A method includes obtaining a query in a base language and translating the query to generate one or more translated queries each in a respective target language. The method also includes searching one or more sets of electronic files based on the one or more translated queries to generate target-language search results, where each translated query is used to search one or more electronic files that include content in the respective target language of the translated query. The method also includes, based on the target-language search results, scheduling one or more electronic files of the one or more sets of electronic files for at least partial translation to the base language.