How AI Helps Interpreters & Translators
Translation agencies are squeezed on price while clients expect faster turnaround. 12² builds a post-editing pipeline connected to the agency CAT tool or file workflow: glossary/terminology control, QA checks, and a client-data policy (which engines may see which content).
Translation Post-Editing Workflow · From $3,500 + $299/mo, by team size · proposed estimate · It says it is an automated assistant whenever it talks to someone directly, and your team reviews what it drafts before it goes out.
Ai for translation agencies: the short answer.
AI can help a translator by producing a first draft with the client glossary applied, flagging low-confidence segments, checking terminology and formatting, and drafting quotes from word counts. Controlled studies show post-editing is often faster than translating from scratch, but gains vary by language pair, so a linguist still reviews every segment.
Where the hours go now.
Machine-translating first drafts with client glossaries applied
Translation agencies are squeezed on price while clients expect faster turnaround.
Flagging low-confidence segments for the linguist
Gaps and errors get caught late, when they cost more to fix.
Terminology and formatting consistency
Mistakes slip through when checks are done by eye at the end.
What it handles, and what it never does.
What it handles
- Machine-translating first drafts with client glossaries appliedIt machine-translates first drafts with client glossaries applied.
- Flagging low-confidence segments for the linguistIt flags low-confidence segments for the linguist.
- Terminology and formatting consistencyIt checks terminology and formatting consistency.
- Drafting quotes from file word countsIt drafts quotes from file word counts.
- Hand-off to your teamAnything that needs a person goes to the right person, with the details attached.
What it never does
- Make up a price or a factIt works only from the documents, records and price lists you give it. Anything it can't find goes to your team.
- Promise a resultQuestions about outcomes go to the person who does the work.
- Pretend to be a personIt says it is an automated assistant whenever it talks to someone directly.
- Send anything on its ownDrafts wait for your team's approval before anything goes out.
Built and tested on your own work.
Before handoff, we run your build on your own real examples and fix anything that misses.
- Tested on your own workBefore handoff, we run your build on your own real examples and fix anything that misses.
- Retainer, then balance on deliveryRetainer up front. Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass.
- Fixed price, scope and timelineAll three in writing before work starts. The timeline is set in your quote.
- What 12² buildsA post-editing pipeline connected to the agency CAT tool or file workflow: glossary/terminology control, QA checks, and a client-data policy (which engines may see which content).
- How it connectsWe confirm how it connects to your agency CAT tool or file workflow: glossary/terminology control on the first call and write it into your quote.
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From $3,500 + $299/moSetup + monthly, by size. The monthly fee covers monitoring, fixes and re-tests for your package as your templates, documents and staff change. AI and software usage is billed at cost. Proposed starting estimates by team size, not fixed prices; the final price is in a written quote.
- Small: Small agency (1-5 linguists)From $3,500 + $299/mo. The core build for 1-5 linguists: a post-editing pipeline connected to the agency CAT tool or file workflow: glossary/terminology control, QA checks, and a client-data policy (which engines may see which content). Proposed estimate. Small tier is about the size of a 12squared.ai Proof build; monthly covers hosting, monitoring and fixes.
- Mid-size: Mid agency (6-25 linguists)From $8,500 + $649/mo. Everything in Small agency, for more users, inboxes and calendars, with hand-off rules set for each role. Proposed estimate. Mid tier is about the size of a Core build (more users, more integrations).
- Enterprise: Large LSP / enterprise (25+ linguists or in-house language team)From $20,000, custom quote. Everything in Mid agency, across locations or departments, with system integrations and a security review scoped in your custom quote. Proposed estimate. Starts near the Product build range; scope, integrations and security review set the final number. No cap.
- Retainer up front Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass. Scope, price and timeline are agreed in writing before work starts.
- You own itThe accounts, scripts, templates and data sit in your name. You can leave at any time.
- Compliance and dataClient NDAs; some content (medical, legal) carries HIPAA or confidentiality duties. No machine translation for certified or high-risk content without full human review.
Straight answers.
Will the quality drop?
Studies show gains vary by language pair and content. Every segment still gets a human linguist; we measure edit distance on your own files before scaling.
How does payment work?
Retainer up front. Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass.
How long does it take?
Timelines are set per project in the quote, after we see your systems and volume.
Are these prices final?
No. They are proposed starting estimates. You get a written custom quote after a short scoping call.
Tell us how you handle terminology and formatting consistency now.
A few lines is enough. If it's a fit we'll say so, and if it isn't we'll tell you why.
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- A free 20-minute callHow the work runs now, what gets missed, and what your team needs from it.
- A fixed quoteYour size, scope, date and price in writing before any work starts.
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