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For book translators

A draft of the whole book in a few hours. The editing stays with you

Publify produces a first draft of the book you are translating: one glossary of names and terms, idioms translated by meaning, the author's sentence rhythm kept. You get a DOCX and edit it in Word. The final text and the translator's credit are yours.

Upload the book you are working on. We translate the first chapter free, before you pay.

You keep all rights · stored in the EU · no AI training on your texts

$100–200per book, fixed before we start*
Hoursto translate a whole book
100+translation directions — EN↔ES, DE, PL, TR & more
1 chaptertranslated free, before you pay

What you get

The draft is made from your file. Read the first chapter before you decide.

A draft of the whole bookA DOCX with chapters and images in place. Open it in Word and edit.
One glossary for the bookNames, places and terms are fixed before translation starts and stay the same in every chapter.
A quality report on the first chapterAn independent assessment of the translation of the first chapter.

What stays with the translator

Publify writes the draft. This part of the job is yours:

The final textYou read the draft against the original and decide every sentence.
The hard placesVerse, wordplay and dialect usually have to be rewritten by hand.
The client and the feeThe publisher or the author works with you. We do not contact them and we do not set your rate.
Your nameThe rights to the translation and the translator's credit stay with you.

Scanned PDFs without a text layer are not accepted. Verse and plays come out weak and are better translated by hand.

How this differs from generic AI translation

Over 300 pages, generic AI starts making mistakes: names change, idioms get translated word for word, the author's style gets smoothed out. Pick a language pair to see examples:

Names & glossary

Nicknames and invented terms change over hundreds of pages. We fix them once for the whole book.

Original

Ch. 1 — “Ash waited by the tide pools.”
Ch. 17 — “Ash was already gone.”

Generic AI

Cap. 1 — «Ash esperaba junto a las pozas de marea.»
Cap. 17 — «La Ceniza ya se había ido.»

By chapter 17 the nickname has turned into an ordinary word, and the reader sees a different character.

Publify

Cap. 1 — «Ash esperaba junto a las pozas de marea.»
Cap. 17 — «Ash ya se había ido.»

The glossary entry is set before translation starts: the nickname stays untranslated.

Idioms

Word-for-word idioms read as nonsense in the target language. We translate the meaning.

Original

“By Sunday the whole street knew — Tom had spilled the beans.”

Generic AI

«Para el domingo toda la calle lo sabía: Tom había derramado los frijoles.»

Translated word for word, it means nothing in the target language.

Publify

«Para el domingo toda la calle lo sabía: Tom se había ido de la lengua.»

Rendered with the target language's own idiom.

Author's voice

Short, clipped sentences are the author's choice. Generic AI “fixes” them; we keep them.

Original

“He didn’t answer. The kettle screamed. Somewhere upstairs, a door.”

Generic AI

«Él no respondió mientras el hervidor gritaba y en algún lugar del piso de arriba se oía una puerta.»

Three short sentences merged into one smooth one, and the tension is gone.

Publify

«No contestó. El hervidor chilló. Arriba, en alguna parte, una puerta.»

Same clipped rhythm the author wrote.

Selected examples of the three most common mistakes. Your free first chapter goes through the same checks.

How it fits into your work

Upload the bookEPUB, DOCX, PDF, RTF or TXT. We detect the source language; you choose the target.
Read the first chapterIt is translated free in a few minutes. Compare it with the original.
Pay for the bookThe price is fixed before you pay: from $19, and $100–200 for a typical novel.
Edit the draftThe whole book arrives as DOCX and EPUB a few hours later. You edit it and deliver to your client.

Some publishing contracts restrict machine translation. Check yours before you upload a commissioned book.

Confidentiality and rights

  • ✓No AI training on your texts — manuscripts go through APIs whose terms prohibit training on that data
  • ✓Never published or shared — your files stay between us
  • ✓Encrypted EU storage — EU-region servers only

Questions translators ask

How much editing does the draft need?

It depends on the book. The first chapter is free: read it against the original and you will see how much work the rest of the text needs.

How much does it cost?

From $19 for a short book on the Basic plan. A typical novel on Pro costs $100–200. You see the exact price right after upload, and it is fixed before you pay.

Can I upload a book a publisher commissioned from me?

Check your contract first: some publishers restrict machine translation or ask you to disclose it. The file stays private. We do not publish it or share it with anyone.

Who owns the translation?

You do. We claim no rights to the original or to the translated text.

Is the text used to train AI?

No. We don't train models on manuscripts or translations, and the model providers that process the text are barred by their API terms from training on it. We delete your files on request.

Which languages and formats are supported?

Over 100 directions, including English, German, Spanish, Polish, Turkish, Ukrainian and Russian. Upload EPUB, DOCX, PDF, RTF or TXT and you get DOCX and EPUB.

Try it on the book you are translating now

Upload the file and read the first chapter in translation. Free, before you pay.

EPUB, DOCX, PDF, RTF or TXT

* Typical full-length novel. Final quote is fixed per book before we start — it depends on length and language pair.