Built for local journalism

Machine translation built for local newsrooms

The Hawk API delivers journalism content in 10 languages with three quality tiers — instant AI, human-reviewed, and certified professional translation. Built for the 330+ NJ News Commons partner newsrooms.

Three tiers for every deadline

Choose the tier that matches your story's needs — from breaking news to long-form public service journalism.

Tier 01
Instant
Seconds

AI translation via DeepL, delivered immediately. Paragraph-level quality scoring flags anything that needs a second look.

Best for breaking news, alerts, and time-sensitive briefs.

Tier 02
Reviewed
24–48 hours

Machine translation plus a human editor who reviews and corrects flagged segments in a side-by-side interface.

Best for features, investigations, and community-facing content.

Tier 03
Certified
3–5 days

Professional translator plus editor review. Two-stage approval process with full diff tracking.

Best for legal notices, public health content, and high-stakes community journalism.


Languages

10 languages at launch

Selected based on New Jersey demographic data to serve the state's largest language communities.

Spanishes
Portuguesept
Haitian Creoleht
Chinese (Simplified)zh
Koreanko
Arabicar
Frenchfr
Polishpl
Hindihi
Urduur

Ready to reach more readers?

API access is currently available to NJ News Commons partner newsrooms. Contact us to get started.

Request API access

translate@hawknewsservice.org