Case Study:
Library Translator
A public library network was paying translators to localise its catalogue by hand. We built an automation that ingests new entries, translates them in-house, and pushes them live.
Service:
Automation
Industry:
Public Sector
Year:
2025
Result:
€1.2M saved / year
Case Overview
The team was spending a small fortune translating catalogue entries one by one. New titles sat untranslated for weeks while the backlog grew. We connected their catalogue to an in-house translation pipeline that runs the moment a new entry lands — no manual step in between.
- €1.2M saved per year in translation costs
- New titles localised the same day they arrive
- Zero manual copy-paste between systems
"We went from a permanent translation backlog to same-day localisation. It quietly paid for itself in the first quarter.”
Head of Digital Services
Public Library Network
How We Built It
We started by mapping how a title moves from acquisition to the public catalogue, then replaced every manual handoff with an automated step.
- Connect the catalogue feed so new entries trigger the pipeline automatically
- Translate each field in-house with a glossary tuned to the library's own terminology
- Publish straight back to the live catalogue, with a human spot-check only on low-confidence cases
The result is a catalogue that localises itself — staff step in for the rare edge case instead of every single entry.
