Your book, translated.
Your voice, preserved.
Translation that reads like you wrote it.
We analyze your manuscript, build a custom style guide, then refine every chapter until it sounds natural—not translated.
20,000 words free. No credit card required.
The Translation Studio
Upload once. Receive a polished book. Our three-stage pipeline handles everything—from building a custom style guide to iterative refinement.
Context & Style Guide
Drop in your .epub or .docx. We scan your manuscript to build a target-language style guide unique to your book—character names, terminology, and voice patterns analyzed.
First Pass Translation
Steered by your unique style guide, your book is transformed chapter-by-chapter with full context awareness. Our first pass is what other services call the final product.
Make It Natural
Every chapter is examined multiple times for awkward phrasing, literal constructions, and "translationese." We refine until it reads like it was written in the target language.
Not All Translation Is Equal
See how Bookshift's iterative approach compares to alternatives.
| Feature | Bookshift | Other Websites | Human Translators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Translation Method | Style guide + guided first pass + 3 rounds of revision and polish | Single pass | Weeks of skilled work |
| Submit in < 30 seconds | ✓ Select language > choose title > submit | Complicated | Multiple meetings and emails |
| Book-Wide Consistency | ✓ Style guide maintains voice | Limited | Excellent |
| Naturalization Pass | ✓ Yes | — | Yes |
| Refinement Passes | ✓ 3 rounds of edits, proofreads, and polish | - | Part of their process |
| Output Quality | Publication-ready | Needs editing | Varies by translator |
| Cost | $ | $$ | $$$$ |
| Cover Translation | ✓ | - | — |
| Blurb & Keywords | ✓ Generate and Translate | Limited | — |
| Story Bibles & Marketing Packs | ✓ | — | — |
| German Title Uniqueness Check | ✓ National Library, Amazon.de, Google | — | — |
| Taschenbuch-Umschlag-Generator | ✓ Yes | — | — |
| Transcription for writers | ✓ Formatted and line-edited | — | — |
30+ Languages & Variants
Translate to and from all of these languages.
Trusted by Authors
Join thousands of indie authors expanding their reach worldwide.
"Bookshift makes translating your book incredibly easy, taking all the mystery and overwhelm out of the process. A simple, seamless way to open your books to the world!"Dr. Jo Lukins
"Bookshift has revolutionized my publishing experience. From translations that get great ratings to summary and keyword translation, I can't speak highly enough of it."Marian Black
"I did one book as a guinea pig and waited to see the audience reception. It's been getting five star reviews, not a single iffy comment about the translation. Now I'm translating my whole catalogue."L.R., Romance Author
"I never thought I'd tackle translations, but Bookshift makes it easy, straightforward, and most of all affordable, while the customer service is top notch."J. Madison, Romance Writer
It Costs Less Than You Think
Translate your entire catalogue without breaking the bank. A full novel typically costs $8–15. We're not just better—we're better value.
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View PlansThe Complete Author Toolkit
Everything you need to write, polish, translate, and publish—all in one place.
Before You Translate
- Professional Proofreading Tracked changes .docx with inline comments in your language
- Story Bible Generation Comprehensive reference: characters, plot, settings, themes, continuity notes, cover ideas, blurb
- Marketing Pack Keywords, taglines, query package, social media posts, TikTok campaign plan, newsletter snippets, Facebook ads copy
- Fiction Transcription Drop in your audio and get a transcribed, corrected, and lightly line-edited draft in seconds
Translation & Covers
- Book Translation Full manuscript translation with style guide and iterative refinement
- Cover Translation Translate text on your existing covers while preserving the design
- Cover Generation Create new Amazon-ready covers from scratch
- Blurb Writing & Translation Compelling descriptions in any language
Publishing Helpers
- Keyword Generation SEO-optimized keywords in all 30+ languages
- German Title Uniqueness Check Verify your German title isn't already taken on Amazon.de
- PDF Paperback Wrap Generator Erstellen Sie in Sekunden druckfertige Umschläge für Amazon und IngramSpark
Bookshift Proofreading
Whether it's your original manuscript or a translation that needs polish, Bookshift delivers exceptional proofreading with tracked changes and comments (in your language) in a Word .docx
Your Voice, Perfected
Submit your manuscript in any of 25+ languages. Unlike generic tools that flag thousands of "errors" in your dialect or style, Bookshift's context-aware engine respects your voice. Go from rejecting 70% of Grammarly's suggestions to accepting 90% of ours. We catch real issues—grammar, spelling, consistency—without flattening your prose.
Fix "Translationese"
Already have a translation from another service? Our proofreader will identify awkward phrasing, literal constructions, and unnatural idioms to transform stilted overly-direct translations into fluent, native-sounding writing that reads like it was written in the target language. The commented .docx will explain exactly why a suggested correction has been made, in your language, so you can accept or reject it with confidence.
Paperback Wrap PDF in Under a Minute
Create print-ready paperback wraps for your original or translated books. Upload your front cover, enter your specs, and download a professional PDF ready for Amazon KDP or IngramSpark.
No More Boring Backs
Upload your front cover and Bookshift will automatically generate a matching back and spine background. No more plain solid colors—get subtle gradients or abstract textures that flow perfectly from your art.
Intelligent Design Match
Our tool analyzes your cover's style and vibe to pick fonts that fit the mood—elegant serifs for literary fiction, bold modern type for thrillers. It ensures your spine text is readable and professional.
Smart Backs and Spines
Bookshift analyzes the colors, style, and vibe of your front cover, then creates a seamless, professional-looking background for the back and spine. Think subtle gradients, dreamy blurred extensions, or abstract textures that flow perfectly from the front — the whole wrap is cohesive and polished.
The Cover Studio
Your book's face is its most important marketing asset. Whether you need to translate an existing design or create a brand new one, we have the tools to make your book stand out on every shelf.
Intelligent Cover Generation
Create New Art
Describe your vision and watch it come to life. Our advanced design model generates stunning, genre-appropriate book covers in high resolution. Perfect for refreshing your backlist or launching a new series.
Cover Translation
Preserve Your Design
Going global? Don't pay for a redesign. We intelligently replace the text on your existing cover—preserving the background art, fonts, and style—so your German edition looks just as professional as the English original.
Fiction-Focused Transcription
Dictate your novel. We clean it up.
Fiction-Optimized
Trained on narrative prose—not corporate meetings. Handles dialogue, beats, and POV shifts with ease.
Clean & Format
Removes filler words, fixes punctuation, and formats your manuscript automatically. Ready to edit, not decode.
Lightning Fast
Transcribe 20 minutes of audio in under a minute. Get back to writing faster.
"She stepped into the light."
The crowd fell silent.
"This changes everything."
Bookshift Studio
A distraction-free writing app built for novelists who care about their craft.
Tailored for Novelists
80+ genre-specific story templates, character builders, and plot pacing guides.
"The Drift" Hyperfocus
A neurotraining environment to guide your brain into a state of relaxed alertness.
Writer's Encyclopedia
Built-in thesaurus, idea banks, and prose polishing tools to refine every sentence.
Currently in private beta. Join the waitlist.
Your Readers Are Waiting
Millions of readers in Germany, France, Spain, and around the world are searching for their next favorite book. Make sure they can find yours—and when they do, that it's in your voice, not a stilted literal translation.
Start Translating Free20,000 words free. No credit card. Submit a book in < 30 seconds.
Frequently Asked Questions
Click Start Translating Free, upload your .epub or .docx, confirm auto-detected metadata, and choose your target languages. Pick from our suggested translated titles for your book and click submit. That's it. We handle the rest. The whole book is translated as one coherent whole—not a patchwork.
Yes, absolutely. You retain all exclusive rights to everything you upload and everything you receive. We make no claims to your translated content.
Books take 10–30 minutes depending on length. A short novella may be faster. An epic novel will take a bit longer.
Our system uses exhaustive iterative proofreading. Every chapter is examined multiple times for mistranslations, errors, and awkward phrasing. The output should be genuinely excellent quality; for 95% of books, our translation will have fewer errors than the original manuscript.
Our system handles these with style and grace. Idioms are translated to the best approximation in the target language. If a joke translates well directly, we keep it; if not, we find something equally funny. Catchy phrases, running jokes, and nicknames are identified before translation begins to ensure consistency.
We support .epub and .docx for manuscripts. Output files are ready-to-use .epub and editable .docx.
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