Should translation still be priced per word in 2026?

One thousand words, two translators, two very different amounts of work. The industry’s favorite pricing unit is simple, familiar and, increasingly, a poor description of what buyers are actually paying for.
Is machine translation “good enough” for Georgian, Armenian and Kazakh?

“Good enough” is the most dangerous phrase in localization, because the answer depends entirely on what you are about to do with the text. A traffic-light test for languages that machines handle unevenly.
Should translators have to tell clients when they use AI?

Ask ten translators and you will get ten answers. Ask ten clients and you will mostly get one: yes. A case for disclosure as a professional standard, and the best arguments against it.