Territory-aware register
The project defines address, vocabulary, punctuation, and market-sensitive expressions early, including where broadly legible Spanish is appropriate and where specificity is valuable.
English to Spanish book localization
Define the Spanish readership before choosing the Spanish on the page.
MAQUINE starts with an international Spanish base and carries the chosen register through manuscript editing, metadata, QA, and delivery. Regional adaptations are separately scoped when needed.
Edition definition
Language pair is the beginning of scope, not the whole scope.
This route is built for english-language rightsholders who need a controlled spanish edition rather than a vague, all-markets translation claim. The public planning calculator considers target-market variant, genre, source-word count, and material complexity, but MAQUINE must review the scope before any proposal.
Edition corridor
English to Spanish
Available variants
International Spanish — base edition
Published planning range
USD 0.06 / 0.08 / 0.10 per verified source word · USD 299 minimum
The planning result responds to pair, market, genre, length, and scope. It is non-contractual. Complex layouts, specialist content, verse, extensive notes, and other material risks require human review.
Editorial control
Three decisions that materially shape this edition.
These are reviewed as connected editorial choices. A clean sentence is not enough if the register, target reader, and market-facing edition point in different directions.
Dialogue and pace
Commercial fiction and narrative nonfiction need spoken language that reads naturally without importing English sentence movement into every exchange.
Discoverability choices
Search terms, title options, categories, and sales copy are reviewed as publishing assets, not treated as leftover strings after the manuscript is complete.
Base delivery
The localized manuscript arrives with its editorial record.
Spanish-market title directions, neutral or territory-specific sales copy, search language, categories, series metadata, and edition identifiers. Publication packages are optional and remain visibly separate from the base localization.
- Human-led manuscript localization for the contracted language and target market
- Bilingual editorial revision and target-language reading pass
- Project terminology and voice record
- Document-level linguistic and consistency QA
- Consolidated rightsholder review round
- Final clean manuscript, approval log, and delivery manifest
Optional publication system
Add market-facing assets only where the edition needs them.
The three listed tiers are cumulative planning options. No tier is preselected, accepted, or payable until an approved proposal exists.
Optional tier
Metadata Essentials
A complete target-market identity for retailer, catalog, and distributor systems.
+ $495.00
Optional tier
Publication-Ready Edition
Everything in Metadata Essentials plus a finished digital and print interior.
+ $1,295.00
Optional tier
Market Launch
Everything in Publication-Ready Edition plus a guided retailer and launch handoff.
+ $2,195.00
Rights boundary
The target edition is defined without taking control away from the rightsholder.
Spanish-language rights remain with the rightsholder in a standard fee-based Studio project. Territory and format licenses require separate written terms.
Authority first
The submitting party confirms authority for Spanish-language production in the selected territory and format.
Versioned scope
A planning estimate does not lock terms. Any future approved proposal must version the words, rate, market, package, payment split, and rights statement.
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