What Transept is
Transept is an AI translation workspace for documents. You bring in a file (or paste raw text), it splits into blocks you can translate and edit one at a time — and the things that keep a translation consistent, glossaries and styleguides, are part of the product rather than bolted on.
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Why does Transept split a document into blocks?
Most AI translation hands you a finished slab of text. Transept splits your document into blocks — paragraphs and headings — and translates each with the rest of the document for context. Page 1 reads like page 300, and you can work on any block without disturbing the others.
Inside a block you go down to the sentence: click one to edit it by hand, regenerate just it with a direction like “more formal,” or pick from alternatives. Everything around it stays put.
How does Transept keep my voice in another language?
Two things keep the voice steady across a long document. Glossaries pin terminology — names, brand terms, jargon — so it comes out the same every time. Styleguides capture tone and register in plain language, and apply on every block and every sentence.
On top of that sits Literess, the in-app assistant who knows the product and can set things up for you, and workflows, which chain the steps you repeat — translate, proofread, check, export — into one run.
How is Transept different from Google Translate or DeepL?
Those give you a translation; Transept gives you a workspace around it. The translation arrives as editable blocks with your glossary and styleguide enforced from the first sentence, plus review, comments, and export back to the format you started in. For a single sentence a plain translator is fine — the difference compounds over a long document. See Transept vs DeepL.
How many languages does Transept translate into?
Transept supports 50 languages — the ones its frontier models handle well. You can translate one document into several of them at once, and each language keeps its own glossary and styleguide. Check your pair on the Free plan before committing to a paid one.
Do I need to be a professional translator to use Transept?
No. Transept is built for professional translators and agencies, but also for content teams and writers translating their own work. The defaults are sensible on their own — a glossary and styleguide make it better, and Literess can build both for you from work you already trust.
Is my document used to train AI models?
No. Your content is never used to train AI models, and the app and database are hosted in Germany under GDPR. See Privacy & your data.
Still stuck? Ask Literess in the app, or write to [email protected].