Your whole book, translated in your own voice
AI book translation powered by our Socrates Engine. Upload your manuscript and get it back translated, with the same names, terms and style from first chapter to last. Try a free sample of about five pages and see the exact price before you pay.
Translate between any two of English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Arabic, Japanese and Hebrew.
Basic plan delivers within1 business dayFrom authors who translated their books with Targum.
“I never believed I'd read myself in another language. It's like looking in a mirror and seeing a version of myself somewhere else. Right now my book is with readers in the United States, England, and Italy, all at the click of a button.”
“I have no words. I didn't think something like this was possible.”
“Writing my thesis in Hebrew was much easier and faster, and the English translation was professional. I saved hours of work and received a better result than I could have produced myself.”
From manuscript to translated book
Translation, review and quality checks follow the plan you choose.
Style, chapters, names and terminology.
Translate every chapter, then fix what the checks find.
Improve phrasing while preserving meaning.
Check every change against the original, so the meaning holds.
Review rhythm, idioms and expressions.
Check consistency across chapters.
Read the quality report and resolve any questions.
Download the files included in your plan.
Not sure yet? Try it on a few pages. Start with a free sample
Targum maps your chapters, headings and paragraphs, then rebuilds the translation in the same structure.
Before translating, Targum builds a profile of your book (voice, tone, names and terms) and translates every chapter with it. On Pro+ and MAX, each chapter is then checked against the original for any shift in meaning.
Characters, places, terms and relationships stay consistent in every chapter, fiction or nonfiction, because Targum carries the book's context from start to finish.
We compared several pages from two books with DeepL and TranslateABook. Read the pages side by side, with green and red highlights and notes.
A literary translator’s blind score
A literary translator’s blind score
Choose the plan that suits your manuscript. See the exact price before you pay.
About five pages translated, so you can judge the quality for yourself.
Free
No credit card neededNo commitmentTranslated from your own manuscriptThe sample is translated at a level between Pro and Pro+ The free sample skips the analysis stage and final passes that MAX adds. The analysis alone costs tens of dollars per book, so it is not part of a free sample. Each paid plan lists the passes it includes.
The fastest way to get your whole book translated.
Two translation modelsA book profile of names, terms and voice, built before translation startsConsistent names, genders, and placesConsistent terminologyDocument formatting preservedDelivered within one business dayEverything in Basic, plus an MQM-style check of every chapter against the original, with repairs, and 4 cover designs.
Three translation models instead of twoAutomatic error correctionConsistent names, genders, and placesConsistent terminologyA book profile of names, terms and voice, built before translation startsEditing for flow, meaning and anything that sounds translated4 cover designs based on your book's content and target audienceDocument formatting preservedDelivered within 2–3 business daysFor an edition you'll send to agents or publishers.
Our full set of translation modelsUpfront analysis of characters, terminology, and voiceConsistent names, genders, and placesLocked terminology and a book-specific glossaryEvery correction is reviewed before it goes into the manuscriptDocument formatting preservedDelivered within 5–7 business daysAfter delivery, we'll fix anything you find, anywhere in the book.
A chat translates one passage at a time, so names, tone and register drift from chapter to chapter. Targum studies the whole manuscript first and keeps those choices the same to the last page.
Try it on about five pages of your own manuscript before you pay for the whole book.
Human translatorPriceFreeOne-time price, shown before you payQuote per projectTimeChapter by chapter, pasted in by hand1 to 7 business days, by planMonthsQualityForgets characters, changes gender, loses context between chapters, and flattens the voice.The same names, terms and voice from the first chapter to the last, with editing and quality checks that depend on your plan.Excellent when the translator is excellent, but expensive, slow, and dependent on one person's schedule.“I never believed I'd read myself in another language… all at the click of a button.”
— Nimrod SofrinA translator, an editor or a professional reader can give your book a final polish before it reaches readers abroad.
Read the finished book yourself, too.
Every plan starts with a profile of your book, so names, terms and voice stay the same throughout. Pro+ adds editing and an MQM-style check of every chapter against the original, and MAX adds a review of the whole book by specialized AI agents.
Looking for a publisher abroad? We can also introduce you to a literary agency.
Targum is an AI book translation service for authors. DeepL, Google Translate and ChatGPT work on one passage at a time. Targum studies the whole manuscript first, then keeps names, terms and voice the same in every chapter. In a blind test on On the House, a literary translator scored Targum's English 9.4 out of 10 and DeepL's 5.5.
Pro+ and MAX edit the translation and check every chapter against the original, and MAX is built for an edition you send to agents and publishers. In a blind test on On the House, a literary translator scored Targum's English 9.4 out of 10, against 5.5 for DeepL. Start with a free sample and judge the result on your own book.
The system studies rhythm, register, humor and implied meaning before it translates. On Pro+ and MAX, it then checks the translated chapters against the original and corrects changes in meaning.
Any pair of English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Arabic, Japanese and Hebrew, in either direction. Not sure about your pair? Contact us.
Upload a DOCX or TXT file. Your account shows the translation files available for your order, which may include TXT, EPUB and PDF depending on the plan and source file.
Delivery time depends on manuscript length, plan, required approvals and system load. Estimates by plan: Basic within one business day, Pro+ within 2–3 business days, and MAX within 5–7 business days. You can track progress in your account.
You pay once, and there is no subscription. The price depends on manuscript length and the plan you choose, and you see the exact amount before you pay. For most books, prices run from about US$16 on the Basic plan to about US$700 on MAX.
Yes. We translate about five pages of your manuscript free of charge, so you can see exactly what you'll get. No credit card, no commitment.
Yes. The rights to your book and its translation stay yours. We use your manuscript only to translate your book and deliver it to you. We don't use it to train our models, and we don't sell it. You can ask us to delete your files; the details are in our Privacy Policy.
The system uses the manuscript's context to interpret idioms, language-specific details and cultural references. The goal is to carry the meaning across to readers in the target language. A free sample lets you see how it handles your style.
The free sample shows you the result on your own pages before you pay. After delivery, tell us anything you'd like changed and we'll fix it, anywhere in the book.
Your book goes through a translation engine with many steps. It analyzes the book and builds its profile, translates it, then rewrites, polishes and refines every passage, always true to your voice. We found that each model excels at a particular creative job, with its own taste, skill and feel for nuance, so every step runs on the model that does that job best: Claude, GPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, GLM, Grok, Mistral and Llama. The judges that check each step are chosen the same way, for the job they judge best, and a judge never comes from the same model family as the model whose writing it checks. Before translation, an AI specialist analyzes your book, and on MAX it also reviews the whole translation, so your book gets more than any single model could give it.
As a writer, I know how much trust it takes to hand over a manuscript. I founded Targum to translate books while keeping the voice and meaning their authors put into them.
Your words should still sound like you when they reach readers in another language.
I'm an author, not a programmer. I designed the process for translating complete books from my experience as a writer, AI developers built the system behind it, and I translated my own book with it.
Messages from authors whose books we delivered.
Writing a book and reaching its readers are two different jobs. A translation can help you bring your work to readers in another language.
With your approval, we can send your translated book and its overview to literary agencies. If they are interested, they may contact you about possible next steps.
We're writers too, and Targum started with our own books.
If any step is unclear, contact us and we'll walk you through your options.
Having a book translated by a professional can take months of work and a substantial budget. AI-assisted translation offers another way to prepare a manuscript for new readers.
A translated manuscript can go to readers, agents and publishers abroad. Every book's path is different, and publishing is their call.
Start with a free sample of about five pages from your own manuscript. No credit card needed.