Will it actually read well? Here's how we check.
Readers in Germany or Brazil don't care how a book was translated — only whether it's good. So every book passes automatic checks and a native-speaker editor before it reaches you.
- ●Native-speaker editor
- ●Six checks on every book
- ●Blind-tested against humans
The things that break a translation — checked automatically.
Then a human editor reads it for the part a checklist can't: is it good?
Names stay consistent
Every character, place and invented term spelled the same on page 3 and page 300.
Nothing left untranslated
No stray English sentences surviving into the finished book.
Numbers and dates match
Every figure, date and measurement checked against your original.
Nothing dropped
No merged, missing or collapsed paragraphs.
Meaning holds
Sample passages translated back to English and compared to yours.
Length looks right
Scenes that grow or shrink suspiciously get flagged for the editor.
We put ourselves against human translators.
Read blind
Editors get three versions of the same chapter — ours, a human translator's, and raw machine output — unlabelled, in random order.
Judged by working editors
People who edit books in that language for a living, paid for their time and not told who's asking.
Four simple scores
Does it keep the author's voice? The right tone? Read naturally? How many errors? Each scored 1–5 with reasons.
Every result published
Including any round where we come last. Picking only the good ones would make the numbers meaningless.
Round one is underway: English → German and Spanish → English, nine editors.
Full results and every score sheet go up here when it closes. Email me the results →
The best test is your own book.
Send the manuscript. Two translated chapters arrive within 24 hours, free, with no commitment.