Translation at Scale with AI

Use AI to translate campaign and organizing content into more languages with a human-review workflow for reaching multilingual communities.

What this playbook covers

Translation can help campaigns reach more communities, but quality depends on knowing the community, using a consistent glossary and voice, and incorporating native-speaker review before publication.

Workflow steps

  1. Step 1: Know your community's languages

    Complete this step with the relevant source material, document the decision, and keep a responsible person in the review loop before moving forward.

  2. Step 2: Identify your highest-priority content

    Complete this step with the relevant source material, document the decision, and keep a responsible person in the review loop before moving forward.

  3. Step 3: Choose your translation tool and understand why

    Complete this step with the relevant source material, document the decision, and keep a responsible person in the review loop before moving forward.

  4. Step 4: Build a project or memory for consistency

    Complete this step with the relevant source material, document the decision, and keep a responsible person in the review loop before moving forward.

  5. Step 5: Write a translation prompt

    Complete this step with the relevant source material, document the decision, and keep a responsible person in the review loop before moving forward.

  6. Step 6: Run the first-pass translation

    Complete this step with the relevant source material, document the decision, and keep a responsible person in the review loop before moving forward.

  7. Step 7: Run a reverse-translation check

    Complete this step with the relevant source material, document the decision, and keep a responsible person in the review loop before moving forward.

  8. Step 8: Get native-speaker review

    Complete this step with the relevant source material, document the decision, and keep a responsible person in the review loop before moving forward.

  9. Step 9: Publish and track

    Complete this step with the relevant source material, document the decision, and keep a responsible person in the review loop before moving forward.

  10. Step 10: Run the workflow continuously

    Complete this step with the relevant source material, document the decision, and keep a responsible person in the review loop before moving forward.

Quality and oversight

Verify factual claims against primary sources, respect data and tool policies, and use AI to support—not replace—human judgment, approval, and accountability.