WritingListing translation
Marketplace listing translation for Amazon EU and Etsy
Pricefrom $12
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- If you do not respond within 3 days of delivery, the work is accepted automatically.
The money is reserved when you pay and released only once you accept the work.
Example result
Example for the Standard package
Translation German → English: a family hotel's guest information
Before → after (excerpt)
Original (German):
Frühstück Unser Frühstücksbuffet steht Ihnen täglich von 7:30 bis 10:00 Uhr in der Zirbenstube zur Verfügung. Wir verwenden überwiegend Produkte von Höfen aus der Region. Bei Unverträglichkeiten sprechen Sie uns bitte am Vorabend an.
Sauna Der Wellnessbereich ist von 15:00 bis 20:00 Uhr geöffnet. Bitte beachten Sie, dass in der Sauna aus hygienischen Gründen keine Badebekleidung getragen wird. Bademäntel und Saunatücher liegen in Ihrem Zimmer bereit.
Abreise Bitte geben Sie Ihr Zimmer am Abreisetag bis 10:30 Uhr frei. Eine späte Abreise bis 14:00 Uhr ist nach Verfügbarkeit gegen einen Aufpreis von 25 € möglich.
Translation (English):
Breakfast Our breakfast buffet is served every day from 7:30 to 10:00 am in the Stone Pine Room. Most of what you'll find on it comes from farms in the local area. If you have any food intolerances, just let us know the evening before.
Sauna The spa area is open from 3:00 to 8:00 pm. Please note that, as is customary in Germany, swimwear is not worn in the sauna for reasons of hygiene. You'll find bathrobes and sauna towels ready in your room.
Check-out Please vacate your room by 10:30 am on the day of departure. Late check-out until 2:00 pm is available for an extra €25, subject to availability.
Translator's notes
- Zirbenstube — kept as a room name, translated as "Stone Pine Room" so guests can find it on signs that also show the English name
- Sauna rule — added "as is customary in Germany": without it, many English-speaking guests read the rule as unusual or a mistake
- Times — switched to 12-hour format with am/pm for the target audience; euro prices left unchanged
Glossary (excerpt)
| German | English | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Zirbenstube | Stone Pine Room | Breakfast room, keep consistent |
| Wellnessbereich | spa area | Not "wellness area" |
| Kurtaxe | visitor's tax | Charged per night, explained once |
| Halbpension | half board | British usage, understood in the US |
| Abreise / Anreise | check-out / check-in | Not "departure / arrival" in room rules |
| Gästekarte | guest card | Free local bus pass, keep capitalised in headings |
Client: Haus Lindenhof, a fictional 18-room family hotel in the Bavarian Alps. Text: guest information folder, 2,300 words, German → English for British and American guests. Goal: sound welcoming and natural, keep every time, price and rule exact.
The client and all details are made up.
About this service
We localize game dialogue, quests, item descriptions and UI text so the game feels written in the target language. Each character keeps a recognizable voice, puns and jokes are adapted rather than translated literally, and names of places, items and skills follow one glossary across the whole script. Variables like {player_name} and tags stay intact, and UI lines are kept short enough to fit.
What is included
- What you getThe localized text in the same structure you sent (table, JSON or script lines with IDs), a glossary of names and lore terms and notes on adapted jokes and references.
- Character voicesEach character sounds like themselves
- Jokes and puns adaptedRecreated, not lost in translation
- Lore glossaryNames of places, items and skills fixed
- Variables and tags intact{player_name}, color tags and line breaks
- UI that fitsMenu and button text kept short
How it works
- 1BriefYou send the lines, characters and tone
- 2LocalizationWe adapt dialogue and build the glossary
- 3DeliveryYou get the text with IDs and the glossary
What we need from you
The text with line IDs pasted into the brief, the target language, short notes on main characters and the tone of the game, and screenshots if helpful. Documents can also be attached as PDF, Word or Excel files.
We will ask you:
- What genre and tone is the game?
- Who are the main characters and how do they speak?
- Which language are we localizing into?
- Are there names that must stay in English?
Compare packages
| Packages | BasicUp to 1,500 words$15 | StandardUp to 4,000 words$29 | PremiumUp to 8,000 words$55 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deadline | 1 day | 2 days | 3 days |
| Revisions | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Length | up to 1,500 words | up to 4,000 words | up to 8,000 words |
| Lore glossary | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Notes on adapted jokes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Payment protection
You pay when you order, but the money is released only for accepted work.
- Fixed priceThe package price does not change after you pay.
- The money is reservedWhen you pay, the amount is only reserved. It is released to the service once you accept the work.
- Checked before deliveryEvery result goes through a quality check before it reaches you, and you see it on the order page before accepting it.
- Free revisionsAsk for changes within your brief as many times as the package allows.
- Acceptance after 3 daysIf within 3 days of delivery you neither accept the work nor ask for changes, it is accepted automatically. If you write in the order chat after delivery, the order waits; once we answer, we may start the 3 days again and will say so in the chat.
- Redo or a full refundIf the result does not match your brief and the revisions did not fix it, or the work takes more than twice its deadline, write in the order chat: we will redo the work or refund the payment in full.
Questions and answers
Can you work from a spreadsheet?
Yes. Attach it as an Excel (.xlsx) file or paste the columns with line IDs as text, and you get the same columns back with the translation.
What if a joke cannot be translated?
We write a new one that fits the scene and note the original meaning so you can check it.
Do you test the game?
No, we work on the text only. In-game testing of the localization stays on your side.
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