Review and correct a translation

Every translation in Muvo is a draft until someone on your team has read it. The translation editor shows each paragraph of the original next to its translation, so you can check them one by one, correct what needs it and then mark the language ready to publish. Reviewing and writing by hand are always free.

The original next to the translation

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   Open the artwork from Artworks.

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   Pick the language in the language row above the text. Each language shows its state: Empty, Draft, Complete, Published or Out of date.

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   Read each row: the original on the left, the translation on the right.

The original, labelled with your main language and original, takes about two fifths of the width and cannot be edited here. The translation takes the other three fifths and works like any paragraph in the editor, with its character counter, its play button and its … menu. On a phone the two are stacked, original first.

Each translated paragraph is tied to one paragraph of the original and follows its order. To split, merge or move paragraphs, do it in the main language; the translation follows.

Correct or write a translation by hand

Click any translated paragraph and type. Changes are saved automatically, like in the main language. If the paragraph already had audio, the audio becomes Out of date and you need to generate or record it again.

You do not need AI translation at all. When a language has no text yet, the editor shows There is no text in … yet with two buttons: Translate everything with AI, which shows its cost, and Write it myself. Choose Write it myself to get an empty box next to every paragraph of the original and type your own translation. A tour's welcome text is always translated this way.

In each translated paragraph's … menu you also find Clear the translation to empty it and, in artworks, Translate again with AI to redo just that paragraph. Retranslating costs credits and you see the cost first; see Translate an artwork with AI.

A translation over the limit

Translations are often longer than the original. Each paragraph has the same character limit in every language, 800 by default. When a translated paragraph goes over it, its border turns red, the counter shows how many characters are over the limit, and a red message explains it.

If the AI translation of a paragraph came out too long even condensed, Muvo puts it in the paragraph anyway so you do not start from nothing, and does not charge for it.

When the original changes

If someone edits a paragraph of the original after it was translated, its translation is marked Out of date with a yellow label and the message The original changed after this paragraph was translated. Check the translation. A notice on top counts how many paragraphs are affected.

If a paragraph of the original is deleted, its translation moves to the end under Paragraphs whose original was deleted. It cannot be edited there; delete it from its … menu with Delete.

Mark the language ready to publish

Each translation has a Ready to publish switch above the text. It starts off, and while it is off the translation stays a draft even when it is complete: Publish releases the main language and only the translations marked ready.

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   Check every paragraph and fix anything out of date or over the limit.

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   Generate or record the audio of every paragraph, and listen to it.

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   Turn on Ready to publish.

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   Press Publish in the artwork's header. It tells you which languages will go out and which are still waiting for review.

The switch can only be turned on once every paragraph has text and audio, nothing is out of date and nothing is over the limit. If the translation changes later and loses text or audio, it stays marked but is not published until it is complete again. See Publish and versions.