StelaEven light
Shadows, a desk lamp and yellowed paper become clean black on white.
Private betaFor sworn translators across Europe
Sworn translation, done right.
Stela restores bad scans and photos, reads every line, stamp and handwritten note twice, and delivers the translation in the exact layout of the original. You check, you sign.
Closed workspace per translator
8 pages in about 3 minutes
Tested by sworn translators
≈3 minfor an 8-page document, from upload to translation
2×every line read by two independent engines
1:1the layout of the original, page by page
0documents used to train Stela
The product
From a bad scan to a translation you can sign.
One calm workspace. Every step happens in front of you, and every step can be checked and adjusted.
01 RESTORE
It reads what a bad scan hides.
A system of reading engines from document examination visually restores every page, so the hardest parts of a document are recognised with far higher precision, handwriting included.
- Stamps, embossed seals and security marks brought out and read exactly.
- Faint ink, pencil and handwriting made legible, even under a stamp.
- Pages found, straightened and cropped without cutting any ink.
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02 RECOGNISE
The document understands itself.
Stela recognises the kind of document, the language pair and every name, and transliterates the names for you to check against the passport.
- Document type and language pair detected automatically.
- Names transliterated, editable, spelled as in the passport.
03 CONTROL
Every doubt, put in the light.
Each line is read by two independent engines and compared letter by letter. Where they differ, Stela never guesses: it marks the exact words on the original and shows both readings.
- Highlighted on the photo, on the very words.
- You decide: confirm, correct, or mark as illegible.
- Full overview: nothing leaves the workspace unchecked.
04 TRANSLATE
Same structure. Live.
The translation is written page by page into the structure of the original, following the certification rules of the country where it will be used.
- Tables, fields, stamps and signatures in their place, every detail described.
- Country rules built in: the certification formula and formatting of the destination country.
05 DELIVER
Exactly what Word prints.
What you see is the file: real A4 pages with header, page numbers and your certification. Export to Word or PDF, then sign and stamp.
- Word and PDF, one document or the whole project.
- Named for you: document, holder and language pair.
Precision
Six reading engines. One goal: nothing missed.
Built on techniques from forensic document examination, running in real time while you work.
Ink separation
Each ink is found and can be set aside, so writing under a stamp stays readable.
Local contrast
Contrast raised area by area, exactly where the page needs it.
Faint writing
An adaptive engine pulls out pale ink and pencil that is barely there.
Relief light
Raking light reveals embossed seals, security marks and pressed writing.
Close-up reading
Numbers, dates and document series read again at full resolution.
Speed
2:588/8
Minutes, not hours.
An 8-page document goes from upload to finished translation in about three minutes, with the same precision on page eight as on page one.
Proven in practice
Tested by sworn translators. Benchmarked hard.
Stela is used and tested by several sworn translators on real documents, with excellent results, above all in following the current standards, rules and decrees of each country.
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Tested in practice
Every release is used on real assignments by sworn translators; their corrections shape the next one.
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Benchmarked
Every change is measured against translations finished by sworn translators: reading, wording, structure and certification.
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Country rules
Certification wording and formatting follow the current rules of the country where the translation is used.
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Identical layout
Tables, fields, stamps, signatures and page numbers as in the original, with every detail correctly described.
Security & privacy
Your clients' documents stay protected.
Passports, birth certificates and diplomas hold personal data. Stela handles them confidentially at every step, behind several layers of protection, so they are never left unprotected.
DALV
Secure processing layer
Our own secure method for sending documents to our system. A strong, protected system layer that keeps clients' personal data safe while their documents are still read with the full power of our system.
Your own workspace
All your projects, translations and their history in one place, with a trash you can restore from.
Strictly separated
Every request is checked against your account. No other user can ever see your documents.
Never used for training
Stela does not use your documents or anyone's personal data to train its system.
Layered protection
Passwords stored only as strong hashes, sign-in throttling, secure sessions, a server behind a closed gateway.
Isolated processing
Each document is processed live and on its own: no memory of other jobs, no reuse, no shared results.
Confidential
Documents are processed only to produce your translation. Never published, shared or sold.
Your workspace
Everything you translated, in one place.
Every project keeps its documents, its translations and its history. Search, filter, reopen, continue. Only you can see it.
Where we are
A working product, in private testing.
Stela runs the full flow today with sworn translators on real documents. Founded in 2026 by Vlad Bez in Belgium, it is built for sworn translators across Europe, for any European language pair.
EnglishFrenchGermanDutchSpanishItalianPolishPortugueseRomanianUkrainianand more
- LIVEFull flow: upload, restoration, reading, translation, review, export
- LIVEBuilt on Claude for reading and translation, with a second, independent reading to catch errors
- LIVEMultilingual interface
- NEXTOpening to sworn translators across Europe
Early access
Translate less. Sign more.
We are onboarding a small number of sworn translators. Write to us and tell us your language pairs.