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Crowdin gives translators and reviewers a shared place to work on app text, check it and export files.

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What does a translator need besides the words?

Give the translator the source message, where it appears and what the visitor is doing. In Crowdin you can connect a screenshot to a string, a piece of text such as a button label. A “Continue” label on a booking page needs enough context to tell the translator what happens next.

Use a clean screenshot with fictional data. Decide who may view the project before uploading source files or screenshots. The workspace helps people translate and review those files. Your app still loads the resulting translations.

What should you check before exporting translations?

Keep placeholders, which are slots your app fills with values such as a seat count or a name. Crowdin can flag mismatched placeholders and some plural message syntax problems. A reviewer still needs to read the translation and see how it fits the screen.

In a file-based project, the default export fills missing translations with the source text. Check export settings if you want only translated or approved strings. Keep the exported translations with the source files and check that your app can read their format.

How can you rehearse one translator handoff?

On paper, sketch a fictional workshop signup and mark the button, seat count and sold-out message. No Crowdin project or customer screenshot is needed.

  1. Mark the context
    Circle the button and write “opens the details step.” Use the whole message for the seat count and label the value the app inserts.
  2. Reject a broken translation
    Pretend a translated message leaves out the seat count. Send it back for review before marking it ready for export.
  3. Read the translated screen
    Mark which text is ready, which message still needs work and what the app will display until that message is approved.

How does a second target language affect the plan?

Crowdin documents hosted words as source words multiplied by the number of target languages. If 500 words are sent to two target languages, the result is 1,000 hosted words. Check how your chosen plan measures its limits.

Check limits on projects and managers, the billing interval and any translation services you add. Keeping a copy of exported translations makes it easier to continue editing if you change the workflow later.