If a document is in a language you'd rather read in plain English, Gaveli can translate it for you. The translation opens as its own item you can read on screen and download as a PDF. Your original document is never changed.
Where to find it
Open AI Chat from the sidebar. On the welcome screen you'll see Studio — a set of cards for working with your documents. Choose Translate a document.
🖼️ Image slot — The Studio cards on the AI Chat welcome screen, with "Translate a document" highlighted
Start a translation
When you pick Translate a document, a small window opens with two ways to choose what to translate:
Upload a file — pick a file from your device. You can use a PDF, Word, image, or text file, up to 25 MB.
Choose from your documents — pick something already in Gaveli, such as a court order on one of your cases or a document you've uploaded to a case.
Once you've chosen, select Translate. Gaveli reads the document, translates it, and finishes preparing it — this takes a moment.
🖼️ Image slot — The "Translate a document" window showing the "Upload a file" and "Choose from your documents" options
Reading and downloading the result
The finished translation opens on its own page. From there you can:
Download PDF — save a copy of the translated text.
Copy as Markdown — copy the text to paste elsewhere.
Discuss in chat — open a conversation with the assistant about this document.
View original — jump back to the source. For a court order, you can also open the original from the case's Court Orders section.
Every translation you create is saved. To find one again later, open AI Chat and switch to the Artifacts tab, where your translations are listed alongside anything else you've generated. You can rename or delete a translation from there.
🖼️ Image slot — A finished translation with the original document alongside and the Download PDF button
Important: this is a machine translation
The translation is produced automatically. It may contain errors or omissions, including in passages that aren't marked, and it is not certified. Don't rely on it in place of the original — always check the original document for anything that matters.
Two things Gaveli will flag when they happen:
If parts of the document couldn't be read clearly, those spots are marked so you know to check them against the original.
If only part of a long document could be translated, you'll see a note telling you the translation is incomplete.
Good to know
Your original document is left exactly as it is — translating never edits or replaces it.
When you upload a file to translate, the file itself isn't kept afterwards — only the translation is saved. To open the source later, translate from a document that's already stored on a case instead.
Translating uses your organization's monthly AI allowance. If you've used it up, you'll see a message telling you the date it resets.
If you don't see Studio or the translate option, it may not be switched on for your organization yet — an admin can check under Managing AI features.