AI & POST-EDITING IN NUMBERS

50k

Words managed per month for Ganni as they scaled into France, Germany, and Korea using AI-assisted post-editing

2.7M

Words localised for Finnish Design Shop through a calibrated mix of AI, post-editing, and human localisation

Here’s what our clients have to say

Backed by results. Built for teams like yours.

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We have been working with Locaria for over one year now and our collaboration has been a value-adding experience. They have been providing us with all-round, data-driven linguistic support on all segments of our marketing campaigns, from email marketing and blog posts to multilingual SEO.

Sian Nash Brand Marketing Manager
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We've been working with Locaria for more than 6 months now and we can tell you that we are fully satisfied with the service. The translations are qualitative and the deadlines are really reasonable. We can count on the team.

Bianca Teulère International Editorial Coordinator
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Locaria is our go-to partner for all our localisation needs. They have a responsive and consultative staff that delivers high-quality translations in a timely manner. We can always trust that our projects are handled with care and detail.

Zenas Wilson Senior Operations Manager
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Locaria has been instrumental in helping us to achieve our objective of launching five multi-lingual brand websites simultaneously. Their approach to localisation and account management is rigorous and they have proved to be a valuable partner for our global team.

Guy Chambers Head of Digital
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It has been fantastic working with Locaria on our translation and email projects. Their flexibility, understanding of our needs and quick turnaround times have helped us deliver strong results. We look forward to continued collaboration with the team.

Vivek Khandelwal Head of eCommerce & Digital Marketing
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We selected Locaria, to deliver Simplified Chinese, German and Italian and we were delighted with their speed of response, flexibility and the quality of their translations. We also co-designed a new update process with Locaria and we can now easily keep our site up to date and fresh.

VP, Digital and IT
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Thanks to their teams based in different countries and their business model, they have always delivered high quality services to our company. We recommend Locaria to those businesses that want to increase their efficiency in processes and the quality of their translations.

Hector Montero International Operations Manager
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No one has been more helpful, honest and creative than your team from Locaria. Our relationship goes back a couple of years now and I want to thank you all for your willingness to help us build this business from the ground up.

Managing Director, International Sales

How we work

AI MOVES FAST. LOCARIA’S EXPERT LINGUISTS MAKE SURE IT MOVES IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

A Framework That Matches Methodology to Risk

AI localisation with human review is not one workflow. It is a decision framework. Locaria’s Tiered Quality Governance model assigns the right methodology to each content type based on risk level, complexity, and volume.

High-volume, low-risk content (product descriptions, FAQs, structured data, etc.) gets the speed and cost efficiency of AI with a light human pass. Brand content gets closer human oversight. Campaigns built around cultural nuance or emotional storytelling bypass automation entirely.

Your budget goes where quality matters most. Not spread evenly across content that doesn’t need it.

Why Human Post-Editing Is a Specialist Skill

AI translation has improved significantly. LLMs in particular produce fluent, grammatically confident output. That confidence is also the problem. Subtle brand inconsistencies and factual errors are far harder to spot when the surrounding text reads well.

Locaria’s post-editors train specifically for this. They correct tone, restore cultural alignment, and surface the errors that surface-level fluency conceals. The result is output that performs in-market, not just output that reads correctly.

The Right Engine for Every Language Pair and Content Type

Locaria continuously assesses and tracks the performance of both Neural Machine Translation engines and Large Language Models across language pairs, content verticals, and output quality. No single engine leads across every combination.

Engine selection is determined by language pair and content type, not by default. For major European languages and general marketing content, DeepL performs consistently well. For Asian language pairs, regionally specialised engines such as Tencent, Baidu, and Jais capture syntax and grammatical nuance that general-purpose models miss.

That selection process is ongoing. Engine performance shifts as models update. Locaria tracks that movement so your content is always processed by the best-performing option for its specific context, not the most convenient one.

Content Governance

Where AI Works Harder. Where Humans Take Over.

Low-Risk / High-Volume

For structured, repetitive content (product descriptions, FAQs, data-led copy) we deploy machine translation or LLMs followed by light-touch human post-editing. You get fast turnaround and measurable cost reduction without compromising accuracy.

Medium-Risk / Human-in-the-Loop

For general brand content, AI accelerates the drafting process. This tier requires careful human review and clear accountability at every stage, ensuring the output aligns with your tone of voice before it reaches any market.

High-Risk / Human Craftsmanship

Brand-sensitive campaigns, emotive storytelling, and mission-critical content bypass AI entirely. These require human-only transcreation to deliver the cultural intelligence and brand safety that automation cannot guarantee.

Not sure which methodology your content needs? How we helped Sally Beauty reduce translation costs while growing organic search shows the tiered approach in practice.

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WHITEPAPER

The Challenges and Opportunities of AI in Multilingual Content

Understanding where AI adds measurable value in content localisation, and where it introduces risk, is the question every global content team is navigating right now. This paper sets out the full picture, including where human expertise remains non-negotiable.

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FAQs

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Does Locaria use AI for every project?

No. Locaria applies AI and Machine Translation to simple, high-volume content, such as e-commerce product descriptions. For complex, emotional, or creative marketing campaigns, human-led localisation and transcreation remain the approach.

Why do you still need a human if the AI translation is good?

Modern Neural Machine Translation can produce grammatically correct output, but it lacks fine-tuning. AI struggles to capture your brand tone of voice, specialised vocabulary, and audience nuances. A human expert reviews and corrects the machine output through Human Post-Editing (HPE), ensuring the result is tailored for your audience.

What's the difference between post-editing an LLM and post-editing standard machine translation?

Post-editing content from Large Language Models (like ChatGPT) is more challenging than post-editing standard NMT tools (like Google Translate or DeepL). LLMs can read exceptionally well, but they’re prone to factual inaccuracies and inconsistencies that are harder for a human editor to catch than typical linguistic or grammatical errors.

Will using AI translation cut our costs significantly?

Not as much as you might expect. Machine translation still requires human intervention across the process, including:

  • File preparation and setup
  • Continuous human review and quality assurance
  • Project management and planning

Because this human oversight is necessary to guarantee final quality, Locaria is transparent with procurement teams that cost savings may be more modest than initially anticipated if high standards are maintained.

What is Locaria's overall approach called?

Locaria’s methodology is “human-in-the-loop” (HILP): combining the speed and scalability of AI with the cultural nuance and emotional intelligence of human experts. This hybrid approach is designed to achieve near 100% content accuracy while protecting the richness of language.

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