Kindle Translate or Librolingua: which one to choose?
Since 2025, Amazon has offered free automatic translation of KDP ebooks. That is good news for authors. Here is what it does, what it does not do, and when we are useful.
| Kindle Translate | Librolingua | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | From €2.50 / 1,000 words |
| Formats | Kindle ebook only | DOCX, EPUB, KDP paperback interior |
| Language pairs | English ↔ Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese | 24 languages, every pair (French → Spanish, German → Italian…) |
| Style settings | None | Fidelity, register, names, variant, glossary, instructions |
| Review | Author preview | Reviewer agents + arbiter + automatic checks |
| Editable text | No | Yes (DOCX) |
| Publishing outside Amazon | No | Yes, your files belong to you |
When to choose Kindle Translate
If your book is an ebook, you are aiming at one of its pairs with English, and you only publish on Amazon, give it a try: it is free.
When we are more useful
For a paperback or a hardcover, for a pair that does not involve English, to keep control of the style and the names, to publish with other booksellers too, or simply to have a text you can correct yourself.