asc translate

Translate your app store metadata to multiple languages.

Usage

Syntaxbash

asc translate [options]

Options

Option	Description
`--from, -f`	Source locale (default: en-US)
`--to, -t`	Target locale(s), comma-separated
`--all`	Translate to all enabled locales
`--fields`	Specific fields to translate
`--context`	Additional context for translation
`--dry-run`	Preview translations without saving
`--project, -p`	Project ID (uses current if not specified)

Examples

Translate to a single language

Single Languagebash

asc translate --from en-US --to es-ES

# Output:
# Translating from en-US to es-ES...
# ✓ name: "My App" → "Mi Aplicación"
# ✓ subtitle: "The best app ever" → "La mejor aplicación"
# ✓ description: Translated (2,450 chars)
# ✓ keywords: Translated (95 chars)
# ✓ releaseNotes: Translated (320 chars)
#
# Translation complete. 5 fields translated.

Translate to multiple languages

Multiple Languagesbash

asc translate --from en-US --to es-ES,fr-FR,de-DE,ja

# Output:
# Translating from en-US to 4 locales...
#
# es-ES: ████████████████████ 100% (5/5 fields)
# fr-FR: ████████████████████ 100% (5/5 fields)
# de-DE: ████████████████████ 100% (5/5 fields)
# ja:    ████████████████████ 100% (5/5 fields)
#
# Translation complete. 20 fields translated across 4 locales.

Translate to all enabled locales

All Localesbash

asc translate --from en-US --all

# Output:
# Translating from en-US to 12 enabled locales...
#
# Processing... ████████████████████ 100%
#
# Translation complete. 60 fields translated across 12 locales.

Translate specific fields

Specific Fieldsbash

asc translate --from en-US --to es-ES --fields description,releaseNotes

# Output:
# Translating 2 fields from en-US to es-ES...
# ✓ description: Translated (2,450 chars)
# ✓ releaseNotes: Translated (320 chars)
#
# Translation complete. 2 fields translated.

Dry run preview

Dry Runbash

asc translate --from en-US --to es-ES --dry-run

# Output:
# DRY RUN - No changes will be saved
#
# Translating from en-US to es-ES...
#
# name:
#   en-US: "My App"
#   es-ES: "Mi Aplicación"
#
# subtitle:
#   en-US: "The best app ever"
#   es-ES: "La mejor aplicación"
#
# description:
#   en-US: (2,450 chars)
#   es-ES: (2,512 chars) [Preview truncated]
#
# Run without --dry-run to save translations.

Available Fields

Field	Description	Max Length
`name`	App name	30 chars
`subtitle`	App subtitle	30 chars
`description`	Full description	4,000 chars
`keywords`	Search keywords	100 chars
`releaseNotes`	What's new	4,000 chars
`promotionalText`	Promotional text	170 chars

Pro Tip

Use the --context flag to provide app-specific context that helps improve translation quality, especially for industry-specific terms.