Character voice
Each character keeps the way they speak — the sarcastic sidekick doesn't turn polite in chapter four.
Fiction · 2026
Novel translation — your story, in their language.
A novel is the hardest thing to translate well: idiom, pacing, humor, and character voice don't survive word-for-word swapping. We translate with whole-chapter context and a native literary review — for $0.02 a page instead of a four-figure quote.
What survives the crossing.
Idiom and humor
Context-aware translation finds the equivalent joke or turn of phrase instead of translating it literally into nonsense.
Names and places
Your glossary pins every name, place, and invented term, consistently, across the whole book — and across sequels.
Pacing and rhythm
Editorial's native literary review smooths cadence so the target language reads like it was written in it.
What a novel costs here.
Essential
$0.02 / page
A 200-page novel: $4.00 — fast, accurate translation with a terminology review. Great for drafts and market testing.
Editorial
$0.04 / page
A 200-page novel: $8.00 — context-aware translation plus a native literary review, for reader-ready fiction.
Delivery: books up to 200 pages in 24–48 hours, longer novels in 3–5 days. The total comes from your book's real page count, detected in your browser.
Good to know
Novel translation questions, answered.
Short answers about translating fiction.
How much does it cost to translate a novel?
A typical 200-page novel is $4.00 on Essential or $8.00 on Editorial — $0.02/$0.04 per page. Traditional per-word quotes for the same book run into the thousands.
Will my novel still sound like me?
The translation reads whole chapters for context, and the Editorial plan adds a native-language literary review — idioms, pacing, humor, and character voice are refined for the target language, not swapped word for word.
What about character and place names?
The translation brief lets you save a glossary of names, places, and key terms before you commit — they stay consistent from the first page to the last, and across sequels.
How long does a novel take?
Books up to 200 pages are typically delivered in 24–48 hours; longer novels take 3–5 days. You see the estimate before you commit.
Your novel, in a new language.
Upload the manuscript, see the exact price from the real page count, and pick your plan.
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