Starting points & templates
Starting points tune a new document to the kind of text it is. Each one also comes with a matching workflow you can run in one click.
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Which workflow template should I start from?
First-time users see a “what are you translating today?” picker; returning users get it beside the dropzone as “Or pick a starting point.” Each card configures the document and clones a styleguide into your own library so you can edit it freely.
- Fiction & literary — preserves voice and rhythm; can suggest alternatives for dialogue lines.
- Landing page — adapts CTAs, keeps product names intact; can generate persuasion variants.
- Client document — strict glossary discipline; can run a whole-document consistency check.
- Help center article — clear voice, UI labels left intact; can check that labels weren’t translated.
- Legal & policy — literal preservation; can flag ambiguous clauses for human review.
- Start blank — just languages and a title.
How does a template combine translating and reviewing?
When a document still has untranslated text, the editor offers a Suggested workflow card — click through to open it in the builder, see the estimated cost, and run it. Once a template document is translated, a follow-up card walks you through a quick two-pass review (Proofread, then the template’s own check) in the one-at-a-time guided review.
Do starting points or templates cost extra?
No. Starting points and their workflows are free — you pay only for the underlying translation, at the same rate as any other document (one word per source word in Fast or Standard, three in Pro). Some cards show a Best with Pro chip; that is a suggestion, not a restriction — you can run any model you like.
Do the smart actions that come with a starting point cost words?
Mostly no. The glossary consistency check and the UI-label check are instant and free, and detecting dialogue lines or CTAs costs nothing. Generating dialogue or CTA alternatives costs words like any rewrite, and the legal clause scan is the exception — it reads the whole document with the AI, so it bills standard words, one per source word.
Can I use a starting point with a Notion or Google Drive import?
Yes. You can start a Notion or Drive import from anywhere you would start a document — the dashboard, the upload dialog, or a starting point — and importing that way applies the starting point’s settings (category, style guide, scratchpad) to the imported document. See importing.
What do I lose by starting a blank document instead of picking a starting point?
A blank document is just languages, a title, and an empty editor — no preconfigured style guide, terminology hints, or per-document guidance, and no smart action. It uses the general Smart Proofread tool, and the workflow the editor suggests is the general Translate, proofread & polish pass rather than one tuned to a document type.
Still stuck? Ask Literess in the app, or write to [email protected].