AI translates fast, but in a contract or a technical manual a translation error is not just a typo: it can change an obligation, a specification or a safety warning, and the tool is not accountable for it. These are the main risks and how to avoid them without giving up AI.
Tools such as DeepL, Google Translate or ChatGPT produce fluent texts that look correct, and that is the problem: the errors are not visible at first glance. In legal documents, an inaccurate translation can change who is bound to what, by when or under what conditions. In technical documents, it can alter a measurement, a tolerance, a part number or a safety warning. In addition, AI can omit sentences, add content that is not in the original or translate the same term in different ways within the same document. And the tool is not accountable for those errors: the consequences fall on whoever signs, publishes or submits the translated document. On top of that, a machine translation has no official validity on its own when it has to be submitted to an official body. The solution is not to stop using AI, but to have a professional review the result: that is what we do with our AI translation quality control.
Obligations, deadlines, guarantees or liabilities whose scope changes in translation.
Measurements, units, part numbers or warnings altered in manuals, data sheets and instructions.
What happens to your documents depends on each tool's terms; check them before uploading sensitive information.
A machine translation has no official validity on its own before courts, notaries or public authorities.
A professional and sworn translation team that works with technical and legal documentation and knows where machine translation tends to fail: terms with no equivalent, obligations, figures, units and warnings. We review your AI translation against the original, correct whatever is necessary 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 technical and legal documentation translated with AI in the same language combinations we translate; if you don't see yours, ask us.
These are the errors we find most often when reviewing technical and legal documentation translated with AI. They all have one thing in common: the text sounds right, but it does not say the same as the original.
Legal concepts or technical terms with no literal translation, which AI translates word for word.
The difference between what must be done and what may be done, which changes the scope of a clause or an instruction.
Measurements, tolerances, decimal separators and conversions that are altered without anyone noticing.
Notices, precautions and prohibitions that are toned down, reversed or lost.
Sentences or sections that disappear, or content that AI adds and that is not in the original.
The same term translated in several ways throughout the document.
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The risks are not the same in a contract as in a manual. That is why we adapt the review to the type of document and focus on what has the most consequences in each.
Contracts, general terms, powers of attorney, articles of association or judgments. We check that each clause commits to exactly the same in both languages and, if it is going to an official body, we deliver it as a sworn translation.
User manuals, data sheets, assembly instructions or product documentation. We check that every detail, every step and every warning says the same as the original.
A simple process: you send us the original document and the AI translation, we review it sentence by sentence and return it corrected, as a standard or sworn version depending on how you will use it.
The original document and your AI translation, preferably in an editable format.
NowWe assess the initial translation, the language and whether you need a reviewed or sworn version.
15 minWe compare it with the original, correct terminology, obligations, figures, units and warnings, and carry out a final check.
Depending on volumeIn the format you need, with the MAEC signature and stamp if sworn.
GuaranteedThere is no single rate: reviewing a short document well translated by AI is not the same as reviewing a long manual or contract 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'll reply with a price, a feasible turnaround and the recommended delivery method.
When a translated document has to take effect before a court, a notary, a registry or a public authority, a sworn translation is usually required, signed and stamped 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). An AI translation does not carry that signature or stamp. You can check authorisation by language in the Ministry's official search tool.
In technical product documentation, the applicable regulations may also require instructions and warnings to be in the language of the country where the product is marketed. What is required in each case depends on the type of product and its regulations, so it is advisable to check before publishing the translated documentation.
This information is for guidance only and does not constitute legal advice. At Trayma we check the use and destination of the document with you before issuing the final version, so we can recommend the safest delivery option and avoid requests for further documentation.
These are the technical and legal documents we most often receive translated with AI. If yours is not on the list, ask us.
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Attach the original and the AI translation and tell us what you need it for. We'll tell you whether a review is enough or you need a sworn translation, along with the fixed price and turnaround, in complete confidentiality.
Adjunta la documentación y te devolvemos presupuesto cerrado en 15 minutos, bajo confidencialidad. Sin compromiso.
