Localization studio · New Canaan, CT

Every string, read by someone who grew up speaking it.

Lingwhistle adapts SaaS onboarding flows, in-app microcopy and help-center articles into Spanish, Portuguese, German and Japanese. Each language pack arrives with its own terminology glossary and a native-speaker QA pass already folded in — so a new user in São Paulo or Osaka meets a product that sounds like it was written for them.

Ring the studio · (203) 966-5655 See what a pack holds
Into
Spanish · Portuguese · German · Japanese
Hours
By appointment — book a call
Files
JSON, YAML, XLIFF, PO, .strings and help-center exports

Language packs · priced per language

Three packs, each sized to what you’re shipping

Choose the pack that matches the release in front of you. The glossary, the native-speaker QA pass and one round of post-launch fixes sit inside every one — you will never find them on the invoice as extras.

Overhead arrangement of a phone, small paper button labels and a steel ruler on pale stone
Pack 01

Microcopy Sweep

Buttons, tooltips, empty states, error messages and the settings screens nobody remembers until a customer screenshots them.

  • Up to 1,500 words
  • Character-limit check on every string
  • Glossary of your core product terms
  • Native-speaker QA in your staging build
$685per language · back in 4 business days
Talk through a sweep
Laptop from above with four index cards labelled ES, PT, DE and JA laid beside it
Pack 02 · where most teams begin

Onboarding Pack

Sign-up, welcome screens, product tours, checklists and the first three lifecycle emails — the minutes when a new user quietly decides whether to stay.

  • Up to 4,000 words
  • Tone notes per language (du/Sie, tú/usted)
  • A native reviewer clicks through the real flow
  • One fix-up round within 30 days of launch
$1,340per language · back in 5 business days
Reserve an onboarding pack
Printed help-center articles marked up in teal beside an open bilingual dictionary
Pack 03

Help-Center Pack

Up to 25 articles, adapted rather than transliterated — examples, screenshot callouts and the search phrases people in each market actually type.

  • Up to 12,000 words
  • Screenshot callouts relabelled to match the UI
  • Search-aware titles and article slugs
  • Glossary shared with your product strings
$3,160per language · back in 12 business days
Ask about your help center

Ordering all four languages at once? We take 8% off the pack total and run the four glossaries side by side, so “workspace” is decided once, everywhere. Ongoing release strings are $0.21 per word per language, $145 minimum.

Request a four-language quote

Four languages, four sets of manners

We learn the etiquette before we touch the words

Each language has its own expectations about formality, length and rhythm. We settle those choices with you up front and write them down, so release forty reads like release one.

Japanese manuscript grid paper with handwritten katakana, a brush pen and a tablet showing app settings
Japanese · 日本語

Politeness chosen once, then held steady

We agree a register with you on day one and keep it through every screen. Line breaks land where Japanese readers expect them, not where the English happened to wrap, and every katakana loanword is logged in your glossary.

German · Deutsch

Du or Sie, settled early

German compounds run long. Any button likely to overflow its container comes back flagged, with a shorter alternative already written.

Spanish · Español

Neutral Latin American by default, Castilian on request — with greetings phrased so “Welcome back” includes everyone.

Portuguese · Português

Brazilian by default, European on request. They differ more than most roadmaps assume.

From a working glossary

Decided once, used everywhere

TermESPT-BRDEJA
WorkspaceEspacio de trabajoEspaço de trabalhoArbeitsbereichワークスペース
Sign inIniciar sesiónEntrarAnmeldenログイン
Invite teammatesInvitar a tu equipoConvidar colegasTeammitglieder einladenチームメンバーを招待
Inside every pack

Never itemised

  • Terminology glossary
  • Tone notes per language
  • Native-speaker QA in your build
  • Files back in your format

From export to release

How a pack travels through the studio

You send the string file; we look after the rest and keep you posted at each milestone. Most clients spend about an hour of their own time on a whole pack.

  1. Milestone 01

    Scoping call

    Thirty minutes on the phone. We open your export together, agree the right pack, and a written quote follows within one business day.

  2. Milestone 02

    Glossary first

    Before a single sentence is translated, your key terms are settled in all four languages and sent over for your sign-off.

  3. Milestone 03

    In context

    Translators work from screenshots or a staging build, honouring the character limit of every button, toast and tooltip.

  4. Milestone 04

    Native QA

    A second native speaker clicks through the real flow on a real device, catching truncation, awkward wraps and slips in tone.

  5. Milestone 05

    Hand-back

    Files return in the format you sent, with QA notes attached. One round of post-launch adjustments within 30 days is on us.

Consider it handled

Send the export on a Monday. By Friday the German onboarding is waiting in your inbox — glossary, QA notes and all.

That’s the rhythm of an Onboarding Pack in one language. Four languages run in parallel, each with its own reviewer, so adding Japanese doesn’t push Spanish back.

Book Monday’s slot · (203) 966-5655

Call & visit · New Canaan, CT

Ring Rilling Ridge first — we’ll take it from there

A phone call is the quickest way to find the right pack. We answer, ask what you’re shipping and when, and send a calendar time for a scoping call that suits your week.

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languages, each with its own native reviewer

2

people read every string before it ships

1

living glossary per client, carried release to release

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business days for an Onboarding Pack in one language

Tap to call the studio (203) 966-5655

If we’re mid-review, leave your name and the language you need — we’ll ring back the same working day.

Hours
By appointment — book a call
Studio
21 Rilling Rdg, New Canaan, CT 06840
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Payment
Invoiced on delivery, net 15.
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A tidy studio desk from above: a four-column glossary, a brass desk bell, a phone handset and a teal notebook
The desk at 21 Rilling Rdg. The bell is for us, not you — you’ll get a phone call instead.

Before you send a file

Questions worth asking first

Which file formats can you take?

JSON, YAML, XLIFF, PO, iOS .strings, Android XML and CSV for product strings; for help centers, the export from your platform or plain Markdown. Whatever you send is what you get back, keys and placeholders untouched.

Is any of this machine translation?

Every string is translated by a person and then read by a second native speaker. We do keep a translation memory of your own past projects, so a phrase you approved in March reads the same in October.

How do you handle character limits?

Send screenshots or a staging link and we work in context. Where a translation would overflow, we write a shorter version and flag it in the QA notes so your designers aren’t surprised.

We only have a dozen screens. Is a pack too much?

Then the Microcopy Sweep at $685 per language is likely the kindest fit. If your word count is smaller still, ring us — we’ll quote it at the release rate of $0.21 per word, $145 minimum.

Can we start with one language?

Of course. Many teams begin with Spanish or German, then add the others. Your glossary is built so the next language slots in without re-deciding anything.

What if a phrase isn’t right after launch?

Every pack includes one round of adjustments within 30 days of your release. Send the screenshot and a sentence of context; we’ll return the fix, and the glossary is updated to match.

Prefer to write first?

Tell us what you’re shipping

A sentence on the product, the languages and your release date is plenty. We reply from studio@lingwhistle.com, usually within one business day.

By appointment — book a call Call (203) 966-5655