Translate your book from English into Italian

Upload the manuscript and get a store-ready EPUB or DOCX in a few hours. One glossary for the whole book, idioms translated by meaning, your style kept in every chapter. The first chapter is free, so you can read it before you pay.

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“Why not just run it through a chatbot?”

Over 300 pages, generic AI translation drifts: names change, idioms get translated word for word, the author's voice is averaged out. Here is how that looks in this language pair, next to Publify's version.

Names & glossary

Nicknames and invented terms drift 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 aspettava vicino alle pozze di marea.»
Cap. 17 — «La Cenere se n’era già andata.»

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

Publify

Cap. 1 — «Ash aspettava vicino alle pozze di marea.»
Cap. 17 — «Ash se n’era già andata.»

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

«Per domenica lo sapeva tutta la via: Tom aveva rovesciato i fagioli.»

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

Publify

«Per domenica lo sapeva tutta la via: Tom aveva vuotato il sacco.»

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

«Non rispose mentre il bollitore urlava e da qualche parte al piano di sopra si sentiva una porta.»

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

Publify

«Non rispose. Il bollitore urlò. Di sopra, da qualche parte, una porta.»

Same clipped rhythm the author wrote.

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

What we take care of when translating into Italian

Contemporary literary Italian: dialogue in «…» caporali, grave and acute accents where they belong (perché, è, po'), the congiuntivo kept where the grammar asks for it, and tu, Lei or voi chosen from the characters' relationship and held consistently.

How it works

Upload your manuscriptEPUB, DOCX, RTF or TXT — chapters and images are preserved automatically.
Read chapter one for freeYour first chapter goes through every stage and comes with a quality report in your language.
Pay once, fixed priceThe price is fixed before you pay. Before the full run you can edit the glossary: names, places, terms.
Download and publishEPUB and DOCX with a translated cover, ready for KDP, Apple Books and Google Play.

What it costs

SizeWordsBasicPro
Novella 30,000 $19 $49
Novel 80,000 $39 $99
Epic 150,000 $79 $199

We show the exact price after upload, once we've counted the words in your manuscript.

Questions authors ask

How much does it cost?

From $19 for a novella on the Basic plan to $199 for a 150,000-word book on Pro. You see the exact price right after upload, and it is fixed before you pay.

How long does it take?

The first chapter is ready in minutes. A full novel usually takes a few hours, depending on its length.

Can I check the quality before paying?

Yes. The first chapter is translated for free, and you read it in full before deciding.

Who owns the translation?

You do. 100% of the rights to the original and to the translated edition stay with you.

Which files can I upload and what do I get back?

Upload EPUB, DOCX, PDF, RTF or TXT. You get EPUB and DOCX with chapters, structure and illustrations preserved, plus a cover with the title in the new language.

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