Short answer: ChatGPT is reliable for understanding a document or preparing a draft, but not for sending, signing or publishing a translation without reviewing it. It translates so fluently that its mistakes go unnoticed: it can summarise, omit or rephrase sentences, change figures or use terms that are not in the original. If the document has consequences for your company, a professional should review it against the original.
Using ChatGPT as a translator is increasingly common in companies, but ChatGPT is not a translator in the strict sense: it is a language model that generates text based on your instructions. This allows it to translate very fluently and adapt the tone, but it also explains its typical mistakes: it can summarise or rephrase instead of translating, skip sentences in long documents, change a figure, a date or a name, or use terms that sound right but are not in the original. In addition, the result may vary depending on how you ask for the translation, and long documents are usually translated in parts, which makes inconsistencies more likely. For understanding a document or preparing an internal draft, it is a very useful tool. For a contract, an offer, a report for a client or a document you are going to submit to an official body, you need a professional to check the translation against the original. That is what we do with our quality control service for AI-generated translations.
Sentences or paragraphs that disappear or get condensed.
Data that changes while the text still sounds right.
Plausible words that do not match the original.
What happens to what you upload depends on your version and settings.
A professional and sworn translation team that reviews business documents translated with ChatGPT and knows its typical mistakes: omissions, rewordings, altered figures and terms that are not in the original. We review your translation sentence by sentence, correct whatever is needed and, if it has so many errors that it is better to redo it, we tell you before we start. Personalised service from start to finish.
Select the language of your document and tell us what you need it for. We review documents translated with ChatGPT in the same language combinations we translate; if you don't see yours, ask us.
These are the business documents we review most often after they have been translated with ChatGPT. They are documents that leave the company or get signed, and where a mistake has consequences.
Obligations, deadlines and conditions you are going to sign.
Prices, conditions and deadlines you are going to commit to.
Documents for clients, partners or investors.
Important emails and letters with clients or suppliers.
Financial documentation for partners, banks or official bodies.
Technical product documentation.
When a contract translated with AI is enough and when you need a review or a sworn translation.
The complete review service for machine translations.
The key is not the tool, but what you are going to use the translation for.
Reading a document in another language, getting an idea of its content or preparing a first draft. Here ChatGPT saves time and the risk is low, as long as you do not upload confidential information without checking its terms.
Documents you are going to send to a client, sign with a partner or submit to an official body. Here a mistake puts your company at risk: we review the translation against the original and, if necessary, deliver it as a sworn translation.
A simple process: you send us the original document and the ChatGPT translation, we review it sentence by sentence and return it corrected, as a standard or sworn version depending on what you are going to use it for.
The original document and your ChatGPT translation, in an editable format if possible.
NowWe assess the starting translation, the language and whether you need a reviewed or sworn version.
15 minWe compare it with the original, recover anything omitted, correct figures, names and terminology, and carry out a final review.
Depending on volumeIn the format you need; with the MAEC signature and seal if it is sworn.
GuaranteedThere is no single rate: reviewing an email or a short offer translated well by ChatGPT is not the same as reviewing a contract or a long report that needs to be largely redone. The price is calculated based on these four factors, which is why we need to see the original and your translation before giving you a fixed figure.
Send us these four details and we will reply with the price, a feasible deadline and the recommended delivery.
When a translated document has to take effect before a court, a notary, a registry or a public administration, a sworn translation is usually required, signed and sealed by a sworn translator-interpreter authorised by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a role regulated, among other rules, by Royal Decree 724/2020 (BOE). A translation made with AI does not carry that signature or seal. You can check authorisation by language in the Ministry's official search tool.
If the document includes personal data of clients, employees or suppliers, also bear in mind data protection regulations before uploading it to any external tool, and check the terms of the version of ChatGPT you use.
This information is for guidance only and does not constitute legal advice. At Trayma we review with you the use and purpose of the document before issuing the final version, to recommend the safest type of delivery and avoid requests for corrections.
These are the business documents we most often receive translated with ChatGPT. If yours is not on the list, ask us.
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Attach the original and the ChatGPT translation and tell us what you need it for. We will tell you whether a review is enough or you need a sworn translation, along with the fixed price and the deadline, in complete confidentiality.
Adjunta la documentación y te devolvemos presupuesto cerrado en 15 minutos, bajo confidencialidad. Sin compromiso.
