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 < quentin.christen...@gmail.com> 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 android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto: >> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:android-developers@googlegroups.com>. >> 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 android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com. > 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 android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com. 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.
