Getting Started with Translation
This is the shortest complete path through Translation, from an empty home screen to a downloaded file. Each step names the control you press and says what happens next.
- The documents must already be in Judicio. See Uploading Files.
- A run is charged per page, so you need credits for the pages you select. The estimate is quoted before anything starts. See Credits Explained.
Open Translation
Click Translation in the left sidebar. The home screen asks "What would you like to translate today?" and, underneath, offers three ways to orient yourself: Watch demo plays the same loop shown above, Take tour walks you through the screen in place, and View guide opens this documentation in a new tab.
Below the heading sits a three-step trail: Pick documents, Choose a language, Review and run. Step one is highlighted as the current step from the first frame, because a translation cannot start without files. To the right of the trail, a read-only chip echoes the jurisdiction set in the top bar. Translation runs are not scoped by jurisdiction, but that setting decides which languages are promoted to the top of the language list.
Under the trail is the file band: a dashed box reading "Choose the documents to translate" with the note "You pick the target language next." Translation has no composer, so this band is the whole of the empty state.
Choose your documents and a language
In the file band, click Choose files to open the shared Files panel on its Files tab, or Upload to open it with the upload surface ready. You pick documents in that panel, not on the Translation page. Ticking a file adds it to the run.
The band fills in as you go: it summarises the selection as a count of files and pages, swaps its two buttons for Add more and Clear all, and lists a chip per file with a remove control on each. Translation accepts up to 10 files in one run, which is a lower cap than most other tools. From the eighth file onward the band shows a running readout, "8 of 10", so the ceiling never arrives as a surprise.
A configuration card then appears, headed with the number of documents selected and the note "Set a language and a page range on each. Change one at the top to apply to all." Open the Target language dropdown at the top right of that card and pick a language. It applies to every file at once, which is what the "apply to all" caption beside it means.
Each file also gets its own card, showing its name, a blue badge with the source language Judicio detected for it, its page count, and its own Translate into dropdown. Change that dropdown to send one file somewhere different from the rest.
Translate all pages, or a range
Under Translate pages, each file starts on All pages. Select Custom range to translate only part of it. A picker appears with a two-handle slider and a Start page and End page box, and a summary line above them confirming the choice, for example "Pages 1–9 of 9 · 9 pages".
Both edges are clamped to the document, so you cannot set a range that runs past the last page or invert itself. If the page count has not arrived yet the picker says "Loading page count…" and the run is held until it does.
At the foot of the card, a line reads how many pages you have selected across how many documents. Beside it are two buttons: Clear selection, which empties the run and clears the underlying file selection, and the primary button, which names the page total. Select 12 pages and it reads "Translate 12 pages". It never names the language.
Confirm the estimate
Pressing that button does not start the run. It fetches an estimate and opens the Confirm translation modal, which is your last look before anything is charged.
The modal lists every selected document with its page count, shows a Target language card naming the language or languages of the run, gives an Estimated time with the reminder "Runs in the background. You can continue working.", and shows an Estimated cost in credits alongside your remaining balance. There is no Deep Mode toggle here.
Press Start translation to begin, or Cancel to go back to the setup card with your selection intact. If your balance will not cover the run, the modal says so and the start button stays disabled.
Judicio translates every page
The screen moves to the Translation history view on its In progress tab. Your run is a row there, with its target language, page count, start time, and a progress bar carrying a stage label and a running page count.
A note under the table confirms the rest: "Translation is running in the background. You'll be notified when it's ready." You can leave the page. To stop a run, use the stop control at the end of its row, or open the row and press Stop translation.
When the run finishes it moves to the Completed tab, tagged NEW. Click the row to open the result.
Review it against the source
The result screen is a reader for the translated pages, headed "Document translation" with the page count and the file name.
Step through it with the Page controls in the middle of the toolbar. Press Search (or Cmd/Ctrl+F) to find a phrase and jump between matches. Press View source to open the original PDF beside the translation. The two panes scroll together, so moving one moves the other to the matching place. The button becomes Hide source to close it again.
If any pages failed, a warning names exactly which ones are missing and tells you to retry the translation to fill the gaps.
Export or save it
Two actions sit at the top right of the result screen.
Export opens the Export translation modal: choose PDF or Word (.docx), edit the file name, check the preview, and press Download.
Save to Judicio does the other thing: it puts a PDF copy of the translation back into your File Library, in a folder you choose, so it lives next to the source document rather than in your downloads.
Next steps
- Translating Documents - every control on the setup screen in full.
- Reviewing Translations - the result screen and what to check.
- Downloading Results - the export modal and Save to Judicio.
- FAQ - answers and troubleshooting.