🤖 How AI translation usage works in Redokun
This guide explains how Redokun tracks AI Translation usage (also known as Machine Translation or MT usage) and what you need to know about managing your AI word balance.
📥 When Are AI Translation Words Consumed?
Your AI Translation balance is used in the following cases:
- Pre-Translate: When you launch a Pre-translate operation to automatically fill translations using AI.
- AI Suggestions in the Web Editor: When you request AI suggestions inside the Web Editor for a segment, words are deducted for each AI provider you use.
🧮 How Is Usage Calculated?
- Redokun deducts AI Translation usage based on the number of words in the source segment sent to the AI engine.
- For most languages, words are counted normally (separated by spaces or punctuation).
- For Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, each character is counted as one word.
👉 In short: usage is based on the length of the source text, not on the translated output.
🗓️ How Choosing an Annual Plan Helps Manage Your AI Translation Usage?
- On a monthly plan, your AI word balance resets every month, which might limit you during peak periods.
- On an annual plan, you get your full yearly AI allowance upfront, so you can use more when your workload is high — and less when it’s not.
➡️ Choose the plan that fits your needs best. Annual plans offer more flexibility for busy periods and help us continue improving Redokun for all users.
🚀 Managing AI Translation Limits
If you reach your AI Translation word limit, you can purchase additional AI word add-ons.
To request an add-on or learn more about your options, please contact us at support@redokun.com.
🧠 Why Is There an AI Usage Limit?
Using external AI services like DeepL, Google Translate, and OpenAI GPT involves real and ongoing costs.
Redokun invests heavily to make AI translation available and reliable, while keeping the service sustainable for all users.
The AI Translation word limit helps balance access to this feature fairly across different plans.
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