Glotbee or DeepL for your document?

DeepL is fast and good for getting the gist. A contract, a certificate or a medical report needs more than a first draft: the same terms on every page, a second reading, and numbers that match the original.

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Glotbee compared with DeepL
	Glotbee	DeepL
A glossary of names and terms	Made for each document before translating starts, and used on every page	Only one you write yourself, on paid plans
A brief written for this document	Subject, people, terms and tone worked out first, then a brief for this document	Not offered
A second reading of every paragraph	An independent review, then proofreading	Not offered
A final consistency pass	A final pass over all of it, with a style sheet	Not offered
Numbers, dates and names checked	Checked against the original automatically	Not offered
A record of what was checked	A translation audit: every number, date, code and name, and where the translation has it	Not offered
The original layout kept	The same pages back, with scanned pages and text in pictures translated too	Often broken. Where the translation runs longer, text overflows its boxes and overlaps; fonts and spacing change
Scanned pages	Straightened, every line read twice, and the translation set where each line was; stamps and signatures noted	Translated; the result depends on the quality of the scan
Personal data hidden before translating	ID numbers, accounts and contacts can be masked	Not offered
Corrections with the layout kept	Side by side, one correction round included	Edit the file yourself
Made for	Documents you file, sign, send or publish, and whole books	Understanding a text quickly

From what each service offers publicly to everyone, as of October 2026. DeepL is a trademark of DeepL SE and Google Translate a trademark of Google LLC; Glotbee is not connected with either.

When DeepL is enough.

To understand an email, a web page or a letter in another language, DeepL is quick and enough. Paste the text or add a file, and you have the gist.

When a document needs more.

If you will sign it, file it, send it to an office or publish it, a first draft is where the work starts.

The same terms on every page.: The whole document is read first, and every name and term is fixed to one translation.
A second reading.: An independent review of every paragraph, then proofreading, then a final pass over all of it.
Numbers that match the original.: Every number, date and name is checked against the original, with a translation audit you can pass on.
The same pages back.: Logos, tables, scans and text in pictures, translated in place.

Questions

When is DeepL enough?

To understand an email, a web page or a letter in another language, DeepL is quick and enough. Paste the text or add a file, and you have the gist.

When should I use Glotbee?

For a document you will sign, file, send to an office or publish: a contract, a court document, a medical report, a certificate, a scan or a book. It is read in full first, reviewed a second time, checked against the original for numbers, dates and names, and returned on its own pages.

Is the translation certified?

No. A Glotbee translation is careful: it is reviewed, proofread, and checked against the original for numbers, dates and names. Courts, embassies and registries usually ask for a certified translation, though, which means a sworn translator’s stamp and signature. Glotbee Personal does not certify. You can download the translation as Word, so a sworn translator can review it, and sworn translators use Glotbee Professional to certify their work.

Why is there no free sample?

Before you pay, you see the exact price and the first page of your original, so you know what you are paying for. The full process runs on the whole document, from the first read to the final checks, so there is no single-page version of it to give away.

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