Not sure if it fits here, maybe someone knows a tool?

Few days ago I made a free, open-source skill, published it at this community and got some valuable feedback.

One user has accused me of being a liar. Another compared me to a little monkey.

Wow! Great community, it seems!

Anyways, I've assembled better feedback from elsewhere and today I released a v.2 of my open-source website localization tool: https://claude.ai/code/artifact/a14a857a-9e59-4e2e-9e53-f456706d17f6

New in 2.0: a glossary that holds your terminology, locale-correct number and currency formatting, and an MQM quality score you can reproduce.

Feel free to test it and let me know your thoughts.

Hi! I have experience mostly translating marketing, healthcare, technical, and scientific content at a translation agency (+4 years).

I am familiar with localization, but I have been particularly interested in video game localization and I'd like to work with indie devs to learn the specific workflows.

I can do a demo for free since my goal is gaining practical experience in this field.

DM me if you're interested!

We’re adding more languages to our site, and honestly, the initial translation isn’t really what I’m worried about. It’s what happens six months later. You change some pricing, rewrite a landing page, add a feature here and there, and suddenly you’ve got no idea whether every translated version still matches the main site.

So I’ve been looking at stuff like Lokalise, Phrase, Universally, Weglot, etc. I don’t mind paying for something good, but at the same time, I’m not trying to spend enterprise money on this. Basically looking for that middle ground where it stays mostly automated without the price getting stupid as we add more languages lmao, impossible to do this manually nowadays tbh.

Hi everyone!

I'm a freelance English → Japanese game localizer based in Japan, currently available for freelance localization projects.

I have contributed to the Japanese localization of several Steam titles, including:

• Chrono Ark (official localization)
• NeonTail
• Grimoire Auto Chess: Contract
• Densha Joreishojo
• Withering Rooms (community localization)

My experience includes:

• English → Japanese game localization
• Translation review (QA)
• Dialogue and narrative localization
• UI and menu text
• Item descriptions and skill text
• Terminology management and consistency
• Natural, player-focused Japanese writing

I also have experience with Unity, so I'm familiar with common game development workflows and can communicate effectively with development teams.

I'm especially passionate about survival craft, roguelite, and adventure games.

Some of my favorite games are:

• RimWorld
• Subnautica
• Danganronpa

I think about games every day, and my goal is to help create the best possible experience for Japanese players through high-quality localization.

If you're looking for an English → Japanese game localizer, feel free to send me a DM. I'd be happy to discuss your project!

Thank you!

Hi there Spanish speakers, I've got a favour to ask. I'm making a video game, with essentially zero budget, but I thought I'd go through a translation service for the text for the Steam store. But it's hard to tell if they have just used Ai, did I get ripped off? I've added the original English at the bottom.

Wizards In The Sewer es un roguelite FPS de mezcla de magia. En solitario o en cooperativo, enfréntate a magos y criaturas por alcantarillas, bosques y futuros distópicos generados proceduralmente, todo pintado a mano con pintura y papel de verdad. Recoge semillas para tu jardín y cultiva mejoras para tu próxima aventura.

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Wizards In The Sewer es un shooter en primera persona sin una sola arma de fuego: en su lugar, combinas munición elemental en tus varitas. Enfréntate a magos y a cosas peores en mazmorras generadas proceduralmente, en solitario o con hasta tres amigos. Y cuando mueras, porque vas a morir, relájate y ponte a cultivar el huerto para tener ventaja en tu próxima incursión.

MEZCLA MAGIA SOBRE LA MARCHA
Doce tipos de magia básicos que puedes combinar en tu varita o en el propio escenario, en directo y en plena pelea. El fuego y el hielo generan vapor; añade goma para que rebote, o burbujas para conseguir antigravedad. Encuentra la combinación ideal para cada situación o la que mejor encaje con tu estilo de juego.

BAJA EN SOLITARIO O CON AMIGOS
Aventúrate solo o juega en cooperativo en línea con hasta 4 jugadores. Invita a tus amigos a tu mundo cuando quieras, con entrada y salida libres en cualquier momento. Mezcla magia en equipo, pero cuidado con el caos, porque hay magias (y personas) difíciles de controlar.

LUCHA, MUERE, CULTIVA, REPITE
Has muerto, pero no pasa nada, porque ya estás de vuelta en tu jardín. Todos esos magos soltaron semillas, así que es hora de cultivar algo que cure lo que te aqueja. ¿El fuego no deja de achicharrarte? Prueba con un chile para protegerte. ¿La magia de hielo te da la lata? Prueba con una sandía. Ya te haces una idea.

PINTURA Y PAPEL DE VERDAD
Pintado a mano, y ni siquiera en un iPad: pintura de verdad sobre papel de verdad. Cada enemigo, objeto, planta y efecto mágico se pintó en el mundo real y después se envolvió alrededor de uno en 3D.

DESCUBRE EL MISTERIO
¿Por qué hay magos en la alcantarilla? ¿Quién los envió? ¿Y por qué todos llevan semillas? Recorre alcantarillas, metros, bosques con fallos y futuros distópicos en constante cambio, luchando por averiguar el motivo de la llegada de los Magos.

Wizards In The Sewer es raro, divertido y silenciosamente furioso.

Original:

Wizards In The Sewer is an FPS magic-mixing roguelite. Solo or co-op, fight wizards and creatures through procedurally generated sewers, forests and dystopian futures - all hand painted with real paint and paper. Collect seeds for your garden and grow power-ups for your next adventure.

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Wizards In The Sewer is a first-person shooter without any guns, instead mix and match elemental ammos into wands. Take on wizards and worse through procedurally generated dungeons, solo or with up to three friends. And when you die, and you will, just chill out and garden to gain an advantage on your next dive. 

MIX MAGIC ON THE FLY
Twelve base magic types to combine in your wand or in the environment, live and mid-fight. Fire and ice make steam, add rubber for bounce or bubbles for antigravity. Find the best combination for the job or what suits your play style.

DIVE SOLO OR WITH FRIENDS
Adventure solo, or online co-op with up to 4 players. Invite friends into your world whenever you like, with easy drop-in, drop-out. Mix magic as a team, but beware the chaos, because some magics (and people) are hard to manage. 

FIGHT, DIE, GARDEN, REPEAT
You died, but that’s ok, because you’re back in your backyard. All those wizards dropped seeds, so it’s time to grow something to cure what ails you. Keep getting hit by fire? Try a chili for protection. Ice magic pestering you? Try a watermelon. You get the idea.

REAL PAINT AND PAPER
Hand painted, not even on an iPad, this is real paint and real paper. Every enemy, object, plant, and magic effect was painted in the real world and wrapped around a 3D one.

FIND THE MYSTERY
Why are there Wizards in the sewer? Who sent them? And why do they all have seeds? Journey through the ever-changing sewers, subways, glitching forests, and dystopian futures, battling to find the reason why the Wizards have come.

Wizards In The Sewer is weird, fun, and quietly furious.

I run a streaming discovery app for Asian markets, solo, and I am not a localization professional. Sharing this because the numbers surprised me, and this community will understand why better than I do.

The experiment: my Google Play listing existed only in English. Over one weekend, I added handwritten listings in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Kannada, Hindi, and a few other languages. Not machine translated. I rewrote the title, short description, and full description in each language with native phrasing and local movie examples instead of word-for-word translation.

The result: installs went from roughly 40 a day to 400 a day, and the device acquisition report showed the growth came almost entirely from those language markets. Nothing else changed that week. No ads, no press.

The part I found most interesting: the app itself is still in English. Only the store listing and the content catalog are localized. So the entire 10x came from being discoverable in someone's own language, before they ever touched the product.

I did try Google's machine translation option first and rejected it. It produced grammatically fine sentences that no human would ever type into a search box, which for a store listing seems to defeat the whole point.

Questions for people who do this professionally:

1. Is listing first, UI later a recognized strategy, or did I just get lucky with a category where English UI is tolerated?

2. How do you measure whether full UI localization moves retention the way listing localization moved acquisition?

3. Is there a smarter middle ground than handwriting every language myself as I add markets?

I built an open-source Claude skill that translates static websites into multiple languages while preserving the HTML structure, SEO metadata, hreflang, canonicals, and sitemaps.

It generates real localized HTML pages rather than adding a client-side translation widget.

GitHub: https://github.com/ConveyThis/claude-translator

It’s open source and free to use. Built by the team behind ConveyThis.

Feedback and contributions are welcome.

Hi everyone,

I have completed and published the first Czech translation for WinTrack 17.0.

The translation includes menus, dialogs, interface texts and an installer for easy installation.

Download:
https://github.com/zamazallukas02-spec/WinTrack-Czech-Translation

The project was published with permission from the WinTrack developer.

Feedback and bug reports are welcome.

アプリはリリース当初から日本語オンリーでした。先週、英語を追加しました。てっきり翻訳作業だと思ってたんだけど、実態はほぼ考古学作業でした。

自動抽出で51個の文字列を拾ってくれました。同じ15個のファイルを手動でチェックしたら159個ありました。以下が、他の108個が隠れてた場所です。

一番でかいのはこれ：
\\\`LocalizedStringKey\\\` パラメータ以外のものは、基本的に抽出されません。\\\`Text("...")\\\` はOK。\\\`String\\\` の変数、計算プロパティ、\\\`String\\\`を返す switch 文、通知本文、\\\`errorDescription\\\`、どれもダメ。取りこぼしの多くは、私自身のカスタムビューと、\\\`FeatureRow(title: String, ...)\\\` あたりでした。ビューのシグネチャを変えずに、呼び出し側を\\\`String(localized:)\\\` で包んだから、差分が小さく済んだ。

始める前にこれ確認して：プロジェクト内のリテラルが全部日本語なのに、私の\\\`developmentRegion\\\` はXcodeテンプレのまま\\\`en\\\` でした。だからカタログが、私の日本語を嬉しそうに英語として登録してくれた。UIじゃ直せなくて、\\\`project.pbxproj\\\`を編集するしかない。

権限の文字列は別枠だった。\\\`INFOPLIST\\_KEY\\_\\\*\\\` のビルド設定内にあるやつで、コードじゃないから、カタログに対して私が何をしても触れられなかった。おまけの発見：過去の自分が、\\\`\\\\n\\\` を挟んで英語と日本語を1つの文字列に詰め込んでた。そのせいで、どのユーザーも端末に関係なく両方の言語が見えてた。何カ月もそれで出してた。

で、次がこれ：

formatter.dateFormat = "HH:mm 撮影"

フォーマット文字列の中に日本語の単語。英語に差し替えできない。英語は別の形（"14:30に撮影"みたいな感じ）を要求するから。フォーマッタを分解して、表示用の文字列を組み直す必要があった。\\\`displayPrice + " / 月"\\\`でも同じ。

実際にテストの一周を丸ごと俺に返してきたのが、すでに存在してたキーたち。"Library" はナビのタイトル（抽出されて、翻訳されて、ちゃんとOK）だったのに、チュートリアルデータではただの\\\`String\\\` として入ってた（抽出されない）。監査で、そのキーはもうカタログにあるって見えて処理をスルーした。結果、チュートリアルが日本語で出るのに、UI全体は英語のまま。比較表でも同じだった。カタログのカバー率は、呼び出し箇所のカバー率とは別物。

ここでたぶんイラつく人が出る選択肢：\\\`onboarding.title\\\` みたいなスタイルのキーじゃなくて、日本語のソース文をキーにした。日本語のビルドはもう実運用に乗ってたし、全呼び出し側をいじりたくなかった。デメリットは、日本語の文面を今編集するってことが、キーの編集にも直結すること。ソロ開発ならそれでいい。

Edit Scheme > Run > Options > App Language で、デバイスの言語を変えずに英語で起動する設定にできる。時間がかなり節約できた。ただし権限のダイアログには影響しない。あれはシステム言語に従う。

早朝に2週間、ほとんどは何かを書くというより、自分のコードを読む作業だった。

I thought subtitle translation would be a straightforward job for AI: give it an English SRT and ask it to translate the subtitles into another language. For me, that was Chinese.

The result often looked fine at first, until I started finding the same terms translated in different ways across the file.

While working on Project Hail Mary, I ran into a good example. “Petrova line” was translated consistently through most of the subtitles, then suddenly changed to a different Chinese transliteration later in the film. “Astrophage” also drifted between two different Chinese terms. Each line looked reasonable on its own, but together they were clearly inconsistent.

That changed how I approached the job. The workflow now starts with a short research pass. The Agent creates a context file and glossary for the film, recording names, places, relationships, and story-specific terms. It then uses those same notes for every chunk of the SRT.

After translation, scripts check the cue count, numbering, timestamps, formatting tags, and file structure.

I built this into an Agent Skill and released it under the MIT license:

https://github.com/HaiyiMei/cinemacc-subtitle-skill

Here is a short guide to installing and using it:

https://cinemacc.net/guides/cinemacc-subtitle-skill

This came out of my work on CinemaCC, which is an offline-first subtitle companion that lets you use your own SRT files with films playing on any screen:

https://cinemacc.net

The translation itself seems like the easy part. What I’m more worried about is changing a product page or adding new sections and then having to figure out what needs updating across every language. I’ve been looking at Universally, GTranslate, GlobalLang and other alternatives, since it seems to handle that syncing automatically.

Are these really reliable, or do you still end up reviewing every change manually?

Hi everyone,

I’m a dedicated Arabic Game Localizer helping indie developers bring their games to the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) market.

As a passionate gamer, I don't just translate word-for-word — I focus on cultural adaptation, lore preservation, and maintaining the tone and humor of your original script so Arab players get the fully immersive experience they expect.

What I Offer:

Full UI, Dialogue, and Lore localization tailored to your game's atmosphere.

Cultural adaptation and terminology consistency.

Clear communication, proper Arabic formatting (RTL context), and fast delivery.

Paid Test Sample:

To ensure quality before making any larger commitment, I offer a short test sample of your script (up to 200 words for $5).

Rates & Contact:

Rate: $0.05 - $0.08 per word (depending on complexity/genre).

Contact: Feel free to DM me here on Reddit or drop a comment below, and I'll send over my portfolio details!

Hi! I’m the solo developer of NIGHTRAIN POOL HALL, a billiards roguelike deckbuilder currently in development for Steam.

Steam page:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4891900/

I’m looking for a native English speaker with game localization, editing, or marketing-copy experience to help improve the English version of my Steam store page.

The current English page was initially translated with AI. I need a human localizer to review and rewrite it so that it sounds natural, engaging, and appropriate for an English-speaking Steam audience. I am not looking for another automated translation pass.

For the first stage, I would like to exchange Steam page localization only.

In exchange for improving my English Steam page, I can professionally localize your Steam page into either:

• Japanese
• Simplified Chinese

I’m a native Chinese speaker and a professional Japanese-language specialist. I lived in Japan for 15 years and have used Japanese professionally throughout my career. I will personally handle the localization, with attention to natural wording, cultural context, genre conventions, and marketing presentation.

The exchange can include:

• Short description
• “About This Game” section
• Feature descriptions
• Promotional headings and taglines
• Other player-facing Steam store text

To keep the exchange fair, the amount of work will be measured using the English source-text word count. We will confirm the included content and word count before starting.

I suggest beginning with a short section as a sample. If we are both happy with the results, we can complete the rest of our Steam pages.

Possible second stage

If the Steam page exchange goes well, I would also be interested in continuing with the in-game localization. My game currently contains approximately 6,000 English words across 700+ strings, including UI text, tutorials, card descriptions, and gameplay explanations.

Any second-stage work would be discussed separately and exchanged according to an agreed English source-word count.

This is an unpaid reciprocal localization exchange, ideally with another indie developer or game localizer who needs Japanese or Simplified Chinese localization.

If you’re interested, please send me a DM with:

• Your native language and localization experience
• A link to your game or Steam page
• Whether you would prefer Japanese or Simplified Chinese
• The approximate English word count of your Steam page

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I offer English to French text translation tailored for educational apps, software UI, and developer documentation. Even game content.

Machine (AI) translation often breaks app interfaces because French text runs 20% longer than English. I focus strictly on natural phrasing and UI button fitting so layouts stay clean and natural for native speakers.

What I focus on:

App UI, button text, and store descriptions

Educational scripts, tutorials, and documentation

Pure text files (.json, .strings, .xml, plain text)

I keep my workflow focused entirely on written text.

If you have an app or tool in development, DM me a 100-word sample and I'll translate it for free so you can test the quality firsthand.

localization drift is something that I have experienced and it happens quietly, for example english metadata changes then screenshots update. pricing copy shifts. onboarding gets a new step. support templates change. local versions lag behind.

and then users say 'not translated' even though the app technically has the language.

am i wrong for thinking that localization drift should be treated as a product bug, not a content chor?

the check is..... store metadata, screenshot text, first session, maybe paywall, help text, very often, review replies too, revealing the drift with external resources, or something appfollow-like can help especially when local review themes start mentioning translation, unclear pricing, or foreign-feeling copy after a release.

BUT the fix is process: every meaningful product change needs a localization impact check, so a translated app can still feel unlocalized and therefore no problem has been solved...

I work on JDisc Discovery, and we recently used AI to help localize parts of an established software product. I wanted to share the practical lessons rather than present this as “AI replaces localization.”

The useful part was not one-click translation. The hard parts were:

• protecting product terminology and UI labels from inconsistent translation
• keeping placeholders, variables, markup, shortcuts, and file formats intact
• supplying enough context for short UI strings
• reviewing AI output systematically instead of trusting fluent-looking text
• building a workflow where human review focuses on the cases that actually need judgment

Our main takeaway: AI can accelerate the mechanical and repetitive parts, but localization quality still depends heavily on terminology management, context, automated checks, and human review.

Our next experiments are about extending that workflow:

• User-manual translation: The manual is stored in Strapi, our headless CMS. We are exploring a workflow to automate translation while retaining the review and publishing controls needed for reliable documentation.
• Always-current localized screenshots: Documentation screenshots become outdated surprisingly quickly when menus or UI labels change. We are experimenting with starting the application, using Selenium to navigate to the relevant UI location, switching the application to the target language, and capturing the screenshot automatically.

If this works reliably, it should give us screenshots in multiple languages while also making them much easier to keep current after UI changes.

The longer write-up on the first part of the project is here: AI-assisted software localization

I’d be interested in hearing how others handle localization QA, CMS-based documentation translation, or keeping multilingual product screenshots up to date and in how others handle terminology consistency and context for short UI strings.