We've worked with enough operators in Emerald to know that the brief that arrives in our inbox is rarely the brief that ends up shipped. The first thing we do on any AI translation project is sit with your team for a day before we propose anything.
Built and supported here - the way a Emerald business would actually use it.
What AI translation actually does
Reach more of Aotearoa. AI translation for te reo Māori, Samoan, Tongan, Mandarin, Hindi, and more - with cultural nuance, not Google-Translate stiffness.
- 01 Te reo Māori with macron support and reviewed terminology
- 02 Voice translation for support calls in real time
- 03 Glossary-locked terms so brand language stays consistent
- 04 Human-reviewer workflow for high-stakes content
Built on: Claude DeepL ElevenLabs Vercel
Without Koala Dynamics
With Koala Dynamics
The Emerald context, plainly.
- Emerald sits in the Central Highlands where coal and cotton meet, serving both mines and farms out of one small town.
- Bowen Basin coal, irrigated cotton, grain and the machinery and logistics behind them. Mining procurement and agricultural seasonality pull local businesses in two directions at once.
We work with teams across Emerald: Emerald CBD · Blackwater · Capella · Springsure · Clermont.
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How we build AI translation for a Emerald team.
We scope narrow, ship a working pilot, then harden it into production. The first slice is the highest-leverage workflow for your Emerald business, so value lands before the build is finished. AI multilingual + te reo.
Talk to usThe outcome for Emerald teams
We'd call the engagement a success when Emerald teams are using the system without thinking about us. Expanded customer reach by 22% with multilingual support live.
Not your typical AI agency.
Honest about what AI can and cannot do
Ships the one workflow that pays for itself
Hours given back, never the size of the invoice
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
FAQ
When does AI translation actually pay back?
Inside the first quarter, in our experience. We pick the first slice specifically because it's the highest-leverage workflow for a Emerald - so the savings start landing before the rest of the build is finished.
Do you do hourly billing or fixed price?
Fixed price for the pilot, every time. After that it's your call - fixed price per milestone or a small monthly retainer for ongoing iteration. We don't run open-ended T&M because it disincentivises us from finishing.
What's the realistic outcome for Emerald businesses?
Expanded customer reach by 22% with multilingual support live. We don't promise tenfold lifts because we don't see them outside of marketing decks.
Will this run on our own infrastructure?
Yes, where it makes sense. AI translation can sit entirely in your cloud account, with model calls routed through endpoints you control. We default to Claude, DeepL, ElevenLabs, Vercel but the architecture supports your existing platform choices.
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Tell us what you're trying to do and we'll reply with how we'd build it - no obligation.