I was curious about the cost of translation as well, so I googled it. I found this site ( http://www.icanlocalize.com/site/services/android-localization/) and their prices -
0.09 USD / word for expert translation or 0.135 USD / word including review of the app’s texts and description on the Android marketplace. I have never used their services, so I have no idea if they are any good, or if the price is fair. I have done some translation work in other areas (German and French), and I will say that given the short phrase used in an app, one can't just use Google translate on the words. The context is critical to make a native sounding translation. This is true for all translations, but especially for the phrases in an app. Anyway, I would go with the $0.135 price, unless you can find a native speaker to help you out. Good luck! Mark On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 4:26 PM, Quentin Christensen < [email protected]> wrote: > The trick is probably the getting paid part. I would love to have my app > translated into as many languages as possible and if you are interested in > translating my app I can send you the strings.xml file right now! But > having sold less than 100 copies at $2.99 AUD (minus Google's cut), of an > app which took several months development time, I'd need to translate it > into a language a lot more popular than it's current English in order to > recoup the costs of development, let alone to pay someone else. > > Out of curiousity, how much would translation cost? > > Kind regards > > Quentin. > > -- > 22 Point > > Web: http://www.22point.com.au > Check out our "Making Windows 10 Easy" eBooks and award winning app, > RapiTap! > > On 12/12/2015 6:16 AM, Vladimir Markiev wrote: > >> So Google Play has a huge amount of different apps and games and often I >> see people waiting for localization of certain app or game because they >> don't speak English. This makes me wondering - who doe the localization? >> Search gives only tips for those who want to translate their app, but not >> for those who would like to assist translating them. I work as a freelance >> translator and want to help those people, who don't speak English by >> translating apps and games and maybe even get paid for that. So does anyone >> know how to? >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Android Developers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <mailto: >> [email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/c09c0a62-7698-481c-a6b0-937a60e33f64%40googlegroups.com >> < >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/c09c0a62-7698-481c-a6b0-937a60e33f64%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer >> >. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/android-developers. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/566CAD1B.7080609%40gmail.com > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/android-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/CAEqej2PeskY%2BuoEgDZB94cD_kF9YNU7-GNyDGVmU8jBtqcERzQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
