What workflows are
A workflow chains the steps you repeat into a single run. Instead of translating, then proofreading, then exporting by hand, the workflow does the whole thing in order.
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What is a workflow?
Steps can be a translate, a proofread, a rewrite-with-an-instruction, an analysis check, or an export — chained in the order you pick. The run streams into the document live: translations land block by block, and any findings show up in the sidebar.
Should I use a template or build my own workflow?
A general Translate, proofread & polish workflow is ready to go, plus one per document type that ends in that type’s signature check — Fiction adds dialogue alternatives, Landing page adds CTA variants, Client document a glossary consistency check, and so on. Or build your own from scratch — see Building & running your own.
Can I run a workflow on a document that is already translated?
Yes — there are audit-first workflows for exactly that. Glossary review checks the translation against your glossaries and stages a suggested fix per flagged block; Quality checks flags anything a careful reviewer would want to double-check, changing nothing. The editor suggests translate-first workflows while a document still has untranslated text, and switches to the audit-first ones once it is fully translated.
Can I stop a workflow while it is running?
Yes. The Running now row has a stop button (it confirms first), and steps already applied stay applied. On a multi-step run you can also Skip this step, which ends the current step immediately and moves on to the next one — you are charged only for what that step had already finished, and the rest of the workflow keeps going.
What happens if I close the document while a workflow is running?
The run keeps going. Leave the document or reload the page and re-entering brings the progress toast back; documents with a run in flight float to the top of the dashboard list with a Workflow running badge. If the run staged findings for you, they wait in the Reviews ready panel until you open them.
Can I run a workflow on just a few blocks instead of the whole document?
Workflows always run on the whole document. Narrowing is the job of the steps themselves: a Find blocks step takes a short criterion for what to look for, and a step can be scoped to blocks matching a description or to the results of an earlier step. See building & running your own.
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