Translate your book from Polish into English

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.

The first chapter is free: read it before you pay. All rights stay with you.

“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

Rozdz. 1 — „Burza czekała przy pomoście.”
Rozdz. 17 — „Burza już zniknęła.”

Generic AI

Ch. 1 — “Burza waited by the jetty.”
Ch. 17 — “The storm was already gone.”

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

Publify

Ch. 1 — “Burza waited by the jetty.”
Ch. 17 — “Burza was already gone.”

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

„Do niedzieli wiedziała cała ulica — Tomek puścił farbę.”

Generic AI

“By Sunday the whole street knew — Tomek had let the paint out.”

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

Publify

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

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

„Nie odpowiedział. Czajnik zawył. Gdzieś na górze — drzwi.”

Generic AI

“He didn’t answer while the kettle howled and somewhere upstairs a door could be heard.”

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

Publify

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

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 English

British spelling and usage throughout the book. Dialogue is punctuated the way English-language publishers expect, and the register of the original is kept.

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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