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Reduce localization spend without reducing quality with XTM IQ

For most enterprises, the largest localization cost isn't translation. It's the entire review pipeline and orchestration: the time spent re-checking content that was already correct. This white paper sizes that cost for a program like yours and sets out how to reduce it.

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An ROI framework that may reduce your localization costs by 72%

A clear roadmap that proves the savings on your own content

A 10-point procurement checklist for evaluating AI localization vendors
the numbers

Cut your localization spend within weeks with XTM IQ

72
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Savings vs human translation workflows
45
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Savings compared to machine translation 
31
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Savings even vs generic AI translations
What is it

What is XTM IQ?

XTM IQ is the AI intelligence layer that runs underneath every XTM workflow: translating, scoring, correcting, and routing your content automatically. Where quality signals, linguistic assets, and AI governance converge so every localization decision, across every product and workflow, is smarter than the last.

Most AI tools stop at translation. XTM IQ covers the full localization lifecycle, which is where most of the recoverable spend lives.

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 The industry keeps trying to build an AI that doesn’t need human review. We took the opposite bet: a system that uses human review so well that you need less of it each time. That’s a more honest path to autonomy."

Sara Basile
Sara Basile
Director of Platform Product Management, XTM International
the capabilities

How XTM turns spend into savings

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AI Translate

On-brand from first draft

 
 
 State-of-art LLMs guided by your linguistic assets to produce accurate, on-brand translations from the first draft, so there's far less to post-edit. 

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TQI

 A quality score for every output 

 
 
Every segment gets a real-time quality score with the reason attached, so reviewers only touch the translations that genuinely needs them.

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AI Post-Edit

 Routine fixes, done before review  

 

Terminology, tone, and formatting are corrected automatically, so linguists spend their time on real judgment calls, not predictable cleanup.

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TQI Routing

 Publish faster, review less 

 
 
 
Content routes itself by quality score, closing review steps that add no value so confirmed work ships without sitting in a queue. 

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Agentic AI

 Your localization copilot 

 
 
 
Surface project risks and execute agent-based actions from a conversational copilot in XTM or external AI tools in real time.  
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FAQs

Common questions

How does XTM IQ reduce localization costs?

XTM IQ replaces blanket human review with targeted review. It scores every segment in real time and routes only content below your quality threshold to a reviewer; everything else ships automatically with its TQI score as the audit trail. Human review, not translation, is where the savings come from.

How much can XTM IQ save on localization spend?

XTM IQ models 31% to 72% lower annual localization spend, depending on the starting workflow. In a 7.2-million-word program, modeled savings range from $153,446 for AI translation with 100% review to $625,344 for human translation with 100% review; these are projections, not realized outcomes.

Does XTM IQ reduce translation quality?

No. XTM IQ changes which content a human reviews, not the standard. You set the quality threshold; only segments below it reach a reviewer, already scored. Your translation memory, glossaries, and style guides ground every translation, and each correction feeds back in, tightening quality over time.

How long does XTM IQ take to deliver results?

XTM IQ delivers measurable results on your own content in 5–6 weeks, through a four-phase onboarding program. Your team invests roughly 2–4 hours per week providing content and feedback; XTM handles configuration, workflow design, and measurement against success criteria agreed upfront.

Does XTM use my data to train AI models?

No. XTM never uses customer data to train AI models. All processing runs in ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certified environments, encrypted in transit and at rest, with GDPR, HIPAA, and CCPA support. Bring Your Own Key routes processing through your own OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google account.

What is XTM IQ?

XTM IQ is the AI layer running across the XTM platform. It translates, scores, corrects, and routes every piece of content automatically, with your brand, terminology, and business context built into every decision. One system carries content from source to published.

How is XTM IQ different from generic AI translation tools?

Generic AI tools stop at translation. XTM IQ runs AI across the full localization lifecycle: context-aware translation, real-time scoring (TQI), automated post-editing, and quality-driven routing, governed by your brand rules. The same LLMs are available to everyone — the workflows, assets, and guardrails around them change the output.

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Save millions with XTM IQ

Your largest localization cost is the one that never shows up on an invoice. The white paper shows you exactly where it hides, how much you can recover, and how to prove it on your own content in 6 weeks or less.

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