Hire a Website Translator to Build a Multilingual Site

What website translation and localization include

Each language version of a site needs its own URLs, menus, buttons, forms, meta titles and checkout text. Miss one and visitors see a Hindi heading above an English "Add to cart" button.

When you hire a website translator, the job usually covers:

• Page content, blog posts and product descriptions.
• UI strings: menu labels, buttons, form fields, pop-ups and email notifications.
• SEO fields: meta titles, descriptions, image alt text and URL slugs.
• Setting up a translation plugin or app and a language switcher.
• A final check of every page on desktop and mobile.

What is website localization?

Website localization adapts the site to readers in a region: currency, date and phone formats, payment options and examples that make sense locally. A Gujarati version of a sweets shop site should show Gujarati festival offers.

How much does website translation cost in India?

Most freelancers quote the translation per word and the technical setup as a fixed fee. These are typical ranges:

Website translation price per word in India stays fairly steady; the setup fee varies most. Website translation gigs on Naukri Mitra start from ₹999. Costs rise for custom-coded sites and stores with many variants. To compare quotes fairly, hire website translators only after each has seen the same page list and word count.

Before you hire a website translator: Hindi first or more languages

How many languages should my website support?

Start with one extra language, the one most of your inquiries or orders come in. For most Indian businesses that is Hindi. Add Marathi, Tamil or Bengali only when you have staff who can answer customers in those languages too.

For website translation services in India, Hindi is usually the first request, with Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali and the South Indian languages next, depending on where your customers live.

What is cultural adaptation in localization?

Cultural adaptation changes the parts that do not travel: images, colors, humor, festivals and forms of address. An insurance page in Tamil needs a respectful tone; a youth fashion page can be casual. If you hire a website translator with marketing samples in your sector, this part is handled much better.

How to translate a WordPress website into Hindi

The common route is a translation plugin that creates a separate Hindi version of each page, such as /hi/services/. The translator then fills in each page inside the plugin's editor. To translate a WordPress website into Hindi this way, give the person an Editor login when you hire a website translator, and admin access only for plugin setup.

Best plugin to translate a WordPress website

• WPML: a paid plugin that works with WooCommerce and most page builders. It suits large sites and stores.
• Polylang: free core version, lighter, good for small business sites.
• TranslatePress: translation happens on the live page view, which non-technical owners find easy.
• Weglot: a paid cloud service that machine-translates first, with human editing on top.

Switching plugins later can break URLs and lose translations. For a full rebuild, a WordPress website developer can set things up before translation starts.

How to translate a Shopify store and app strings

How to translate a Shopify store

Add the language in Shopify's language settings, then use Shopify's Translate & Adapt app or a third-party app to enter translations for products, collections, pages, theme text and checkout. If you hire a website translator for a store, product titles and descriptions take the most time. A Shopify store expert can handle theme text that sits outside the app.

How to translate app strings

Android apps keep text in strings.xml, iOS apps in Localizable.strings or String Catalog files, and web apps in JSON language files. Export these to a spreadsheet with a column for the key, the English text, a screenshot reference and the maximum length. One broken quote mark in a raw code file can crash a screen. For app and website localization services in India, ask the freelancer to work from the spreadsheet and let your developer import it back.

Multilingual SEO, hreflang and machine translation

What is multilingual SEO?

Multilingual SEO makes each language version findable in search. It needs translated meta titles, language-specific URLs and keyword research in the target language. People in Lucknow may search "laptop repair sasta" rather than the English phrase.

What is hreflang?

Hreflang is a tag that tells Google which page is for which language and region, for example hi-IN for Hindi and en-IN for English. Each version must point to all the others, including itself. Good plugins add them automatically.

Does a translated website help SEO?

It can, because the Hindi pages can rank for Hindi searches the English pages never appear in. Quality and proper indexing decide the result.

Human translation vs Google Translate for websites

Machine translation is fast and cheap, but it often gets tone, product terms and short button labels wrong. Google's guidance also discourages publishing unreviewed automated content in bulk. A sensible middle path is to hire a website translator for full human editing of a machine draft, which many charge at 50–70% of their full rate.

How long website translation takes, and how to test it

A 10-page business site with about 5,000 words usually takes three to five working days for one language, including setup. A store with 200 products may take two to three weeks. If you hire website translators for several languages, run them in parallel with one shared glossary.

How to translate website images and PDFs

Text inside banners and infographics needs new image files, so share the editable Canva, Figma or Photoshop files. Translate PDF brochures as separate files and link each from its language version.

How to test a translated website

• Click every menu item and button in the new language.
• Check that long words do not overflow buttons on a small phone.
• Confirm the language switcher sends visitors to the matching page, not the home page.
• Inspect hreflang tags and submit the sitemap in Google Search Console.

How to manage a multilingual website

Update all languages whenever the English page changes. Keep a sheet of each page, its translated URL and the last update date. Some owners hire a website translator on a small monthly retainer for these updates.

Hire a translator to translate website content: your order checklist

Ordering is free, and you can discuss the scope in chat first; the translator's number is revealed to you after you order and they take the job. In your order, include the site URL, platform (WordPress, Shopify or custom), target languages, the page list with word counts, and whether you need setup or only text. Mention any brand words that should stay in English. When you hire a website translator, pay in parts, for example after the main pages go live and are tested. For text-only work without any setup, see Hindi–English translation, or browse the full translation category.