# Quality Tiers

Part of the HebrewCore documentation. Web: https://hc.itsbaba.com/docs#quality · Whole docs: https://hc.itsbaba.com/docs.md · Index: https://hc.itsbaba.com/llms.txt

Translation and transliteration accept an optional `quality` parameter that trades latency for depth. Direction analysis, detection, and the language list are deterministic and instant.

| quality | When to use |
| --- | --- |
| `fast` | High volume and short strings, lowest latency. |
| `balanced` *(default)* | The default. Excellent quality for everyday use. |
| `smartest` | Maximum nuance for long or sensitive content. |

With [protected translation](https://hc.itsbaba.com/docs#protected), every tier runs the value and number checks; `balanced` and `smartest` add an independent review of each sentence for meaning changes.