Machine translation post-editing is the most efficient option for organizations that need to translate large volumes of content quickly while maintaining a professional quality standard.
It is not the right choice for every type of content. It is the right choice for content where speed and scale matter more than stylistic precision, and where a professional linguist reviewing the output is still part of the process.
Post-editing is not proofreading a machine translation and hoping for the best. It is a professional linguistic discipline. A trained linguist reviews machine-generated output against the source content, corrects errors in meaning and terminology, adjusts phrasing that reads as unnatural or culturally inappropriate, and ensures the final translation meets a defined quality standard.
A Note on Transparency
One of the more uncomfortable realities of the current language market is that many organizations receiving translations do not know how much of the work was done by a machine and how much by a human. Some vendors do not disclose this. Some platforms make it structurally impossible to know.
Localipsum discloses the method on every project. When post-editing is the approach, you know it. When full human translation is the approach, you know it. And when you need documentation confirming human involvement, Certifiably Human provides it.
