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What happens between your brief and your master.

One controlled backbone for Human Dub and AI Dub. Both routes are human-adapted, human-finished and quality-checked. AI Lip Sync is an optional, separately quoted add-on to either route. Voice Match is a separately commissioned, rights-gated exception, not a standard route.

  1. 01Technical reviewSource, M&E and specs checked before scheduling.
  2. 02GlossaryNames, terms and register locked before translation.
  3. 03AdaptationNative translators write to picture and timecode.
  4. 04Voice productionHuman Dub recorded or AI Dub generated, then human-reviewed.
  5. 05PostEdited, mixed and mastered by our own team.
  6. 06SubtitlesWritten from the dub, where included.
  7. 07Final QC and deliveryWhole master reviewed, package verified.

Before the schedule is set.

Nothing is scheduled until we know what is in the source package. You get our findings in writing first.

  • Source video
  • Script accuracy against picture
  • M&E track exists and is usable (a missing M&E found here is a scoped, quoted rebuild)
  • Your delivery specification
  • Platform requirements
  • Condition of existing localized assets

Locking the vocabulary.

Character names and pronunciation, forms of address, place names, technical and invented terms, recurring phrases and register per character. Built before translation starts, signed off where domain knowledge is needed, and applied by everyone downstream, subtitlers included.

Character names
Pronunciation
Forms of address
Terminology
Register

Written to the timecode.

Native translators work with the picture and the sync requirement in front of them, adapting rather than translating literally where a direct line will not fit or will not land. Transcreation decisions are flagged and explained, never made silently. Translation QC: independent review before anything is recorded.

The route is approved before production.

Two standard routes, approved before production starts.

  • Human Dub

    Native performers cast for vocal age, texture, dialect, register and availability.

  • AI Dub

    A synthetic target-language voice, selected under documented provider terms and permissions.

Voice Match is not a form option. If requested separately, we cast and direct a human artist, then schedule conversion only after the client confirms in writing that it controls or is authorized to use the original character voice, identity, likeness and any digital replica, and the artist gives informed, project-specific written consent and grants the required performance, voice-replica and output-use rights. Required agreements and disclosures must also be complete.

Performed or generated, always human-reviewed.

Human Dub is recorded with native performers directed live. AI Dub is generated from a human-adapted script in the approved enterprise workflow. Neither is a one-click export: people review language, pronunciation, timing, cultural fit and the performance or output before post. In an approved Voice Match project, the directed human performance is converted toward the original character's timbre only within the documented rights and consent scope. Dubbing QC checks sync, pronunciation, voice suitability, artifacts and continuity against source.

Centralized, deliberately.

Conform and prep, dialogue editing, sound design where the M&E needs rebuilding, mixing to your loudness spec and mastering: all by our own team, against one reference across every language. Mixing QC covers levels, balance, artifacts and loudness. AI Lip Sync, if selected, is a separately quoted add-on applied to the approved dubbed audio. Expert video editors inspect every shot, manually repair frames that miss and recheck the picture before final QC.

Written from the dub.

Subtitles, where included, are written from the dubbed dialogue, not the original script, timed to reading-speed limits for the language and aligned to shot changes. Subtitling QC: timing, reading speed, line breaks and consistency with the dubbed audio.

Dubbed audio
Subtitle text

Written from the dubbed dialogue, not the original script.

The whole thing, as a viewer would see it.

A person reviews the complete master end to end against the delivery spec, including every AI Lip Sync shot where selected. It is the only stage where anyone experiences the title the way the audience will.

Packaged and verified.

  • Deliverable sets built to each destination’s structure
  • Naming and metadata applied to specification
  • Complete package verified before transfer
  • Manifests and verification reports kept for future re-delivery
Localization mastering and delivery

How bulk work is scheduled.

For catalog and long-series work, the stages run as overlapping parallel tracks, with multiple teams working against one glossary, one cast and one set of QC criteria. Our standard end-to-end timeline is three days per finished hour per language. Parallel tracks are why a twenty-hour catalog does not take twenty times as long as a one-hour title.

Technical review
Glossary
Adaptation
Voice production
Post
Subtitles

Final QC and delivery

Overlapping parallel tracks, one glossary, one cast, one set of QC criteria.

What you hear from us.

  • One contact

    One point of contact from brief to delivery.

  • Reply within 12 hours

    Every message answered within 12 hours.

  • Stage-by-stage reporting

    Progress reported against the stages above, not in general terms.

  • Early warning

    If something slips, you hear when we know, not when it shows.

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Frequently
Asked Questions.

Everything you need to know about our services, process and how we work

What happens first on a new project?
A technical review before anything is scheduled, source files, script accuracy against picture, M&E condition, delivery specification and platform requirements. You get the findings in writing before the schedule is agreed, so scope surprises surface at the start.
How many quality checks are there?
Five: translation, dubbing, mixing, final and subtitling. Each is performed by someone who did not produce the work being reviewed, and each must pass before the next stage begins.
How do you handle large volumes?
By running the stages as overlapping parallel tracks with multiple teams working against one glossary, one cast and one set of QC criteria, rather than queuing titles sequentially.
What technology do you use?
Pro Tools on Mac systems for recording, editing and mixing, with Neumann microphones in the signal chain. The workflow itself matters more than the tools; the sequence above is what produces consistency.
How often will I hear from you?
You have one point of contact throughout and a reply within 12 hours. Progress is reported against the named stages rather than in general terms, and problems are raised when we know about them.

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