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Layout-preserving translation
Claude OpenAI Gemini DeepL

Translate any book.
Into any language.

Drop an InDesign .idml. Pick target languages — a different model per language if you want. Get a re-packed file back with the original layout intact — every paragraph in the same place, every style preserved.
Hours, not weeks.

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IDML in, IDML out · Invite editors per language · Every change tracked
21 Translate / dashboard
live · 1 job running

Active translations

3 jobs · 506 pages
01
Anatomy of Drawing — Vol. 3 248 pp · idml
EN → SV Claude
complete100%
just now
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Anatomy of Drawing — Vol. 3 248 pp · idml
EN → SV Claude
translating0%
~6 min left
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Composition Fundamentals 176 pp · idml
EN → ES DeepL
queued0%
~2 min
Caption · 9/11 pt

42 Anatomy of Drawing
H1 · Display 22/26 pt

Body · 11/15 pt

Chapter 3 43
sv Claude · spread re-packed verbatim
How it works

Four steps. No layout rework.

01

Upload an .idml

Drop an InDesign IDML export. Up to 500 MB. Text and layout get extracted into structured chunks. Source language is auto-detected.

02

Pick targets & models

Add one or more target languages. Pick a different provider per language — Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, or DeepL. Add per-project notes for formality and brand terms.

03

Translate by chunk

Each section is translated independently with retry-on-fail. Resumable and cancellable — one chunk failing doesn't abort the batch.

04

Review with your team

Invite editors by email and pin them to specific projects + target languages. They see only what's theirs. Every edit is tracked against the AI baseline — revert anything with one click, then download a re-packed IDML.

Teams

Bring your translators. Don't blow up your account.

Per-project, per-language

Pin an editor to "Book A · SV" and another to "Book A · DE". Each sees only what they were handed — no dashboard noise, no risk of touching the wrong file.

Change tracking, built in

The AI's first pass is preserved as a baseline. Editor saves get an "edited" marker; flip Show changes to read the original under each edit. One-click revert when the human is wrong.

Their own workspace, too

Freelance translators keep a personal admin workspace and can be members of yours, your competitor's, and three publishers' all at once. A switcher in the sidebar flips contexts; the rest of the app re-scopes.

The output

A spread, verbatim.

Every paragraph keeps its position, its style, and its surrounding context. Body type stays body type — same leading, same tracking — only the language changes. Your designer opens the .idml and recognises it.

  • Paragraph and character styles preserved
  • Master pages, swatches, table styles untouched
  • Resumable jobs — one chunk failing doesn't abort the batch
  • Per-language notes appended to the translation prompt
Specimen №12 p. 42
On the gesture line
enEnglish · source

Notice how the gesture carries weight from the shoulder, through the rib cage, and resolves at the standing hip. The whole figure is balanced on roughly six centimetres of paper — and yet it reads.

Claude · sv
svSwedish · translated

Lägg märke till hur gestlinjen bär tyngd från axeln, genom bröstkorgen, och stannar vid det stående höften. Hela figuren balanseras på ungefär sex centimeter papper — och ändå läses den.

style preserved · Body 11/15 pt idml

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