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    <ul>

       <li><a href="<?cs var:toroot ?>distribute/googleplay/spotlight/tablets.html">Tablet Stories</a></li>

       <li><a href="<?cs var:toroot ?>distribute/googleplay/spotlight/games.html">Game Stories</a></li>

       <li><a href="<?cs var:toroot ?>distribute/googleplay/spotlight/localization.html">Localization Stories</a></li>

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<p>After the translations are merged back into your app, start <a

href="#testing">testing the localized app</a>.</p>



<h4 id="gp-trans">Purchase professional translations through Google Play

<br />App Translation Service</h4>



<div class="sidebox-wrapper">

<div class="sidebox">

<h2>Join the translation pilot</h2>

<p>Google Play is offering translation services as part of a pilot

program. If you're interested, sign up on the APK page in your

Developer Console.</p>

<h2>App Translations in Google Play</h2>



<p>If you join, also try the <a

<p>Hear from developers who have used the Google Play App Translation Service in <a

href="{@docRoot}distribute/googleplay/spotlight/localization.html">Developer

Stories: Localization in Google Play</a>.</p>



<p>To make it easy to export your app's strings and import

the finished translations into your project, try the <a

href="{@docRoot}sdk/installing/installing-adt.html#tmgr">

ADT Translation Manager Plugin</a>, which makes it easy to upload

your strings to the Developer Console and download translations

right into your project. </div>

ADT Translation Manager Plugin</a>.</div>

</div>



<h4 id="gp-trans">Purchase professional translations through the

Developer Console</h4>



<p>Google Play can help you quickly find and purchase translations of your app.

<p>Google Play App Translation Service can help you quickly find and purchase translations of your app.

In the Developer Console, you can browse a list of third-party vendors who are

pre-qualified by Google to offer high-quality translation at competitive prices.

You can upload the strings you want translated, select the languages you want to

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page.title=Developer Stories: Localization in Google Play

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@jd:body



<p>

  As you build your app and distribute it across the world through Google Play,

  localization becomes an increasingly important tool to reach more users.

  Localization involves a <a href=

  "{@docRoot}distribute/googleplay/publish/localizing.html">variety of tasks</a>, but

  most important is creating quality translations of your app's UI strings and

  marketing materials.

</p>



<p>

  Managing the translation process across multiple languages can be a

  challenge, especially if you need to locate translators on your own. That’s

  why Google Play offers the App Translation Service right from the Developer

  Console. It's a single place where you can go to source professional

  translators, get cost estimates, and then send your strings and other

  materials for translation.

</p>



<p>

  Here are some stories from developers who have used Google Play's App Translation

  Service to localize their apps and the results they've seen as they've

  expand their offerings beyond a single language.

</p>



<!-- START STORY -->



<div style="margin-bottom:2em;padding-top:10px;" id="zombieragdoll">



<h3 style="line-height:1.25em">Zombie Ragdoll: Improved user engagement<br /> with localized versions</h3>



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  <div style="list-style: none;height:100%;

  float: right;

  border-top: 1px solid #9C0;

  width: 220px;

  margin: 4px 20px;padding: .5em;">



    <h5>About the app</h5>



    <ul>

      <li><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rvappstudios.zombieragdoll">Zombie Ragdoll</a></li>

      <li>A fun zombie-based physics game</li>

    </ul>



    <h5>Localization Results</h5>



    <ul>

      <li>Increased engagement because of appeal of the localized version</li>

      <li>80% of installs came from users of non-English languages</li>

      </ul>



    <div style="padding:.5em 0 0 1em;">

      <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rvappstudios.zombieragdoll">

        <img alt="Android app on Google Play"

         src="//developer.android.com/images/brand/en_generic_rgb_wo_45.png" />

      </a>



    </div>

  </div>



  <div style="line-height:1.4em;">



<p>

  The 2013 Google I/O talks about <a href=

  "https://developers.google.com/events/io/sessions/326345917">Building Android

  Apps for a Global Audience</a> and <a href=

  "https://developers.google.com/events/io/sessions/326455375">What’s New for

  Developers in Google Play</a> inspired developers at RV AppStudios to go global

  from very beginning for their new game, Zombie Ragdoll. They launched Zombie

  Ragdoll in August 2013, localized into 20 languages.

</p>



<p>

  They quickly saw the impact of their decision to ship simultaneously in

  multiple languages through increased non-English installs and improved

  engagement with users worldwide. In addition, they started getting

  significant usage in countries where their apps had not been as popular

  before. They are seeing great traction in countries like Vietnam, Russia,

  Philippines and Thailand.

</p>



<p>

  Vivek Dave, founder of RV AppStudios, credits the success of Zombie Ragdoll

  to localization:

</p>



<p>

  "The value of localization is clear, it helps discoverability and helps

  connect with the users in other countries. So when the localization

  opportunity arose, we immediately jumped on it. Android is worldwide, and we

  would be severely limiting ourselves if we focused on English as the only

  language.

</p>



<p>

  "The App Translation Service offered in the Google Play Developer Console is

  extremely easy to use and the pricing is very attractive. Developers with

  limited localization experience can easily create, upload, and translate

  their app."

</p>





<p>

  RV AppStudios not only localizes the text within the game, but also localizes

  the game assets to a specific country/culture. Dave says, “Users want a

  personalized experience, and by offering a localized game with translation of

  text and graphic assets, we believe users will connect at a much deeper level

  with the game.”

</p>





  <div style="margin-top:8px;float:left;margin-right:24px;">

    <img src="{@docRoot}images/distribute/zombie-ragdoll-n5-land.jpg" style="width:470px;">

  </div>





    <div style="margin-top:128px;">

      <p class="img-caption"><strong>Hindi version of Zombie Ragdoll</strong>:

      Localized screenshots and videos in the app's Google Play listing go a

      long way toward increasing the number of installs.</p>

    </div>



  </div>



</div> <!-- END STORY -->



<!-- START STORY -->



<div style="margin-bottom:2em;padding-top:18px;clear:both;" id="sayhichat">



<h3>SayHi Chat: Install growth and user engagement<br />

  from professional translations</h3>



  <img alt="" class="screenshot thumbnail" style="-webkit-border-radius: 5px;

            -moz-border-radius: 5px;

            border-radius: 5px height:78px;

            width: 78px;

            float: left;

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            "https://lh5.ggpht.com/qiL6CF1Hktz618T3mbGrxvm_OoeheQ78FgG7zr90C2MCRiz4IDQsbKuHT4xQGiWEU8o=w124">



  <div style="list-style: none;height:100%;

  float: right;

  border-top: 1px solid #9C0;

  width: 220px;

  margin: 4px 20px;padding: .5em;">



    <h5>About the app</h5>



    <ul>

      <li><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.unearby.sayhi">SayHi Chat,

      Love, Meet, Dating</a></li>

      <li>A social app to help you find people nearby</li>

    </ul>



    <h5>Localization Results</h5>



    <ul>

      <li>120% growth in language installs for new languages added</li>

      <li>~20% increase in revenue and ~50% increase in User Reviews in the new

        languages</li>

      </ul>



    <div style="padding:.5em 0 0 1em;">

      <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.unearby.sayhi">

        <img alt="Android app on Google Play"

         src="//developer.android.com/images/brand/en_generic_rgb_wo_45.png" />

      </a>



    </div>

  </div>



  <div style="line-height:1.4em;">



<p>

  The SayHi Chat app started out only in Japanese, Chinese and English. It soon

  became one of the most popular apps in Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The

  SayHi team realized it was time to launch in more languages, as the language

  barrier was restricting how fast SayHi could grow globally. </p>



  <p>Yan Shi, senior

  developer at SayHi, says: "We checked Google Analytics for our DAU and user

  growth numbers in each country, we also looked at total Android and iOS users

  in those markets before finalizing our next set of languages.

</p>



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    <img src="{@docRoot}images/distribute/hichat-n5-port.jpg" style="width:240px;margin-right:48px;">

  </div>



<p>

  SayHi used the App Translation Service to launch in 13 additional languages

  in August 2013 and immediately saw 120% increase in install rates. In

  addition, they are seeing their app ranked in Top 10 apps in countries like

  Poland and Italy.

</p>



<p>Notably, they saw steady growth in Spain after replacing their previous

  non-professional Spanish translation with a professional one produced through

  the App Translation Service.</p>



<p>

  Yan Shi adds, “The App Translation Service is really easy to use and

  the completion time for translation requests is very good.”

</p>



    <div style="width:600px;margin-top:98px;padding:0;">

      <p class="img-caption"><strong>Arabic version of SayHi Chat</strong>:

        User engagement increased significantly with

        the localized version.</p>

    </div>



  </div>

</div> <!-- END STORY -->





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<h3 style="line-spacing:1.25em;">G4A Indian Rummy: Benefitting from ease-of-use and<br /> fast turnaround time</h3>



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            -moz-border-radius: 5px;

            border-radius: 5px height:78px;

            width: 78px;

            float: left;

            margin: 12px 20px 9px 20px;" src=

            "https://lh4.ggpht.com/IxSyQgO0LWzPRoLfCrER06-0kr6aMAa2azF7eNYB30EBZAGOLYJUZulknPockbTlDYU=w124">



  <div style="list-style: none;height:100%;

  float: right;

  border-top: 1px solid #9C0;

  width: 220px;

  margin: 4px 20px;padding: .5em;">



    <h5>About the app</h5>



    <ul>

      <li><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.games4all.android.games.indianrummy.prod">G4A Indian Rummy</a></li>

      <li>A card game in which the players try to form sets and sequences of cards</li>

    </ul>



    <h5>Localization Results</h5>



    <ul>

      <li>Double the number of users in French and German languages</li>

      <li>300% increase in user engagement with localized version</li>

      </ul>



    <div style="padding:.5em 0 0 1em;">

      <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rvappstudios.zombieragdoll">

        <img alt="Android app on Google Play"

         src="//developer.android.com/images/brand/en_generic_rgb_wo_45.png" />

      </a>

    </div>

  </div>



  <div style="line-height:1.4em;">



<p>

  Games4All (G4A) is the developer of Indian Rummy and a variety of games that

  they distribute broadly to users around the world. After noticing that

  certain apps had become especially popular in specific countries, they

  decided to localize those apps. Initially they used a local agency to do

  the translation and got great results &mdash; the number of users in

  that language increased tremendously when they released the localized

  version.

</p>



<p>

  Building on that success, G4A expanded their localization goals but

  found that translation quality varied across their vendors and costs limited the

  language/game combinations they could try. That's when G4A decided to try the

  App Translation Service.

</p>



<p>

  Founder Pieter Olivier says, "When we heard that the App Translation

  Service was available in the Developer Console, we jumped at the opportunity.

  We've now been using the App Translation Service for several months and found

  that the cost per translation is much lower than with local companies and the

  process is much easier."

</p>



<p>So far, G4A has translated the game Indian Rummy into five languages through

   the App Translation Service.</p>



<p>

  Olivier continues, "The first thing we did was convert all of our texts into

  the strings.xml format. After that using the service was extremely easy and

  straightforward. In contrast, our previous experiences with translation

  agencies were much more difficult: files often required extensive conversion

  operations to make them usable, and turnaround times varied wildly.

</p>



<p>

  "With the App Translation Service, the turnaround time is usually measured in

  days instead of weeks that we were used to with traditional translation

  agencies."

</p>



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    <img src="{@docRoot}images/distribute/indian-rummy-n4-land.jpg" style="width:470px;">

  </div>



    <div style="margin-top:158px;">

      <p class="img-caption"><strong>Dutch

      version of Indian Rummy</strong>: Making slight changes to games rules based on

      local nuances was key to success of the game.</p>

    </div>



  </div>







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  <li><a href="#resource-switching">Overview: Resource-Switching in Android</a></li>

<li><a href="#using-framework">Using Resources for Localization</a></li>

<li><a href="#strategies">Localization Strategies</a></li>

<li><a href="#strategies">Localization Tips</a></li>

<li><a href="#testing">Testing Localized Applications</a></li>

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For more about this, see <a

href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/resources/accessing-resources.html">Accessing Resources</a>.</p>



<h2 id="strategies">Localization Strategies</h2>

<h2 id="checklist">Localization Checklist</h2>



<p>For a complete overview of the process of localizing and distributing an Android application,

see the <a href="{@docRoot}distribute/googleplay/publish/localizing.html">Localization

Checklist</a> document.</p>



<h2 id="strategies">Localization Tips</h2>



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<h2 id="checklist">Localization Checklist</h2>

<p>For an overview of the process of localizing an Android application, see the <a href="{@docRoot}distribute/googleplay/publish/localizing.html">Localization Checklist</a>.</p>

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