From Functional Needs to Global-Ready Tech Specs

Seamlessly translate functional requirements into technical requirements for your global teams. Smartcat AI helps you articulate customer needs into precise, multilingual technical documentation and UI strings, ensuring perfect alignment between product vision and engineering execution.

Join the 20% of Fortune 500 leaders who trust Smartcat. Top tech teams use our AI to convert user needs into globally understood technical content.

Align Your Global Teams with AI-Powered Clarity

70%

less ambiguity

Automate the process of translating functional requirements into technical specifications, freeing up your product and engineering teams.

4x

faster alignment

Accelerate development cycles by instantly generating multilingual technical specs from your core functional requirements.

95%+

spec accuracy

Deliver consistent technical documentation and UI strings with AI that adapts to your terminology and understands product context.

Ensure Global Product-Market Fit from Day One

Our Software Localization Agent translates UI text derived from your requirements, ensuring every button, menu, and prompt is perfectly adapted for global users without disrupting your codebase.

Generate Accurate Multilingual Technical Docs

Instantly translate customer needs to technical requirements and documentation. Create clear user manuals, help centers, and FAQs that reflect your product's functionality in any language.

Maintain Technical Integrity Across Languages

Use a single platform for seamless team collaboration. Ensure variables, placeholders, and formatting rules are respected in every language to prevent bugs and misinterpretations.

Align Product and Engineering Teams Globally

Connect your repo or design tool to Smartcat. Our agent automatically detects changes to requirements and updates translated technical specs, keeping them version-controlled and ready for deployment.

A Clear Path from Concept to Code

1

Define Functional Needs

Input your functional requirements, whether for UI, documentation, or onboarding. Smartcat’s adaptive AI understands your intent and prepares the content for technical specification.

2

Generate Technical Specs with AI

The AI agent generates multilingual technical specs, UI strings, and documentation, applying your glossary and translation memory while running multi-step QA for accuracy.

3

Review and Deploy Globally

Invite human reviewers to validate that the technical output meets the original functional intent. Each correction trains the AI, making future requirement translations faster.

The AI Engine for Your Technical Specifications

Product

Development

Documentation

Training

Ensure Your Product Vision is Executed Globally

Translate your product's functional requirements into clear technical specs that guide global engineering teams, ensuring features are built as intended in every market.

Translate product content

Cynthia Gibbs

Learning Service Manager

“We can quickly get things translated into whatever language we need and make our content accessible to our audiences.”

"From the moment the English content is published to the moment the localized version is published happens in half the time than it did before."

Nadia Anagnostopoulou

Trusted By Global Technology Leaders

9.6/10

for ease of setup

9.3/10

ease of use

1,000+

global corporate clients

20%

of the Fortune 500

Proven Results for Global Product Teams

+30%

ROI

Achieved through centralized, AI-driven workflows for technical content and specifications.

31+

hours saved monthly

By automating repetitive translation tasks and improving the quality of technical documentation.

92%

faster turnaround

Delivering multilingual technical assets with Smartcat’s AI agents compared to traditional methods.

Secure & Compliant Technical Specification Translation

Smartcat protects your intellectual property with full encryption at rest and in transit. Our platform is GDPR and SOC II compliant, with role-based access and private glossaries to keep your data secure.

Ready to Align Your Global Product Development?

Smartcat AI Agents are your solution. Streamline the creation of multilingual technical documentation and product specs with zero compromises.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does Smartcat help translate functional requirements into technical requirements?

Smartcat provides an AI-powered platform that streamlines the entire process. You can input or create functional requirements, and our AI Agents will help draft, translate, and manage the corresponding technical specifications and UI strings. The platform ensures consistency through centralized glossaries and translation memories, while integrations with dev tools keep everything in sync.

What's the best approach for translating functional requirements into technical specifications for a global team?

The best approach is to use a single, unified platform where product, engineering, and translation teams can collaborate. Smartcat facilitates this by connecting the entire workflow, from initial requirement to final translated spec. This eliminates silos, reduces errors from manual hand-offs, and ensures everyone is working from the most current, accurately translated information.

How does Smartcat ensure the quality of translated technical content?

Smartcat employs a multi-layered quality strategy. Our adaptive AI learns from every edit, continuously improving its understanding of your specific terminology. The platform includes automated QA checks for formatting, placeholders, and glossary compliance. Finally, you can involve human experts—either from your own team or our marketplace—to review and validate that the translated specs accurately reflect the original intent.

Which file formats does Smartcat support for technical documentation?

Smartcat supports over 80 file formats, covering everything you need for technical specifications and software development, including:

  • JSON, XML, YAML

  • RESX, STRINGS, PO, XLIFF

  • CSV, Excel, Word, and PDF

This ensures you can seamlessly manage all your technical content, from requirement documents to code strings, within a single environment.

Can Smartcat integrate with our product management and development tools?

Yes. Smartcat offers a robust API and pre-built integrations for tools like GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Figma, and Contentful. This allows you to create a continuous workflow where updates to requirements or designs automatically trigger updates in your translated technical documentation.

Is the Smartcat platform secure enough for sensitive technical specifications?

Absolutely. Smartcat is SOC II certified and GDPR compliant. We use end-to-end encryption for all data, both in transit and at rest. With features like role-based access control and private, client-specific translation assets, you maintain full control and security over your proprietary technical information.

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