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Rush Translations Fail When Nobody Picks Up the Phone

AI agents and multilingual specialists in 65+ languages handle quote requests, project coordination, and linguist scheduling so your team delivers on deadline.

The short version: AI voice at $0.15 a minute and web chat at $0.05 a session handle quote requests, turnaround questions and file-format queries — most of a translation agency's inbound. A named, dedicated agent from $5.80 an hour takes quality disputes, certified and sworn work, and anything with a court or immigration deadline attached.

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how it plays out

Real contacts, minute by minute.

Phone English

"We need a legal contract translated from English to Japanese by Thursday"

Rush translation request with tight deadline

  1. AI captures document type, language pair, word count estimate, and deadline
  2. Checks linguist availability for English-Japanese legal specialization
  3. Provides preliminary quote range based on volume and rush timeline
  4. Sends secure upload portal link and confirms project kickoff
Rush project started Revenue Captured
Email German

"We have an ongoing need for monthly marketing content localization into 8 languages"

Enterprise client exploring recurring localization partnership

  1. AI gathers content types, volumes, target languages, and frequency
  2. Asks about existing translation memory, glossaries, or style guides
  3. Prepares project scope summary for account manager review
  4. Schedules discovery call to discuss pricing and workflow setup
Enterprise lead qualified Long-Term Contract
Web Chat Spanish

"Do you offer certified translations for immigration documents?"

Individual client needing certified translation

  1. AI confirms certified translation services and accepted document types
  2. Explains certification process, turnaround times, and pricing
  3. Collects document details: language, page count, intended use
  4. Sends quote and secure upload link for source documents
Quote sent Client Converted
SMS Mandarin

"The translated manual is ready for client review, where should I send it?"

Linguist completing delivery and requesting routing

  1. AI identifies project and retrieves client delivery preferences
  2. Provides secure upload portal for final deliverable
  3. Triggers QA review workflow before client delivery
  4. Notifies project manager that translation is ready for final check
Delivery routed On-Time Delivery

the team behind it

Faces, not a queue.

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Translation-Trained Specialists

  • Quote generation with word count estimation, language pair matching, and deadline assessment
  • Linguist scheduling and project coordination across multiple language pairs
  • Client communication management for project updates, revisions, and delivery confirmations

65+ Languages

  • Native-speaking agents in English, Spanish, Mandarin, and 60+ more
  • Real-time AI translation for rare language pairs
  • Cultural context training for every market we serve

Follow-the-Sun Coverage

  • Operation centres in Canada, Bolivia, Nicaragua, the Philippines and China
  • Smooth handoff between time zones with shared context
  • Holiday and weekend coverage without overtime costs

what it costs

Published rates, so you can do the arithmetic first.

Most vendors in this category quote by form. These are our published packages — not a quote, since language mix, hours and volume all move the number. The per-minute figures are simply the monthly price divided by the included minutes.

OptionPublished pricePer minuteWhat it's for
Dedicated agent from $5.80 per hour, per agent A named dedicated agent for certified work and clients with recurring, deadline-bound projects
AI voice $0.15 per minute Quote requests, turnaround and file-format questions — high volume with documented answers
Web chat $0.05 per session Web chat for pre-sale questions, where reply speed decides the job
Live shared team from $300 / month includes 500 min → ≈ $0.60/min A shared live team for steady project-coordination contact
Live shared team from $650 / month includes 1,500 min → ≈ $0.43/min Bid season and large-tender periods, when enquiry volume rises sharply for a few weeks

Anything involving a person is a starting price. Two things move it: which languages you need, and how senior an agent the work actually requires — a bilingual agent handling refund authority is not the same hire as one taking bookings. AI voice and web chat are flat, because there is no hiring in them. And every model above is open to every business on this page: which one fits is a question about the shape of your volume, not about your industry.

Minimum engagement is half a seat — not a five-seat block. We also bill per resolved issue, from $1, where you pay nothing if it is not resolved; that model fits businesses where a customer problem actually gets solved on the call, not businesses where the call is intake.

who takes which call

Route by the cost of getting it wrong.

Most vendors sell you either an AI receptionist or a live answering service and leave the allocation to you. Since we run both, here is the split we would actually recommend — including the calls we think should never touch automation.

The callRoute toCost of getting it wrong
Rates, turnaround, accepted file formats AI Low, where the rate card is published.
Project status on an existing job AI Low. The record is the answer.
Certified, sworn or notarised translation request Live agent High. Requirements vary by jurisdiction and getting it wrong wastes the deadline.
Quality dispute on a delivered translation Live agent High. This is the account, and defensiveness loses it.
Court or immigration deadline in play Live agent High. A missed filing is not recoverable by apologising.
Rare language pair or specialist subject matter Live agent High. Promising a linguist you cannot source is worse than declining.

setup

Five days to put the right person on it.

Five days is our normal window to staff a live account — that is five days to find and place an agent who fits your business, not five days of software setup. AI voice can go live sooner because there is no hiring step.

your existing software

It goes into your system, with a record of who said what.

We work inside the CRM, practice system or case tool you already run, rather than handing you a second inbox to check. Every contact leaves a timestamped record — who called, what was asked, what was said back, what was promised — because in your line of work the question six months later is not "did someone call" but "what exactly did we tell them". Tell us what you run and we will say straight whether we connect to it today.

questions

What buyers ask before they sign.

How much does it cost?

AI voice is $0.15 per minute and web chat is $0.05 per session. Live agents start at $300 per month including 500 minutes — about $0.60 per minute — or from $5.80 per hour for a dedicated agent working only your account. The minimum engagement is half a seat, not a five-seat block.

How fast can you start answering our phones?

Five days is our normal window to staff a live account — that is five days to find and place an agent who fits your business, not five days of software setup. AI voice can go live sooner because there is no hiring step.

Do you answer in Spanish?

Yes, on the same number, with agents in our Bolivia and Nicaragua operation centres — native Spanish, not machine translation. English and Spanish share one queue, and we cover 60+ more languages if you need them.

Can I mix AI and live agents on one number?

That is the normal setup. You decide which call types go to AI and which reach a person, and you can change the split as your volume changes. Nothing about that decision is locked in at signup.

Can you quote a translation job over the phone?

We read back your published rate card and capture everything you need to price it properly — language pair, word count or file, subject matter, certification requirement, deadline, and target jurisdiction if it is certified work. What we will not do is invent a per-word rate for a rare pair or a specialist domain. Quoting a job you then cannot staff at that price is how agencies lose money on the work they win.

You are a language company. Why would we outsource language work to you?

We are not proposing to do your translation — we answer the phone and the chat around it. The overlap that does help is that English and Spanish share one queue on our side with native-speaking agents, plus 60+ more languages, so a client calling in their own language is not an escalation. If what you actually need is linguists rather than coordinators, say so and we will tell you plainly that this is not the service.

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