AI-assisted translation
When POM AI is available, the translation panel offers a per-language action that translates the item's fields for you. It fills the form; it does not publish anything.
Where it is
On the item's edit screen, in the Translations panel. Each language other than the item's own shows a translate action, which translates from the item's language into that one.
Before you use it
- POM AI must be active and the site connected to it. Otherwise the tools report that rather than saving anything.
- The source text must be final. Translating a description you are about to rewrite wastes the work twice.
How it behaves
- Select the action for a language.
- The fields for that language are filled with the translated text.
- Nothing is saved yet.
- Read and correct the result.
- Select Update to store it.
The pause is the point: the translation lands in the form, where you can edit it, exactly as if you had typed it.
What it is good at
- Descriptions in plain language.
- Long descriptions.
- Consistent handling of a large menu, once you have corrected the first few and learned its habits.
- Producing a first draft far faster than typing one.
What it needs help with
Restaurant language is full of terms that must not be translated, and this is where review pays for itself:
- Dish names that are proper nouns — Txuletón, pintxo, pulpo a feira, jamón ibérico. These stay.
- Regional and technical terms — a denomination, a cut, a preparation.
- House names — the restaurant's own naming for a dish.
- Length — a translation noticeably longer than the source can break a layout.
- Register — menus are terse; general-purpose translation is often not.
The rule that works: translate the explanation, keep the name.
Cost
The AI translation consumes POM AI credit and reports an estimate before running, so a large job is a decision rather than a surprise.
Estimate before translating a whole menu, and translate section by section.
A workable process
- Translate one item with the action.
- Correct it fully.
- Note what the tool got wrong — usually the same three or four things every time.
- Translate the rest of that section.
- Apply the same corrections.
- Read the whole section as a guest before publishing.
What it will not do
- It does not translate category names — those are separate records.
- It does not translate prices or allergens; those are shared, not translated.
- It does not publish. Publishing is still a status change that carries every language.
- It does not know your house terminology unless the source text explains it.
The standing rule
Anything a tool produces is a draft until a person has read it. For a menu, "a person" should ideally mean someone who speaks the target language — a menu is the restaurant's voice, and a guest reading an awkward translation forms an opinion about the kitchen, not about the software.
See Translation review.