I struggled with localization in my mobile app – built a translation API as a solution

Hey everyone,

Recently I struggled a lot with localizing my mobile app. Managing translations, formats, and updates was time-consuming and messy. So I ended up building my own solution: https://langapi.io

It’s a lightweight translation API built with indie devs and small teams in mind.

This is just an MVP for now, so feel free to evaluate it. Your feedback, ideas, or suggestions would mean a lot and help shape the direction of the project.

Thanks in advance!

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@jakob14

4 weeks ago

I would design the homepage a bit better

@road42runner

4 weeks ago

thank you for your feedback

@road42runner

4 weeks ago

AI does only translation. In case a translation is wrong it can be easily fixed by onsite editor. JSON formatting is also backend job, not AI

@vincent

4 weeks ago

cool! 👌

@vincent

4 weeks ago

Cool idea! How does it work? Do you use an AI to translate it?

@road42runner

4 weeks ago

Yes, translation is done by AI.
Imagine you have your English localization file uploaded to the server.
When someone needs Spanish content, the API automatically translates it and saves the result.
All future requests use the saved translation, so they’re super fast and don’t need to be translated again.

@vincent

4 weeks ago

That's pretty cool. And how do you deal with AI "hallucinations" (eg. the AI producing data in the invalid JSON format), or is it almost always correct?