Translations created using Kindle Translate are held to the high standards customers have come to expect from Amazon. Translations will only become available to preview and publish if they meet Amazon's 7-step quality assurance threshold for fidelity to the original work, writing style, idiomatic expressions and other literary elements specific to long-form book translation. We check that a fully formatted translation can be created from the source eBook before we evaluate the quality of that translation.

Quality standards

We evaluate the quality of translations that our service generates, based on the number and the type of errors. Some minor errors that don't affect the meaning or readability may be acceptable in limited quantities, but large number of errors or significant ones such as mistranslation will not be made available to preview and publish.

Quality checks include:

Content accuracy

• Mistranslations
• Idiomatic expressions
• Named entities (proper nouns, titles)
• Additions or omissions of content

Language usage

• Terminology consistency
• Form of address (formal/informal)
• Gender consistency in character references

Technical Elements

• Grammar
• Spelling

Translation quality outcomes

After completing translations and evaluating the translation quality, we will update the status to let you know if the translation created is ready for you to preview and publish. The possible translation outcomes are as follows:

If we can't translate your source eBook, this is due to an eligibility issue. Read more about our eligibility criteria.