The original layout, untouched
The document isn't rebuilt: the translation sits on the PDF's own page or inside the same Word or PowerPoint file. Pictures, tables, colours and layout stay as they were, and Word and PowerPoint files stay editable.
SMART TRANSLATION
Smart translation is AI, plus an engine that checks it.
A machine translator translates text; Goftito translates documents. The translating is done by AI, but before and after it the Goftito engine reads the file's structure, checks every figure and reference against the original, repairs what is wrong on its own and hands the file back in its own layout.
Five things that happen behind every translation
AI is only one of these five steps; the other four are the Goftito engine's work.
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Step 01
Reading the structure
The document is broken into small pieces, and each one's place, style and role (heading, table cell, footnote, figure label) is recorded. Scanned pages and the text inside pictures are read too.
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Step 02
Translating in context
The pieces of a paragraph go to the AI together, with the paragraphs around them, so sentences come out whole and fluent rather than word by word. Your glossary and the translation mode are followed.
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Step 03
Quality checks
Every passage is checked against its original: figures, references, web addresses, emails and identifiers must match, and a passage left empty, untranslated or repeated is found too.
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Step 04
Automatic repair
A faulty passage is translated again with its exact problem spelled out, and the new version replaces the old only if it is better.
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Step 05
Rebuilding the layout
The translation is written where the original text was, and the file comes back in its own format. When the writing direction changes, the layout is mirrored too.
What you see in the translated file
The right direction for each language
From English into Persian or Arabic and back, table columns and the places of pictures are mirrored too; the pictures themselves are never flipped.
Every figure checked
Figures, references, addresses and emails are compared with the original, and a faulty passage is translated again before delivery.
Your own translation memory
Text you translated once comes back from memory in your next document, even in another format; a paragraph fully in memory isn't charged again.
Scans and pictures too
Scanned pages and the text inside pictures are read and translated like the rest of the document.
Glossary and translation mode
Your glossary's terms are followed, and the translation mode (technical, medical, legal, academic and more) uses that field's own language.
Three ways to translate a document
Traditional translationFree online translator
Goftito
GoftitoThe file's layout
Traditional
The text is usually typed into a new file; laying it out again is separate work and often costs extra.
Free online translator
Either you get the text back, or a file whose layout is broken, especially in a PDF.
Goftito
The same file with the same tables, pictures and layout; only the text is translated.
Right-to-left and left-to-right
Traditional
Mirroring tables and pictures is done by hand when the pages are laid out.
Free online translator
The text is set right-to-left, but tables and pictures stay where they were.
Goftito
Table columns and the places of pictures are mirrored too, not only the text's direction.
Figures, references and names
Traditional
Checked by the translator reading it through.
Free online translator
Nothing checks it; a figure or name that is dropped or changed goes unnoticed.
Goftito
Compared with the original automatically, and a faulty passage is translated again.
Consistent terms
Traditional
It depends on the translator's care and memory; a glossary you provide is followed.
Free online translator
Without your glossary; a term may come out differently on every page.
Goftito
Your glossary and your translation memory are followed across the whole document.
Scans and image PDFs
Traditional
The text has to be typed again.
Free online translator
Often it isn't read at all, or only raw text comes back.
Goftito
The page is read and the translation is written on the same page.
Time
Traditional
Usually a few days, depending on size and queue.
Free online translator
Seconds, but the output still needs editing and laying out.
Goftito
Usually minutes, with a finished file.
Cost
Traditional
A price after a quote, usually per page or per word.
Free online translator
Free; the cost is the time you spend fixing and laying it out.
Goftito
An estimate before it starts; only what is used is charged.
Certified translation
Traditional
Yes; only a certified translation office.
Free online translator
No.
Goftito
No; for an official document, go to a certified translation office.
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01 How is smart translation different from free online translators?
They translate text; Goftito translates documents. The file's structure is read, every paragraph is translated in context, figures, references and names are checked against the original, problems are repaired automatically, and the file comes back in its own layout.
02 So the AI doesn't do the translating?
It does; the text is translated by AI language models. The difference is the work before and after: on its own, AI neither keeps the file's layout nor sees its own mistakes, and those two jobs are the Goftito engine's.
03 What exactly do the automatic quality checks look at?
Figures, references such as [4], web addresses, emails and identifiers must be the same in the translation, and a passage left empty, untranslated, repeated or carrying its neighbour's text is found. Formulas are protected from the start, and every faulty passage is translated again automatically.
04 Does it replace a human translator?
For most business, technical and scientific documents it gives a finished result. For text that will be published or has legal weight, we recommend having a specialist in the field read it once, and a certified translation is only ever the work of a certified translation office.
05 Which files does it translate?
PDF (text and scanned), Word, PowerPoint, images (JPG, PNG, WEBP and TIFF), SRT and VTT subtitles, and text you paste on the page.
06 How long does it take?
Most documents are ready in minutes, and long or scanned ones take longer. You can follow the progress, and the translation carries on if you close the page.
07 Which languages does it translate?
10 languages: English, Persian, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Arabic and Turkish, from any of them into any other. When the writing direction changes, for example from English into Persian or Arabic, the document's layout is mirrored too.
08 How is the cost worked out?
The cost is estimated before it starts, and when it finishes only what was actually used comes off your credit. Text you translated before comes back from your translation memory and isn't charged again.
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