Maison Linguæ

Maison Linguæ is an AI-assisted book translation studio that sells translated editions of novels and manuscripts, with formatting included. Every project is quoted, and authors choose between a fully automated translation and a "Human-Supervised" one. Its domain was registered in October 2026, so it has no track record yet.

What You Get#

• Automated Translation: AI translation of the whole manuscript followed by automated consistency checks. The vendor says this tier has no sentence-by-sentence professional review and suits authors who will arrange their own literary review.
• Human-Supervised Translation: Everything in the automated tier, plus human oversight of production, fixes for flagged issues and extra quality checks. A full human line edit is included only if your quotation says so.
• Complimentary formatting: The process page says formatting covers chapter structure, headings and presentation, and the services page says it is included with translation orders. The quotation lists the exact deliverables, and the vendor does not guarantee that a retailer or distributor will accept the files.
• Glossary and regional preferences: You can send a glossary of character names and terms, plus your preferred regional spelling, punctuation and tone.
• Free first chapter: The samples page offers to translate your first chapter free. The public samples are Letter 1 of Frankenstein in Spain Spanish, Germany German and France French, shown beside the English.
• Publisher catalog service: Multi-title backlist work with a shared glossary, a free sample title and a stated 24-hour turnaround per title.

Who It's For#

• Indie authors testing a foreign market: People who want a formatted translated edition without hiring a human translator, and who can judge the free chapter themselves first.
• Publishers with public-domain or backlist catalogs: The publisher page offers volume work on rolling delivery.

Pricing: No prices are published. The calculator on the pricing page only takes a word count and a service choice, then asks you to get in touch. The quote depends on length, language pair and support level, and taxes and extras are shown before payment. The terms require a 50% deposit before work starts and the other 50% on completion, paid through Stripe. Final files are released only after the last payment clears.

Strengths#

• Clear about how much is human: The home and process pages say that automated checks alone do not establish literary quality. The services page says the Automated tier has no sentence-by-sentence human review, and that a full human line edit is included only if your quotation says so.
• Formatting included: Book formatting comes free with the translation instead of being sold separately, with the deliverables listed in your quotation.
• Low-risk trial: The free first chapter lets you judge quality before you pay a deposit.
• Ownership terms are published: You own all rights to the translation once you pay in full.

Limitations#

• New and unproven: The domain was registered on 2 October 2026. No independent reviews, testimonials or press mentions turned up in search. The operator, Wexley Publishing LLC of New Mexico, has no other web presence that could be found.
• No price to compare: With no rates or worked examples, you can't weigh it against tools that publish per-word or per-book prices.
• Unclear AI stack and data use: The site does not say which AI model it uses. The list of service providers in the privacy policy names no AI provider, so it is unclear where your manuscript is processed and whether it is used for training.
• "80+ languages" has no list: The languages page gives no list of supported languages, and the only public samples are Spanish, German and French.
• Strict cancellation and revision terms: If you cancel after work starts, you lose the deposit and receive none of the unfinished work. No refunds are given after delivery. Full-length novels usually get one revision round, while shorter works get two or three.
• No named translators: The site names no translator, editor or team member, so you can't check who does the "human oversight."

Alternatives#

ScribeShadow is a DIY AI tool with published prices and glossary control. It suits authors who would rather run and review the translation themselves. BookTranslate.ai is a premium AI service that publishes a starting price of about $390 per project. For a human literary translator, Reedsy Translators costs far more but holds payments in escrow by milestone.