Translate audio in Smartcat

Open your workspace and click on Translate a File.

That will open the project creation tab.

• Specify both the source and target languages.

• Select your audio file from the computer.

• Click Translate files.

Check the all supported file formats by Smartcat here.

An Overview tab will open, where you can view the workflow stages. When the progress bar of the AI translation workflow stage reaches 100%, it signifies completion, and you can now open your file in Smartcat Editor. 

Another option for working with your audio file in Smartcat is to upload your file to an existing project.

1. Open your project.

2. Navigate to the Files tab and click on the Upload button.

3. Then select Upload documents from the drop-down menu.

Select your file from the computer and click Finish. You can upload multiple files at once.

Open your file from the Files tab. As you can see, the editing area is divided into segments.

Edit your translation if necessary. Below the editing area, you'll find various tabs.

• History. Monitor the edit history of your file.

• QA check. Check the Quality Assurance tab for inaccuracies if there are any. You can also track errors via the orange warning sign on the right of the segment.

• Segment comments & document comments. Add comments to specific text segments or an entire document for other assignments.

• Preview. View the preview of your audio file in the respective tab. The preview automatically displays the selected text segment within the source file.

Review and confirm one segment after another by clicking on the checkbox on the right of the text segment.

To confirm all segments at once, click on the checkbox icon in the toolbar.

Once the review and edit of your AI translation is complete, click the Done button in the Editor and download your resulting file in DOCX format. You can export your file in TMX, XLIFF, or CSV if you choose the Special formats option in the dropdown menu.

A good idea would be to assign the review of the translation to another linguist. Smartcat allows you to assign tasks to a human reviewer within the platform.

If are working with your translation in the Smartcat Editor, follow these steps:

To invite a reviewer, go to the Tasks tab. Select the Post-editing task.

Click Invite. In the following pop-up, you can choose from various options:

• AI suggestions. Smartcat AI analyzes content and selects the most suitable suppliers from a marketplace of over 500,000 vetted linguistic reviewers based on various criteria including ratings, reviews, and completed projects.

Hover over a profile to view concise statistics.

After you have selected a suitable reviewer, click the Send Invitations button. The reviewer will receive an invitation. Check the invitation status in the tasks tab.

• Agencies. Find the vendor on the Smartcat Marketplace and save it to your agencies list.

• Human linguistic reviewers. Use search criteria to find a reviewer that best suits your needs.

• My team. Select a reviewer from your team

• My agencies. Select a vendor from your saved agencies.

• Via email. Enter the email and specify the role of the specialist you want to invite to your project. In additional options, you can select the rate and enter the invitational message.

• Via link. Generate an invitational link for a reviewer. As in the previous option, you can specify the role, and rate and write a message.

After assigning a reviewer, you can track the task's progress in the Overview tab. To communicate with assigned reviewers, you can use the in-built chat. Access the chat via the message icon in your Workspace.