Website Localization - Everything You Need to Know
Learn what website localization covers. It explains content, design, and SEO in every language.
Need web pages, blog posts, or product descriptions translated as files? MotaWord provides professional Web Content Translations for content, e-commerce, and product teams that work with exported files. Professional human translation starts at $0.09 per word, with editing and proofreading included.
Upload your web content in any format and get an instant quote that gives you a price and a turnaround time. Our professional translators translate page copy, meta titles, alt text, product descriptions, and button labels into any of 120+ languages, and certified translations with free digital notarization are available when you need them. Live chat is available 24/7 for support.
Some teams need a set of pages translated once. Others need a whole website kept translated as it changes. Both start with the same content, and each needs a different workflow:
Our translators have subject knowledge in web and SEO content, and every translation is proofread by a second linguist. Learn what website localization covers.
MotaWord has a team of 26,000+ translators available to work on the translation of your web content, and ordering takes a few clicks. Four steps take your web content from upload to a finished translation:
Our online ordering is available 24/7. Upload your web content for an instant and no-obligation quote at any hour. Make sure that our system detected the correct source language and select the languages you need. Upload your exported content files, and our professional translators translate the text while every tag, variable, and link stays in place.
Translators are matched by language pair and subject knowledge in web and SEO content. Product names and key terms are translated consistently across every page, and every translation is edited and proofread by a second linguist.
Our desktop publishing team can rebuild your translated file so it matches the original layout, and certified translations with free digital notarization are available. If something needs fixing, or for any question, reach out to us live on our online chat 24/7.
Once you order your translation, a MotaWord client dashboard is automatically created for you. You can see the progress of your translations, follow up on your orders, download your web content translation and your invoices, and talk to us at any time via live chat. See everything you can do in your MotaWord client dashboard.
Translated web content can fall flat over one small detail: a broken tag, a meta title that no one searches for, or a button label that no longer fits. Each of these is checked on your order.
26,000+ Professional Translators: Translators are matched by language pair and subject knowledge in web and SEO content.
Tags and Placeholders Kept Intact: HTML tags, variables, and links stay exactly where they were, so your files import back without errors.
Editing and Proofreading Included: Every translation is reviewed by a second linguist before delivery.
Fast Delivery and Free Revisions: Delivery in as little as 12 hours and free revisions.
NDA and SOC 2 Type II: Our translators sign an NDA to be able to work on our platform, and our platform's security is attested to by our SOC 2 Type II certification.
A Person on Live Support 24/7: It is important to have access to a human when you have questions. We are here to help 24/7 via live chat, whatever your time zone.
We translate the web content marketing, content, and product teams publish, including:
Translating files works for one-off web content. MotaWord Active translates your live website automatically, so every new page appears in up to 65 languages as you publish, with multilingual SEO built in. See how our website translation services work. Try any plan free for 14 days.
Unpublished pages and product launches should stay private until they go live. You need to make sure that the company you pick has invested in the security of your web content. MotaWord is SOC 2 Type II certified. Learn what our SOC 2 Type II certification means for your files.
All uploads are encrypted, and our translators sign an NDA to be able to work on our platform. Your web content and all other company documents are safe with us.
We translate and localize web content in 120+ languages, including Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, and French. Popular website localization languages are listed below.
Professional human translation starts at $0.09 per word and includes translation, editing, and proofreading by separate linguists. See all prices on our pricing page.
Yes. Export them as CSV, XML, or JSON, and our translators return the same file with every field translated and your IDs, tags, and variables untouched. Upload your export for an instant quote.
HTML, XML, JSON, XLIFF, CSV, Word, and 60+ other formats. See every file format you can translate on MotaWord.
Yes. Meta titles, descriptions, and alt text are localized with the terms people search for in each market. Learn how SEO translation and localization differ.
Files fit one-off projects. MotaWord Active fits websites that change often, because it translates new content as you publish it. See our website translation services.
Yes. MotaWord supports translating your web content into several languages at once, in a single order, with the same key terms in every version.
AI tools can translate text, but they can break HTML tags and placeholders, and they do not choose the terms people actually search for in each market. At MotaWord, professional translators with subject knowledge in web and SEO content translate your files with every tag in place, and a second linguist edits and proofreads them. Professional human translation starts at $0.09 per word, and your instant quote shows the exact price before you order.
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