News translation
News translation for newspapers, without paying per word.
Publish every story in 2, 3 or 4 languages with one add-on: $21 USD a month per extra language. AI translates in minutes, your editors review, and every version gets its own page on Google.
AI translation on Pro and Authority. On Publisher, you write the extra language yourself.
Short answer
Notepress translates a newspaper's stories with AI and publishes each language as its own page, linked for SEO. It costs $21 USD a month per extra language instead of a per-word fee; translation uses your plan's credits on Pro and Authority, and your editors can correct every version before it goes live.
Why translating the news gets expensive
You pay per word, every day
A professional translator bills by the word, and a newsroom publishes every day. The more you report, the bigger the invoice, in every language.
The news can't wait three days
A story is worth the most in its first hours. If the translation comes back tomorrow, the readers in that language already read it somewhere else.
A browser widget doesn't rank
Automatic translation in the reader's browser doesn't create pages Google can index. Without its own URL, a translated story brings you no search traffic.
How news translation works in Notepress
Same newsroom, same workflow. Each language is one more tab in the editor.
- 01
Write it once
Your journalist writes, or drafts with AI, the story in your main language, as always.
- 02
AI translates it
On Pro and Authority, Notepress translates the story into each language you added, with its headline, URL and SEO adapted to that language.
- 03
Your editor reviews it
Every language opens in its own tab. What an editor fixes by hand is kept, even if you translate again.
- 04
It goes live, ready for Google
Each version is published with its own URL and linked to the others (hreflang), so Google shows every reader the right one.
Translator, browser auto-translate or Notepress
Three ways a newspaper publishes in more languages, and what each one gives you.
Cost
- Professional translator
- Per word, every story
- Browser auto-translate
- Free
- Notepress
- $21 USD a month per language + plan credits
Speed
- Professional translator
- Hours or days
- Browser auto-translate
- Instant
- Notepress
- Minutes, plus your review
Shows up on Google in that language
- Professional translator
- Yes, if you publish it as its own page
- Browser auto-translate
- No, there's no page to index
- Notepress
- Yes, its own URL and hreflang
Human review
- Professional translator
- Yes
- Browser auto-translate
- No
- Notepress
- Yes, by your editors, in the editor
SEO title and description per language
- Professional translator
- Only if you ask for it
- Browser auto-translate
- No
- Notepress
- Yes
What it costs in a real month
Translator at an example rate
$1,800 USD
30 stories × 600 words × $0.10 per word, for one language
Notepress, one extra language
$21 USD
per month, plus the AI credits each translation uses from your plan
Example with an assumed rate of $0.10 USD per word; real translation rates vary by language, subject and provider.
Pricing per language
Your main language is always included. Every extra language is the same flat add-on.
- Pro and Authority: AI translates every story; each translation uses credits from your plan.
- Publisher: The extra language unlocks its own pages; you write that version by hand.
Prices in USD, prorated if you add a language mid-cycle. Available from the Publisher plan.
2 languages
Your main language + 1 more
+$21 USD/mo
3 languages
Your main language + 2 more
+$42 USD/mo
4 languages
Your main language + 3 more
+$63 USD/mo
Who it's for
Hispanic media in the U.S.
Publish in Spanish and English so you reach both your community and the readers around it.
Regional papers with visitors
Tourists, retirees and people who just moved in search for local news in their own language.
Outlets with a diaspora
Readers who left still follow their hometown news, sometimes in their second language.
Bilingual newsrooms
If you already publish in two languages by hand, stop doing the work twice.
Frequently asked questions
How much does news translation cost with Notepress?
$21 USD a month for each extra language, on top of your plan. Two languages cost $21, three cost $42 and four cost $63 a month. On Pro and Authority, each AI translation also uses credits from your plan.
Is AI translation good enough for news?
It gets the story into the other language in minutes, but it isn't the last word: every version opens in its own tab so an editor can review names, quotes and local terms before publishing. Whatever they fix by hand is kept.
Will Google penalize translated stories?
Each language is published as its own page with its own URL, linked to the others with hreflang, and its headline and description can be adapted to that language. That is how Google recommends handling multilingual sites.
Which languages can I publish in?
The ones your outlet publishes: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and more. Your main language is always included, and you add the others one by one.
Does it replace a translation plugin like Weglot or WPML?
For your stories, yes: Notepress publishes each language with its own URL and hreflang without a plugin. Notepress publishes stories, not the fixed pages of your site, so those still use whatever you use today.
Does it work with my current website?
Notepress publishes to sites connected through its Content API: the publishing portal included in the plans, or a site built to that standard. If your site runs on something else, write to us and we'll check how to connect it.
Publish your next story in two languages
Create your account for free, add a language when you're ready and stop paying per word.
Weglot and WPML are trademarks of their respective owners and are mentioned only to describe a type of tool. Notepress is not affiliated with them.