Mobile App Translation Review and Localization QA
Budget: $10 – $30 USD
Diasporalia is a mobile marketplace and community app in development to serve diaspora communities. We need native or near-native translators to review existing auto-translated app text, correct it, and make sure the language feels natural, respectful, and clear inside a mobile app interface.
Languages Needed
- Spanish (es)
- French (fr)
- Arabic (ar)
We may hire one freelancer per language or one qualified freelancer for multiple languages.
What You Will Receive
- An Excel translation workbook for your assigned language with English source text, current translation, app section, key, context, and status.
- A dated translator guide workbook explaining how to review the app, preserve placeholders, report issues, and submit corrections.
- Access to the test version of the Diasporalia mobile app so you can check each translation in real app context.
- Tester access instructions after you provide the required tester email: a Gmail address for Android testers, or any valid email address for iOS testers.
Scope of Work
- Review every translated string in the provided workbook for your assigned language.
- Download and use the test version of the app during the review. Do not rely only on the spreadsheet; use the app to understand where labels, buttons, forms, empty states, and warnings appear.
- Provide the email address needed for test-app access before starting: Gmail is required for Android test access, while any valid email address can be used for iOS test access.
- Correct mistranslations, awkward machine translation, grammar, tone, punctuation, and culturally inappropriate wording.
- Keep placeholders exactly as provided, such as {{count}}, {{name}}, and {{city}}.
- Keep product names, brand names, email addresses, URLs, file names, and technical identifiers unchanged unless the guide says otherwise.
- Check short UI labels for mobile fit. Use concise wording where buttons, tabs, filters, and headers need to remain compact.
- Record questions, uncertain translations, and app context issues in the guide workbook issue log.
Quality Bar
- The final translation should sound like it was written by a fluent product writer, not by machine translation.
- Use consistent vocabulary for recurring app terms such as listing, service, category, featured, message, favorite, profile, verification, and report.
- Use respectful, community-appropriate wording for family, childcare, housing, professional services, events, safety, and account settings.
- For Arabic, check natural right-to-left phrasing and punctuation.
Deliverables
- Completed translation workbook for the assigned language.
- Completed issue log or notes sheet listing any unclear source text, missing context, legal concerns, or UI length concerns.
- A short summary of what was changed and any recurring terminology choices.
Ideal Freelancer
- Native or professional fluency in the target language and strong English comprehension.
- Experience translating apps, websites, SaaS products, marketplaces, community platforms, or customer-facing product copy.
- Comfort working in Excel and following detailed instructions.
- Careful with placeholders, formatting, tone, and consistency.
Application Questions
- Which language or languages can you review professionally?
- Are you a native speaker of the target language? If not, describe your fluency level and localization experience.
- Have you reviewed machine-translated app or website text before?
- Which device will you use for testing: Android or iOS? If Android, can you provide a Gmail address for test access? If iOS, can you provide any email address for test access?
- Are you comfortable downloading the test version of the app and checking the translations inside the app for context before finalizing corrections?
- What is your estimated turnaround time for one language workbook?
- Please share one short example of app or website translation/localization work, if available.
Suggested Upwork Settings
- Project type: fixed price per language, or hourly if the freelancer will also perform live app QA.
- Milestone 1: sample review of 50 to 100 strings.
- Milestone 2: full workbook correction and issue log.
- Milestone 3: one revision pass after owner review.
Languages Needed
- Spanish (es)
- French (fr)
- Arabic (ar)
We may hire one freelancer per language or one qualified freelancer for multiple languages.
What You Will Receive
- An Excel translation workbook for your assigned language with English source text, current translation, app section, key, context, and status.
- A dated translator guide workbook explaining how to review the app, preserve placeholders, report issues, and submit corrections.
- Access to the test version of the Diasporalia mobile app so you can check each translation in real app context.
- Tester access instructions after you provide the required tester email: a Gmail address for Android testers, or any valid email address for iOS testers.
Scope of Work
- Review every translated string in the provided workbook for your assigned language.
- Download and use the test version of the app during the review. Do not rely only on the spreadsheet; use the app to understand where labels, buttons, forms, empty states, and warnings appear.
- Provide the email address needed for test-app access before starting: Gmail is required for Android test access, while any valid email address can be used for iOS test access.
- Correct mistranslations, awkward machine translation, grammar, tone, punctuation, and culturally inappropriate wording.
- Keep placeholders exactly as provided, such as {{count}}, {{name}}, and {{city}}.
- Keep product names, brand names, email addresses, URLs, file names, and technical identifiers unchanged unless the guide says otherwise.
- Check short UI labels for mobile fit. Use concise wording where buttons, tabs, filters, and headers need to remain compact.
- Record questions, uncertain translations, and app context issues in the guide workbook issue log.
Quality Bar
- The final translation should sound like it was written by a fluent product writer, not by machine translation.
- Use consistent vocabulary for recurring app terms such as listing, service, category, featured, message, favorite, profile, verification, and report.
- Use respectful, community-appropriate wording for family, childcare, housing, professional services, events, safety, and account settings.
- For Arabic, check natural right-to-left phrasing and punctuation.
Deliverables
- Completed translation workbook for the assigned language.
- Completed issue log or notes sheet listing any unclear source text, missing context, legal concerns, or UI length concerns.
- A short summary of what was changed and any recurring terminology choices.
Ideal Freelancer
- Native or professional fluency in the target language and strong English comprehension.
- Experience translating apps, websites, SaaS products, marketplaces, community platforms, or customer-facing product copy.
- Comfort working in Excel and following detailed instructions.
- Careful with placeholders, formatting, tone, and consistency.
Application Questions
- Which language or languages can you review professionally?
- Are you a native speaker of the target language? If not, describe your fluency level and localization experience.
- Have you reviewed machine-translated app or website text before?
- Which device will you use for testing: Android or iOS? If Android, can you provide a Gmail address for test access? If iOS, can you provide any email address for test access?
- Are you comfortable downloading the test version of the app and checking the translations inside the app for context before finalizing corrections?
- What is your estimated turnaround time for one language workbook?
- Please share one short example of app or website translation/localization work, if available.
Suggested Upwork Settings
- Project type: fixed price per language, or hourly if the freelancer will also perform live app QA.
- Milestone 1: sample review of 50 to 100 strings.
- Milestone 2: full workbook correction and issue log.
- Milestone 3: one revision pass after owner review.