You can increase your app’s reach by speaking to users in their own language. One way to do this is to translate your App Market listing info to help users better understand your app's features and benefits.
- We strongly recommend recruiting a professional translator for this task. Machine translation services, e.g., Google Translate can be inaccurate, which could lead to a poor user experience.
- If you translate your app listing into languages your app doesn't support, you need to make a note of the supported languages in the translated App Overview.
- If a language is inactive, users with an account set to that language will see the app in its default language (usually English).
To translate your App Market listing:
- Go to the Translations page in your app's dashboard.
- Click + Add Language.
- Select the languages you want to enter translations for, and click Add.
- Click Translate next to Market Listing & Pricing under the language you want to work with.
- Ensure all market listing fields have their relevant translated string next to the English version. Incomplete translations aren't accepted as most fields are mandatory. To activate a listing, all fields must be fully translated or defaulted to English using Use English. This feature is especially handy for links, keywords, and images that may not require translation.
- Upload new images and a banner under Media. Click Use the Same Icon/Photo if you want to default to the English versions.
- Preview your listing in each language by clicking Preview Listing. In addition, you can click Preview Page to view what your pricing page looks like.
- Once you've added all the strings and assets for translation, click Save.
- To show the app listing in the language that you have completed, click the toggle next to each language on the language list.
- After activating the language(s), you need to submit a new version of your app for review for the changes to go live.