The latest articles on DEV Community by kamrandev-star (@kamrandevstar). https://dev.to/kamrandevstar https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4063449%2Faf092f46-d562-4f41-a8ac-dfb6e3571c5b.png https://dev.to/kamrandevstar en kamrandev-star Wed, 05 Aug 2026 05:20:43 +0000 https://dev.to/kamrandevstar/i-built-a-free-tool-to-translate-android-ios-and-flutter-string-files-and-heres-how-the-3dc https://dev.to/kamrandevstar/i-built-a-free-tool-to-translate-android-ios-and-flutter-string-files-and-heres-how-the-3dc <p>Every time I've localized an app, it's gone one of two ways: hand-translate<br> the strings myself (slow, and my Spanish/French/whatever is not great), or<br> set up a full localization platform for what's really a five-minute job on<br> a small project.</p> <p>So I built <a href="https://string-lingo-ai.vercel.app/" rel="noopener noreferrer">StringLingo AI</a> — a free<br> tool that translates:</p> <ul> <li>Android <code>strings.xml</code> </li> <li>iOS <code>Localizable.strings</code> </li> <li>Flutter <code>.arb</code> files</li> <li>Or just plain pasted text</li> </ul> <p>Upload the file, pick a target language, download a translated file with<br> the same keys and structure. No account, nothing stored.</p> <h2> The part I actually want feedback on </h2> <p>The interesting problem wasn't the UI, it was <strong>not breaking your strings</strong><br> while translating them. Localization files are full of things a naive<br> translation pass will mangle:</p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code> xml &lt;string name="welcome_message"&gt;Hello %1$s, you have %2$d new messages&lt;/string&gt; </code></pre> </div> android ios mobile showdev