Smartling provides a cloud‑based translation management platform that centralizes and automates multilingual content workflows across websites, software, and marketing channels. The solution combines AI‑driven draft translations, optional human review, and built‑in quality metrics to deliver fast, consistent localization at enterprise scale.
Funding
$160M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
Product
Problem
Enterprises often struggle to manage multilingual content across numerous channels, facing manual translation workflows, inconsistent quality, and slow time‑to‑market when expanding globally.
Solution
Smartling offers a cloud‑based translation management platform that centralizes the entire localization workflow. The system automates content extraction, routing, and translation through pre‑built integrations, APIs, and a web translation proxy, reducing manual effort. AI‑powered translation engines generate rapid drafts, while optional human review ensures brand‑consistent quality. Built‑in linguistic quality metrics, real‑time analytics, and in‑platform collaboration let teams monitor performance and maintain consistency at scale. Unlimited user access and role‑based controls enable organizations to involve any department while preserving governance.
Target Audience
Primary customers are enterprise marketing, product, and support teams, as well as developer groups that need to localize websites, software interfaces, and customer‑facing content at scale.
Features
- Automated content flow via 50+ native integrations (e.g., Contentful, WordPress, Adobe, Salesforce) and a robust API/Global Delivery Network
- AI translation hub with 15+ LLM and MT engines, plus human‑validated AI Human Translation for higher‑risk content
- Linguistic Quality Assurance tools and Multidimensional Quality Metrics dashboard for continuous quality monitoring
- Translation proxy for instant website localization preserving design and structure
- Real‑time analytics dashboards and reporting on translation performance and cost
- Unlimited in‑platform users with role‑based permissions and collaborative communication features
- Professional translation network of 4,000+ vetted linguists for human translation and post‑editing