Translation services from $1

What you can have translated

Human freelance translation covers most everyday business and personal needs:

• Documents, letters and emails.
• Websites and product listings (localization).
• Subtitles and video captions.
• App and software text.
• Proofreading and correcting an existing translation.

What we do not offer: certified/sworn translation

Please note: these are freelance human translations for everyday use. They are not certified, sworn, or notarised legal translations. If a court, government body or university requires an officially certified or sworn translation, this is not the right service — use an accredited certified provider for those.

Turnaround, revisions and pricing

Delivery time is shown on every gig and depends on length and language pair; short texts are often next-day. Each listing states included revisions so you can request tweaks to wording. Prices start at $1 with no buyer fee or commission, and many translators price by word count for longer documents.

Human translation and localization vs machine output

Free machine tools are fine for getting the gist of a text, but they routinely miss tone, idiom, industry terms and cultural nuance. A human freelancer localizes rather than swaps words: they adapt phrasing, currency, dates, units and examples so the result reads as if it was written for your target market, not merely converted word for word — a price shown with a "

Choosing the right translator for your pair

Translation quality is highest when the freelancer translates into their native language, so look for that on the gig and state your exact pair and direction when you order — for example English to Spanish is a different gig from Spanish to English. Check reviews from buyers with similar content, and for specialised material (technical, medical, legal-but-not-certified, marketing) pick someone who lists that domain. If your text is long, order a short paid sample first: it's a cheap way to confirm style and accuracy before committing the whole document.

How to prepare your files

You'll get a faster, cheaper and more accurate result if you send editable text rather than a scan or photo, note any words that must stay untranslated (brand names, product codes), and provide a glossary or previous translations if you have a preferred style. For subtitles, share the video or a timed transcript; for websites, a simple document of the strings is easier to work with than raw code. Tell the translator the audience and purpose so they pitch the tone correctly.

Keep your documents confidential

Translation often involves private material — contracts, certificates, medical letters, unreleased marketing. Handle it safely: keep files and messages on the platform rather than scattered across email and chat apps, send only the pages that actually need translating, and mask personal identifiers the translator doesn't need. Mention up front if a document is sensitive so the freelancer treats it accordingly, and start a new translator on a shorter, low-stakes text before trusting them with anything confidential. Because you pay per gig, testing fit first costs almost nothing.

Keep terminology consistent across jobs

If you'll order translation regularly, consistency matters as much as accuracy: the same product feature should use the same term every time. Give your translator a short glossary of preferred terms and any words to leave untranslated, and reorder from the same freelancer so they build familiarity with your voice. For larger or repeat work, translators can use tools that reuse previously approved wording, which keeps a whole website or product range coherent instead of subtly different from page to page.

Popular categories

Popular searches

Frequently asked questions