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I've had fairly good luck with [1] for iPhone apps on my very low budget. For decent enough quality, the translator has to be familiar enough with the context (
by lpsz 12y ago
I've had fairly good luck with [1] for iPhone apps on my very low budget. For decent enough quality, the translator has to be familiar enough with the context (e.g. someone who had translated apps, uses apps, and most importantly understands what your app's features/demographics are.) Work with your translator to give them enough background information. Just translating a word like "music" in isolation may lead to subpar results.
[1] http://www.icanlocalize.com http://www.icanlocalize.com
- mrborgen 12y agoAgreed! It's important to get them to understand how your app works. Ideally they should download your app, read comments, blog posts, everything that relates to it. It will make it cheaper and better. Interesting website. Do you get to communicate directly with the translators?
- lpsz 12y agoIt's pretty low-effort. I've gotten results back in 1-2 hours -- you select the "app" category and a topic area like "Accounting", and there's also a box to provide additional context. It also looks like you can respond/open an issue, but I haven't tried that. Really the most annoying part was updating my screenshots, hours spent in Photoshop. This should be much easier since I've started using Sketch though (Tip: convert screenshots to symbols, choose "Exclude Text Value From Symbol" for your text layers, so you can duplicate the symbol and edit the text many times.)