INTERVIEW TRANSLATION

Let’s translate an interview.

YOUR TRANSLATION PATH

Every stage, in view.

RECONCILIATION COMPARES

Original transcript+Forward translation+Blind back-translation→Proposed translation

The original anchors the decision. Back-translation sees translated text only. You approve the final wording.

OFFLINE DEMO · Fictional data with minor, major, and critical examples. No AI call or API key is used.

Translating…

FOR QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWS

Keep the voice.
Make the meaning clear.

A guided workspace for translating interview data,
resolving discrepancies, and recording your decisions.

FIRST TIME HERE?

See it work in 30 seconds

Explore all three translation stages and three levels of review flags. No key or payment.

READY WITH YOUR DATA?

Translate my transcript

Add your file or paste text. We’ll guide you through each step.

REVIEW FLAGSMinor · wording / nuanceMajor · meaning / terminologyCritical · essential distortion

Open a saved project (.json)

STEP 1 OF 5

Add your transcript.

Choose the languages, then upload a file or paste the interview.

The interview is in

Translate it into

Interview name

Upload transcriptWord (.docx), text (.txt), or Markdown · up to 8 MB

Or paste the interview here

Speaker labels and paragraph handling

Recognise speaker labels before a colon, such as “Participant A:”.

Turn this off for ordinary paragraphs that contain colons.

Your transcript stays local until you send a prompt or start automatic translation.

CHECK BEFORE TRANSLATING

Some material may sit outside the interview.

LOCAL CHECK · NO AI CALL

Review the suggestions below. Only included blocks enter translation. Nothing is removed until you confirm; excluded blocks remain in the saved project record.

Show all blocks, including the interview

This is a conservative structural check, not a guarantee of interview boundaries. Keep contextual notes or tables if they are part of your data.

Transcript preview

Check that each speaker turn or paragraph is separate. These sections stay aligned throughout translation.

STEP 2 OF 5

Choose how to translate.

Use an API for automatic translation, or your usual AI chat by copy and paste.

Before you start: follow your institution’s rules for the data you translate, whichever tool you choose.

Claude APIAutomatic · uses API credit Mistral APIAutomatic · uses API credit LE CHATMistral chatCopy and paste · no API key Other AI chatChatGPT, Claude, Copilot or any other chat · copy and paste

Connect Claude

Use the API key you created in Claude Console. This mode uses Console API credit, rather than chat usage.

API key

The key is kept only while this app is running.

ModelBlind back-translation model · optional

A different model for the back-translation can catch errors that the first model would repeat. Leave “Same model” if unsure. Temperature and reasoning effort are under Settings.

Need a Claude workspace ID?

Usually you can leave this blank. If your account requires one, enter it before connecting.

Workspace ID

Each batch is sent in three separate requests (forward, blind back-translation, reconciliation). Text is sent directly to this API provider. Use an account approved for your study.

Use Mistral chat

Open Mistral chat ↗

The copied prompt includes your interview text.

Copy instructions + interview text → paste into your AI chat and send → paste its full reply back here. No separate file upload is needed.

Which chat will you use?Model name, if shown (optional)

Use a fresh, empty conversation for every back-translation batch so the AI cannot see the original interview.

Need different models for each stage, a glossary, or study context? .

STEP 3 OF 5

Translate, then check meaning.

Danish → English → Danish

Forward translation

MANUAL

Using chat without an API

Copy instructions + interview text → paste into your AI chat → paste its full reply here.

The copied packet already contains the interview text for this batch. No separate file upload is needed.

Included in this copied packet

See the included text

BLIND BACK-TRANSLATION · Open a new, empty chat for this batch. Do not add the original interview, project files, glossary, or earlier messages.

2. Paste everything into a new AI chat and send

Open chat ↗

Wait for the full reply, then come back here.

View or copy the prompt again

Complete copied packet · instructions + text

3. Paste the full reply back here

Tool / model record

Tool and model actually used

Run just this stage

Reconciliation proposes a translation for your review. Back-translation can reveal problems; it does not prove that a translation is correct.

STEP 4 OF 5

Review the translation.

Compare each original passage with the proposed translation. A bilingual reviewer records the final wording.

Reviewer name / initials

FILTER BY SEVERITYSelect more than one to combine.

STEP 5 OF 5

Download your work.

Keep the translations, review decisions, and the record of how they were made.

ZIP

Everything in one download

The translation table, side-by-side report, saved project, prompts, model records, and review history.

To continue later, open the included project.json from the start screen.

Draft methods paragraph

Written from this project’s records for your manuscript. Check every statement and fill in the [bracketed] items. The same text is at the top of methods_record.txt in the download.

Download individual files

Unreviewed translations are labelled as drafts. Downloaded files include transcript text; keep them in your approved project folder.

OPTIONAL / ADVANCED

Adjust the workflow.

The guided setup works without changing these options.

Languages & context

Source language

Target language

Study context · forward & reconciliation onlyTerminology / glossary · forward & reconciliation only

Batch sizes and output limit

Maximum input characters per batch

Maximum sections per batch

API output token budget per request

Changing languages, models, context, or instructions clears dependent outputs. Save a project copy before changing a completed translation.

API credentials

Optional. Kept only in this app’s memory. Manual mode does not require a key.

Mistral API key

No key stored

Claude / Anthropic API key

No key stored

Use a different tool or model for each stage

SCIENTIFIC TERMINOLOGY

Your bilingual lexicon

Define the terms your team has agreed. The app flags mismatches; it does not silently rewrite speech.

Required term mismatches receive a major flag; advisory preferences receive a minor flag. Preferred terms and alternatives are checked in context. This lexicon is excluded from blind back-translation.

Translation context & reporting

Record what your team actually did. These details help explain translation decisions in your methods.

What / when are you translating?

Source dialect / cultural context

Reviewer language competence / domain expertiseConsultation and unresolved translation dilemmas

Optional team instructions

Source-specific additions are excluded from blind back-translation.

Forward translation additions

Reconciliation additions

How the method works

Each API stage uses a separate, stateless request. Back-translation receives translated text only. Manual back-translation requires a fresh conversation for every batch. Reconciliation is checked against the original, with human review recorded separately. Separate requests to the same model are not independent human translators. Exact prompts and responses are included in the download.

QualiTranslate 1.5.1 · forward translation / blind back-translation / reconciliation / human review

Let’s translate an interview.

Every stage, in view.

Keep the voice.
Make the meaning clear.

See it work in 30 seconds

Translate my transcript

Add your transcript.

Some material may sit outside the interview.

Transcript preview

Choose how to translate.

Connect Claude

Use Mistral chat

Translate, then check meaning.

Forward translation

2. Paste everything into a new AI chat and send

Review the translation.

Download your work.

Everything in one download

Draft methods paragraph

Adjust the workflow.

Languages & context

API credentials

Use a different tool or model for each stage

Your bilingual lexicon

Translation context & reporting

Optional team instructions

Review section

Approve minor-only drafts

Edit section

Every stage, in view.

Keep the voice.Make the meaning clear.

See it work in 30 seconds

Translate my transcript

Add your transcript.

Some material may sit outside the interview.

Transcript preview

Choose how to translate.

Connect Claude

Use Mistral chat

Translate, then check meaning.

Forward translation

2. Paste everything into a new AI chat and send

Review the translation.

Download your work.

Everything in one download

Draft methods paragraph

Adjust the workflow.

Languages & context

API credentials

Use a different tool or model for each stage

Your bilingual lexicon

Translation context & reporting

Optional team instructions

Keep the voice.
Make the meaning clear.