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Beacon · The Doc Legend

A book's journey should flow in one piece.

Translation, review, acquisition, and promotion—four core capabilities across the full lifecycle. AI plus experts deliver one integrated production model for publishers.

200+
Language pairs
1,000+
Titles per year
500M+
Words per year
98%+
Recognition accuracy

Full pipeline · AI-powered · One-stop · Publishing-grade

Side-by-side preview

Read a passage the way a translator does.

Type or pick a sample and see a live side-by-side translation. Full books still run through the Beacon agent and expert review.

Samples
Original
Translation
55 characters

Type or paste a passage. The translation appears on the right.

Live Infron preview · short passages

Beacon · Translation

A translation agent
that remembers the whole book.

Beacon is a dedicated translation agent trained for publishing: unlimited continuous text, with dynamic memory so terminology and style stay consistent cover to cover.

200+
Language pairs
98%+
Recognition accuracy
100×
Faster translation
10M+
Curated corpus
  • Academic, public-domain, licensed, and heritage Chinese titles
  • Professional files, long documents, and mixed layout
  • Video and image translation, including RTL and vertical scripts
  • Termbase, translation, and QA loops with persistent assets
Beacon Translation AgentEN → ZH · Academic
SOURCE · EN

The lighthouse stands as a metaphor for guidance — a fixed point that orients ships in the dark sea of uncertainty.

¶ chapter 1 · paragraph 4 · 286 words

TARGET · ZH

灯塔,是「方向」的一种隐喻——它是定点,指引船只穿过不确定的暗海。

¶ Ch.1 · Para.4 · 5 terms matched

TerminologyStyle guideFull-book memoryAI QA
Progress 76%
EN
JP
AR
FR
Beacon · Review

Eight dimensions,
every detail in view.

From accuracy and terminology to logic and cultural fit—surface hidden issues and deep expression gaps with suggestions that are clear, locatable, and traceable.

8D
Review layers
Traceable
Full audit log
2–3×
Revision rounds
Pub-grade
Final manuscript
  • Typos · punctuation · grammar · terms · cross-references
  • Structure · tone · culture and context
  • Standards tuned by book type
  • Holistic polish to formal publishing bar
Review workbenchchapter_1.md · 4,318 checks done

Differences in language use show up not only in word choice but in sentence structure—for example, mixing 他 and 她 can shift meaning.

ERRSpelling: 「实验」→「实验」L 123
WARNTerm mismatch: 「人工智能」 vs 「AI」L 456
INFOStyle: use a more formal registerL 789
OKCross-reference consistent — passedL 902
Multi-layer review · text / grammar / terms / style / cultureIssues located · suggestions traceable
Beacon · Acquisition analytics

Let acquisition decisions
follow the data.

Filter the most promising titles from peer books and overseas catalogs—clear priorities before greenlight, closing overseas information gaps.

Multi-D
Scoring model
Overseas
Catalog intel
Sales buzz
Benchmarks
Less risk
Faster greenlight
  • Peer filtering and overseas bibliographies
  • Sales, reputation, awards, and market recognition
  • Author and original publisher influence
  • Local fit and import value assessment
Acquisition dashboardLast 24 months · import value
Below the Deep
Overall import score
87
/100
Market potentialAuthor influence
Cognitive Awakening
Overall import score
81
/100
Market potentialAuthor influence
Climate Economics
Overall import score
74
/100
Market potentialAuthor influence
Humans Are the Future
Overall import score
91
/100
Market potentialAuthor influence
Sales trend · domestic vs overseas
Beacon · Promotion

One story,
many ways to tell it.

Generate video, articles, posters, and audio from book content—so titles stay visible, discussed, and shared.

Formats
Content output
Channels
Reach
Always on
Multi-wave
Hooks
Pull quotes
  • Copy and selling points; quotes and highlight clips
  • Short-video scripts and clip-ready assets
  • Story adaptation and animated shorts
  • Articles, posters, podcasts, and talk tracks
A BOOK
The Lighthouse Effect
Become your own lighthouse in an uncertain world
Long-form article
WeChat / Zhihu
Short-video script
Douyin / Channels
Poster / long image
Social / campaigns
Audio podcast
Podcast platforms
CORE NUMBERS

Behind the numbers: stable publishing-grade output.

Beacon combines AI with expert teams on real programs at 1,000+ titles per year.

1,000+titles/yr
Annual translation volume
Scale delivery for major houses
500Mchars/yr
Words translated yearly
Academic, literary, textbooks, heritage
200+langs
Global language coverage
Mainstream, minor, RTL, vertical
98%+
OCR accuracy
High-concurrency engine, 100× faster
90%+
End-to-end efficiency
AI + expert QA loop
FULL WORKFLOW

Four steps, manuscript right the first time.

A full publishing translation pipeline—from intake to expert proof—fewer rounds, stable output.

01
Source intake
PDF · images · EPUB · RTL / vertical
02
AI translation
Beacon agent · full-book memory
03
Expert proof
University and translator review
04
Delivery
Marked up · traceable · pub-grade files
Publisher AI transformation

From manual work to intelligent collaboration.

Before
  • · Slow translation; long titles take months
  • · Uneven translator quality and style
  • · High manual proof miss rate
  • · Terms and versions kept in people's heads
With Beacon
  • · AI draft + human polish, much shorter cycles
  • · Unified termbase, stable quality
  • · ~50% fewer errors
  • · Issues located; edits traceable
TYPICAL SCENARIOS

Twelve scenarios that run the full publishing chain.

From scans to EPUB, RTL scripts to academic programs—repeatable, scalable playbooks.

Scenario 01
End-to-end publisher transformation
From fragmented outsourcing to company-wide AI
Scenario 02
Scanned source manuscripts
PDF / images → structured editable text
Scenario 03
RTL & vertical scripts
Arabic, Hebrew, Japanese vertical layout
Scenario 04
Simultaneous foreign editions
Multi-language delivery inside the rights window
Scenario 05
Public-domain series at scale
Consistent series translation plus term assets
Scenario 06
Academic & research support
Precise terminology, intact annotation systems
Scenario 07
National projects & traditional culture
TCM, history, and heritage-focused translation
Scenario 08
Textbooks & scholarly monographs
Two-round review with multi-pass revision
Scenario 09
Final translation QA
Last gate only—style preserved, publishing standard
Scenario 10
Picture books & comics localization
Extract → length-fit → re-letter
Scenario 11
Excel & structured data
Tables, merges, and formulas preserved
Scenario 12
Audio & video translation
ASR plus bilingual SRT with precise timing
REAL CASE
12-title academic series · 7M words
A 6-year stalled program finished in 2 months.
REAL CASE
CCTV minority-language channel
Long-term video translation from rushes to polished subs.
REAL CASE
30 candidates · 5 priorities
Data-led acquisition instead of gut feel alone.
PARTNERS & CLIENTS

Side by side with China's leading publishers.

Five segments, each with an integrated Beacon service model.

CITIC Press
People's Literature Publishing House
The Commercial Press
Peking University Press
Communication University of China Press
Social Sciences Academic Press
China Children's Press
Jieli Publishing
China Zhigong Press
Hebei Fine Arts Publishing House
Xi'an Publishing House
Xinjingdian
Lixiangguo
01
Licensed imports
Fast foreign titles need quality translation and speed.
· CITIC Press
· Xinjingdian
· Lixiangguo
02
Public domain & classics
Long-tail classics need stable resources and unified style.
· People's Literature Publishing House
· The Commercial Press
03
Children's · picture books · comics
Accuracy, readability, and text-in-image fit.
· China Children's Press
· Jieli Publishing
· China Zhigong Press
04
Academic · textbooks · heritage
Translation, review, and layout as one pipeline.
· Social Sciences Academic Press
· Peking University Press
· Communication University of China Press
05
Art · history · humanities
High expertise; long-term trust and style match.
· Hebei Fine Arts Publishing House
· Xi'an Publishing House
MISSION & VISION

Valuable documents, across languages and cultures.

Knowledge across languages, reach across borders—what Dacke Legend has always done.

Mission
Help great content reach readers across languages, faster.
Vision
The content partner every publisher trusts for the long term.
01
Beacon means 「Direction」
Apply AI systematically from selection through translation, publishing, and promotion.
02
Beacon means 「Pioneering」
Not copying old models—pioneering AI across the full publishing chain.
03
Beacon means 「Leadership」
Where the industry is fragmented, run the full pipeline first.
START WITH BEACON

Every book deserves to be understood, translated, and shared—fully.

Tell us your project type and timeline. The Beacon team will propose a tailored plan within one business day.