The conversation about adopting AI tools to translate is clouded by myths – myths that create risks and missed opportunities for global businesses.

This week, Be the Business, an organisation that champions UK productivity, invited our CEO, Jurga Zilinskiene MBE, to share examples of how C-Suites can dispel AI myths and adopt AI successfully. 

Myth 1: It is safer to avoid AI

The first and most dangerous myth is that AI adoption, especially in high-stakes environments (like legal, R&D, or compliance), is too risky and should be completely avoided by companies.

The Lesson: uncertified evasion is the true liability

A major law firm prefers to use Google Translate for simple translations (despite privacy issues) and human translators for more complex matters. The fear is they will be liable for any translation errors or hallucinations generated by AI tools like Copilot.

Actionable takeaway: Secure AI translation tools mitigate the privacy risks associated with using Google Translate. AI errors and hallucination issues can be mitigated by introducing a secure custom engine where the model is trained for your specific domain or task.

Return on Investment: Clients report savings of up to 2 days per week due to AI translation tools and the ability to translate high volumes of content for under £5k that would previously have cost £500k.

How to verify AI solutions: When procuring AI, demand evidence of ISO:27001 information security certification including the full scope, standards for data storage and encryption (in transit and at rest), data processing, ethics and governance, use cases, testimonials.

Myth 2: Building in-house AI is easy

The second pervasive myth is the overconfidence, often seen in large tech-forward firms, that it will be quick and easy for their in-house tech team to build their own secure, enterprise-grade AI language solution from scratch.

The Lesson: focus on your core business

In a recent case, a multi-billion-dollar pharmaceutical company chose to build its own AI model, only to find that the project creep led them to abandon it after 18 months. They were brave to innovate but underestimated the challenges and resources needed.

Building a proprietary, secure, and continuously trained multilingual solution is complex and requires substantial investment in terms of time, money, verified datasets, and linguistic expertise.

Actionable takeaway: Wise leaders buy the best tried and tested product rather than building a product with high risk of failure.

Your capital and tech team is better spent leveraging your core business and partnering with a verified Language Service Provider (LSP) whose core competency is providing a certified, secure, and continuously updated AI language infrastructure.

Return on Investment: A secure, AI translation engine fully-trained for a specific domain or task can be bought for as little as £5k per year and delivered in days. This compares with upwards of £300k and 12-18 months to build a comparable platform in-house.

Things to consider when buying AI: When procuring an AI translation engine that will be customised to your specialist sector of task, scrutinise the terms and conditions. Pay special attention to who owns translated output – you or the solution provider. How are your data and IP protected? Is your data reused or shared with third parties?

Myth 3: You must choose between speed and security

This myth dictates that to achieve the speed and scale of AI, you must sacrifice quality, cultural nuance, and security. It promotes a false dichotomy between velocity and trustworthiness.

The Lesson: With a hybrid model, you don’t have to compromise

Clients often struggle with generic AI that is fast but frequently inaccurate, or traditional methods that are accurate but incredibly slow and expensive. The assumption is that you must accept a constant trade-off.

Actionable takeaway: Demand a hybrid, human review AI model; request for their T&Cs and certifications that could insure your risks.

GAI Translate™ offers the speed and scale of AI, coupled with the mandatory oversight of a certified human linguist. This means you get AI speed with certified, auditable accuracy, eliminating the need to choose between velocity and compliance.

Return on Investment: A secure, one-click expert review function frees professionals from the time consuming, laborious task of double-checking AI generated results for errors and hallucinations. That process can cost people time and when the reviewer is not experienced in the technical language being translated, there remains the risk that an error may be missed. These issues are removed by one-click expert review, effectively outsourcing a risk and freeing your people to do their core tasks.

Five best AI adoption practices

To move past these myths, leaders and managers must approach AI adoption systematically. We created a 5 pillar of adoption to ensure your every step to AI is auditable and secure.

• S – Security first (ISO 27001): Mandate that any translation platform is ISO 27001 certified. This is the non-negotiable standard that secures your confidential data.

• M – Metrics & governance: Move beyond simple quality checks. Track verifiable compliance and governance standards. Question yourself when making a decision, “will this result survive a legal audit later on?”

• A – Ask the right questions: Don’t ask, “Is AI translation good?” Ask, “who is the certified linguist that verified the script, and what is the auditable record of their review?”

• S – Specialist vetting (ISO 9001): Ensure the human element – the “expert” – is vetted through a rigorous process like ISO 9001. This confirms that the reviewer has the necessary domain expertise and adherence to quality protocols.

• H – Harness one-click certification: Use GAI Translate™ GAI certify feature, which provides one-click, non-repudiable evidence of the entire certified process. This is the strategic asset that turns a translation from a potential liability into a fully auditable asset.

Conclusion: GAI Translate as the verified solution

Smart leaders understand that the cost of a compliance failure far outweighs the perceived savings of uncertified tools.

GAI Translate™ offers the trusted solution, providing the necessary ISO-certified security, expert review, and one-click certification that transforms language barriers into verified global opportunities. Stop being kept small by the myths and start verifying your future with GAI Translate™ .

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