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Quality Levels

Falara offers two quality levels for translations: standard and premium. The quality level controls which AI model processes the translation and how words are counted against your quota.

Comparison

Standard Premium
Model Claude Sonnet Claude Opus
Word multiplier 1.0x 1.5x
Default Yes No
Plan availability All paid plans Starter (with limits), Professional, Business, Enterprise
Free plan Available Not available

How It Works

Standard (default)

Every translation job uses the standard quality level unless you explicitly request otherwise. Standard translations are powered by Claude Sonnet and count at face value against your word quota.

  • 1,000 source words = 1,000 billed words

Premium

Premium translations are powered by Claude Opus, which produces higher-fidelity output, particularly for nuanced or complex content. Because the underlying model is more expensive to run, premium jobs apply a 1.5x word multiplier to your quota.

  • 1,000 source words = 1,500 billed words

When to use Premium

Premium quality is recommended for high-visibility content where nuance matters most:

  • Marketing copy -- brand voice, slogans, campaign material
  • Legal documents -- contracts, terms of service, compliance text
  • Executive communications -- press releases, investor updates
  • Creative content -- editorial pieces, storytelling, literary text

For high-volume, lower-stakes content (product feeds, internal docs, support articles), standard quality delivers excellent results at a lower quota cost.

Usage

Set the quality field in the request body when creating a job.

POST /v1/jobs
{
  "source_lang": "en",
  "target_lang": "de",
  "text": "Our new product redefines what customers expect."
}

Omitting quality defaults to "standard".

POST /v1/jobs
{
  "source_lang": "en",
  "target_lang": "de",
  "text": "Our new product redefines what customers expect.",
  "quality": "premium"
}

POST /v1/jobs/file
Content-Type: multipart/form-data

target_lang: de
quality: premium
file: @brochure.docx

The quality parameter is supported on all job creation endpoints:

Endpoint Description
POST /v1/jobs Text translation
POST /v1/jobs/batch-text Multi-language text translation
POST /v1/jobs/file File translation
POST /v1/jobs/batch-file Batch file translation
POST /v1/jobs/batch-csv Batch from CSV

Plan Restrictions

The premium quality level is gated by plan tier:

Plan Premium access
Free Not available -- returns 403
Starter Available with limits
Professional Available
Business Available
Enterprise Available

Free plan

Requesting "quality": "premium" on the Free plan returns a 403 Forbidden response. Upgrade to a paid plan to unlock premium translations.

Billed Words

The billed_words field in the job result reflects the effective word count after applying the quality multiplier.

{
  "job_id": "job_abc123",
  "status": "completed",
  "word_count": 500,
  "billed_words": 500,
  "quality": "standard",
  "..."
}

{
  "job_id": "job_def456",
  "status": "completed",
  "word_count": 500,
  "billed_words": 750,
  "quality": "premium",
  "..."
}

Use billed_words (not word_count) when tracking quota consumption. The GET /v1/account/usage endpoint reports cumulative billed words for the current billing period.