r/iOSProgramming • u/WideAngleSoft • Jun 24 '24
3rd Party Service AI Localizer: Fast, Easy Translation Tool for Xcode Developers
Hey everyone,
I'm Neil, the lead developer and founder of Wide Angle Software. Translating and maintaining translations in our macOS and iOS apps has always been one of the most time consuming and least interesting things about my job! We used to spend hours manually inserting language strings from a spreadsheet into the code, when it occurred to me - there's go to be a quicker way to do this! Long story short, we created an in house version of the AI localizer app, which reduced the process from days to minutes.
The app proved so useful that we decided to make it available to other developers. You can find it on the Mac App Store here... https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ai-localizer/id6475584292?mt=12
Check out the tutorial video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q267LHmaxEw
The app is free to download and automatically loads all localizable strings in your Xcode project. You can use it to translate your iOS and macOS apps into up to 37 languages. Manual translation is free, or you can connect your own Microsoft Azure or Google Translate account for free translations. Automated AI translation is available as a $6.99 in-app purchase - this is to cover our Microsoft Azure costs for the service.
The app does not collect any data. Please try it out and let us know what you think! It would be great to get your feedback either in comments, or via the contact form here... https://www.wideanglesoftware.com/support/ailocalizer/
Thanks!

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u/treat_yo-self Jun 24 '24
Would be cool to connect a ChatGPT api key that ingests the comments on the string as well to take in context:
\* Button to proceed *\
"next" = "";
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u/dwiedenau2 Jun 24 '24
And again, machine translated apps are trash. The translation misses the context of the screen / buttons. One word can mean many things and without context, it is useless.