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  • Tomedes CEO Ofer Tirosh explaining the decision to price AI translation at $0.01 per word — building in public post on AI and human translation pricing philosophy

    CATEGORY / Translation services

    What AI translation costs: The decision behind Tomedes' $0.01/word rate

    Most translation companies are adding AI options without saying clearly what buyers are getting. This post is about the reasoning behind Tomedes' decision to name the tracks explicitly, set a flat AI translation rate, and launch without assumptions built in — including the parts that aren't finished yet.

    Read More 7 min read·20/07/2026
  • Side-by-side comparison of a translated app interface and a fully localized version showing date format, currency, and cultural adaptation differences

    CATEGORY / Translation services

    Localization vs. translation: The line most businesses don't see until launch

    A client asks for a translation. The brief is straightforward: take this marketing copy, this app interface, this website, and render it in another language. The project ships on schedule. Then, weeks later, a request comes in for a quality review — because something about the finished product does not feel quite right to the local market it was meant to reach. This pattern shows up often enough in Tomedes' own project data that it is no longer a one-off surprise. This piece uses that data to explain what localization actually requires, why so much of it gets requested as plain translation, and what a properly scoped brief should include before a project starts — not after it ships.

    Read More 7 min read·14/07/2026
  • A blue vector illustration in representing the global French-speaking world (La Francophonie), with arrows extending from a central globe to maps and cultural icons of France, Quebec, parts of Africa, and European regions like Switzerland or Belgium.

    CATEGORY / Translation services

    French translation varieties: A practical guide by region

    French translation varieties differ by region. A practical guide to what changes between Standard, Canadian, and African French, and why it matters.

    Read More 7 min read·10/07/2026
  • A certified marriage certificate translation document with a translator's signed certification statement for USCIS immigration submission

    CATEGORY / Translation services

    Marriage certificate translation services: Get a certified translation accepted first time

    USCIS requires a certified translation for every foreign-language marriage certificate submitted with an immigration petition. Most rejections happen not because the translation was wrong, but because it was not certified. This guide explains what that means and how to avoid it.

    Read More 9 min read·26/06/2026
  • A DTP specialist rebuilding a multilingual document layout in Adobe InDesign after translation, desktop publishing for translation

    CATEGORY / Translation services

    What is DTP in translation? The hidden step that makes multilingual documents print-ready

    Most clients who need DTP translation services encounter it for the first time on a quote, after they have already submitted a file. This article explains what DTP is, why translated documents require it, and what happens to a document that skips this step.

    Read More 13 min read·26/06/2026
  • A professional linguist reviewing AI-generated translation output on a screen, representing Tomedes' human-in-the-loop quality review workflow

    CATEGORY / Translation services

    How Tomedes AI translation works: Speed, quality, and the human layer explained

    Tomedes AI translation is not a standalone machine translation engine. It is a managed professional workflow that pairs AI speed with human expertise, built for organizations that need both scale and quality accountability in the same service.

    Read More 10 min read·19/06/2026
  • A certified birth certificate translation document alongside the original foreign-language birth certificate, with a translator's signed certification statement on a desk

    CATEGORY / Translation services

    Birth certificate translation services: Get a certified translation accepted first time

    A rejected birth certificate translation can cost you a visa cycle, an adoption deadline, or a court filing window. This guide covers exactly what type of translation is required for immigration, legal proceedings, and official submissions — and how to order one that gets accepted the first time.

    Read More 12 min read·19/06/2026
  • Tomedes quote page showing two translation service options (professional human translation and AI translation) with distinct pricing and descriptions

    CATEGORY / Translation services

    We rewrote our quote page, because "professional translation" needed to mean something again

    I made a call this week to rewrite the Tomedes quote page. Not a copy refresh, a structural change to how we describe what we sell and to whom. Here is why.

    Read More 7 min read·19/06/2026
  • A notarized translation document with an official notary seal and signed certification statement on a desk alongside a foreign-language original

    CATEGORY / Translation services

    Notarized translation services: What they are and when you need one

    Every year, people submit translated documents to government agencies, courts, and institutions — only to have them rejected. Not because the translation was inaccurate. Because the wrong type of translation was submitted. This guide explains the difference between certified and notarized translation, when each is required, and how to order the right one the first time.

    Read More 11 min read·19/06/2026
  • Split comparison showing AI translation output with highlighted error segments alongside professionally reviewed translation with quality checkmark

    CATEGORY / Translation news

    Is AI translation accurate enough for business? The 2026 guide

    AI translation in 2026 reaches approximately 96% accuracy across 133 languages. That number sounds reassuring until you do the arithmetic: on a 10,000-word document, 96% accuracy means roughly 400 words are potentially wrong. You cannot tell which 400 words without reading the whole document, and if you are reading the whole document anyway, you are already doing human review. The accuracy question is not whether AI translation is good. It is whether it is good enough for your specific document, your specific language pair, and the specific consequences of the errors it does produce. This guide answers that question by document type, with real data from peer-reviewed research and industry benchmarks.

    Read More 18 min read·04/06/2026