Cybersecurity content translation methodology

Each Spanish or Brazilian Portuguese article is produced through one of three paths, and the path is disclosed on the page itself:

• Direct-language original. Article written from scratch in Spanish or Brazilian Portuguese by a native or near-native author. No AI-translation pipeline involved.
• Human-translated. Article originally written in English, then translated by a human translator with cybersecurity-domain familiarity. No AI involvement in the translation step.
• AI-assisted-then-reviewed. Article originally written in English, run through an AI translation pass, then reviewed and corrected by a human reviewer with cybersecurity-domain familiarity before translation_status flips to approved.

AI-translation drafts that have not yet cleared human review have translation_status = 'draft' and are blocked from rendering by the platform's i18n loader. Visitors never see un-reviewed AI translations.

Every Spanish or Brazilian Portuguese article renders a disclosure footer at the end of the article body. The footer states: source language, production path, reviewer attribution where applicable, and the date of the most recent review. Readers always know which path produced the content they are reading.

Direct-language originals are explicitly labeled as such with the author shown by name. Human-translated articles credit the translator. AI-assisted articles credit the human reviewer.

Word-for-word translation is insufficient for cybersecurity career insights. Salary data, certifications, regulatory environments, and employer landscapes vary across regions. DecipherU layers regional calibration on top of the translation pipeline:

• Salary numbers sourced from INEGI (Mexico) and IBGE (Brazil) for ES and pt-BR pages, alongside the BLS baseline used for EN pages.
• Certification pricing, exam availability, and renewal schedules verified against the certifying body's regional offering rather than copied from the EN page.
• Employer examples reflect the region's hiring landscape. Mexican and Brazilian companies surface in pt-BR/es pages instead of US-only employers.

If you identify a translation error, regional miscalibration, or domain-terminology issue on any Spanish or Brazilian Portuguese article, use the Report an inaccuracy link in the page footer. Reports route to the editorial review queue and surface in /admin/translations-reviewwith the offending article, the reporter's note, and a diff suggestion field.

Per the integrity guardrails: corrections to translated content are made within 14 days regardless of dispute outcome timing.

See the full Methodology Section 10A →