Fiverr

I’m kind of pissing into the wind with this entire section because I don’t think that the porn industry should ever require translations. I believe that porn is its own language. Pussies make the exact same sounds no matter where they’re from. We all speak the language of pussies. Well, all of us who have actually seen one. Incels, fuck off to Rosetta Stone. If it were up to me, porn sites wouldn’t even have text. Hell, I’d get rid of language all-together and we’d all communicate by rubbing each other’s fun zones. That way, I could reach out and touch women of all cultures without the barrier of having to learn how to ask for her number in a foreign language. Can you imagine what that system could do for international relations? Two words. World peace.

So why in the Sam Hill would I even bother making an entire translation section if I don’t believe in languages? Well, because I’m not your target audience – foreign fappers are. As a porn webmaster, you’ll inevitably rake in views from other countries. Most affiliate marketing offers will cover most geographical locations. And sure, third world country referrals pay less, but overall, you are missing out if you exclusively cater to an English speaking audience.

What you want, instead, is to go the same route that video game designers take. They stuff all the text for their entire projects into a single text file and then they run that shit through a translator. Or, they hire a professional to do the translation for them. Either way, they can translate their entire goddamn games using only one file that gets translated and inserted as an option for people to use.

Long story short, you should be doing this too. And, you can use Fiverr to get it done. How? By leveraging the power of cheap ass third-world freelancers.

Trusting Foreign Translators

There’s a bit of a stigma surrounding freelance writers and the quality of work they provide when their rates are really low. When it comes to writing in English, if a freelancer’s offer seems too good to be true, then it probably is. They’re probably operating out of a country where the dollar goes a lot further than it would in the US. So, they can afford to undercut. That’s the kind of company you’ll keep on Fiverr’s Quality Translation Services section. Almost all of these folks are third-world freelancers looking to make a few dollars on the internet. There are also quite a few Europeans here who want to translate from and to their native languages like French, German and Dutch.

Now, I wouldn’t really trust any cheap freelancer with my English copy, because I want my shit to sound native and professional. You can’t get proper quality for cheap. You have to at least cover minimum wage, you know. You won’t have that problem if you’re translating one way into the freelancer's native language. As long as they can read English, they can do a good job translating your copy into their native languages. I think that it’s a lot smarter to get a third-world native to translate your various texts into their language than to get some hot shot westerner to do all that work for you at a premium: native beats premium, most of the time.

Extremely Affordable

As you may have already figured out, these freelancers are cheap as hell. Fiverr was originally a five-dollar gig site. That was the shtick behind the name and their marketing. However, people are free to charge whatever they want on this site, so naturally, you can commission a thousand words for 10 bucks or whatever the going rate is. The prices fluctuate a lot depending on the freelancer’s country of origin. Fiverr has no involvement in this. The freelancers make up their own rules. If you want to take them up on their offers, by all means, go nuts. If not, there’s always an alternative. There are countless freelancers on here and they’re all undercharging.

Unlike Upwork, which has a sort of competitive pricing spread, Fiverr is consistently cheap. There are no champions here, swinging for the fences. These are people who are trying their best to earn bread money. If you’re on this site looking for translation services, you’re probably not rich yourself. You want to save some money; they want to earn some cash. You’re a match made in heaven. Yes, I won’t sugarcoat it, since this is the bottom of the quality barrel. As in, it’s quality, but it’s about as cheap as you can get it before it comes out as utter gibberish. Only use these freelancers when you’re desperate or poor.

What to Translate

Ok, let’s talk marketing strategy and webmaster protocol. What parts of your smut operation need translating? Well, your website’s entire layout is a great place to start. Chances are, you won’t have more than 500 words total across your whole site. Hell, you probably have less than 100. Factor in some tags for your smut videos. Maybe throw in a terms of service and an about page. Yeah, that’s very much a $5 project for some dude out of Mumbai. So, why not make your page Indian-accessible? You have no reason not to. You can tie the translated version of your site to the geographic location of the person in question and serve up what seems to be a localized version of your site.

That’s the first possible bracket. The second bracket would be translating the actual titles and descriptions of your smut. If you’re running a porn tube, you’ll most likely see a significant boost in your click-through ratio in foreign countries if your titles are in their own languages. Fappers aren’t the most astute people, on average. They’re on your site to jack off, for fuck’s sake. And yes, they are free to Google Translate the titles and find their way around, but with localized translations, the titles hit so much closer to home. There’s just something irresistible about hot catchy titles in a person’s own language. This shit has been tested and it works.

The first problem you’ll have to solve, though, is to figure out what you translate and when. Your content would ideally be posted daily. Waiting for freelancers on Fiverr is a no-go, since you’d have to go days with the content on a backlog. You can’t just post videos as they come along. You have to wait for the translations to come in. If one language hasn’t arrived yet, but the other twelve have, you’ll still have to wait. That’s not exactly a good idea. It’s a waste of time. So, figure out some sort of system around what you translate and when. You also have to factor in how you deliver the content to your hired freelancer.

Choosing the Right Freelancer

The first obvious step that I already mentioned is that you hire someone who is natively versed in the language you need translating to. You do not hire a foreigner to translate things into English, unless you want to receive a word salad. And before you get me twisted, let me make one thing clear: I’m not saying that third-world freelancers can’t handle the English language – I’m saying that these particular freelancers working at $5 an hour can’t handle the English language. They’re way under the curve here. Bottom of the barrel, remember? So, do yourself a favor and hire someone who is a native speaker of the language you need translating to. Simple enough.

There’s not a lot more picking and choosing you can do, really. Most of these profiles are fucking identical, even though they all come with a lot of personality. They’re all drawing from the same playbook; that’s what I mean. You’re not going to find the next rock-star translator here. They’re all just casual freelancers who are trying their best to stay relevant. Give them a chance, vet them and don’t hire them long term before you’ve had a chance to test their skills.

I know that everyone hates the initial part of the freelancing process when you’re just getting started with a new person and you don’t know them that well. I know it’s annoying and you just want to get shit done. But, you’ll probably need one freelancer per every language you want to translate to. That can damn well mean you’d be working with more than a dozen translators at a time. You can’t afford to hire someone you can’t trust. Trust me when I say that you have to vet them first.