, or a work in the public domain.
  • Libris Translate runs on your own server, or one your IT provider runs for you. A hosted version is planned but not available yet.
  • Plan the translator's revision in your schedule and your costs, and credit it. Some ebook stores ask you to declare AI-assisted content.

What you can translate · Libris and the alternatives

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