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The edition protects culturally specific texture while deciding where context belongs in the sentence, front matter, notes, or supporting rights materials.
Brazilian Portuguese to English book localization
Carry a Brazilian Portuguese book into English with its place, pace, and authority intact.
MAQUINE uses EN-US by default or an explicit EN-GB alternative, builds a working voice record, and prepares the localized manuscript and optional publication assets as one controlled edition system.
Edition definition
Language pair is the beginning of scope, not the whole scope.
This route is built for brazilian portuguese-language authors, brazilian publishers, agents, and estates seeking an english edition or a stronger english rights package. 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
Brazilian Portuguese to English
Available variants
United States — EN-US (default) / United Kingdom — EN-GB
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.
Narrative movement
Long sentences, dialogue markers, tense, repetition, and rhetorical cadence are edited for English readability without standardizing away the author's design.
Rights-facing English
Synopsis, author biography, hook, sample description, and market note can be aligned with the manuscript for publishers evaluating the work in English.
Base delivery
The localized manuscript arrives with its editorial record.
EN-US title strategy by default, or explicitly scoped EN-GB jacket copy, retailer description, categories, keywords, author positioning, and rights-sheet support. 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.
English-language publication and representation are not included in the localization fee. Either path requires a separate agreement and clearly defined territories and formats.
Authority first
The submitting party confirms authority for English-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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