How to Auto-Translate Screenshot Captions with Your Own AI Key

TL;DR

AppShots can translate your captions into every locale with one click using your own Anthropic or OpenAI API key — or you can import/export a translation CSV — so localizing a whole screenshot set takes minutes, not a translation vendor.

Steps

In AppShots settings, add your Anthropic or OpenAI API key.
Write your default-language captions.
Use one-click AI translation to fill every locale.
Review and tweak any translation in the side-by-side table.
Prefer no AI? Import a translation CSV instead, or export one to translate elsewhere.

Why it works this way

Localizing captions is the tedious tax on shipping to every store. AppShots removes it two ways: one-click AI translation with your own key (so you control cost and provider, and nothing routes through a third party), or a plain CSV round-trip for teams with their own translation process. Either way the output lands editable, so you keep final say.

Tips & edge cases

Your key, your control — usage is billed to your AI account, not a subscription.
Always skim the output for tone and product terms before export.
CSV import/export fits teams with an existing localization pipeline.

FAQ

Whose AI does the translation? Your own — bring an Anthropic or OpenAI API key. AppShots uses it directly rather than routing through a middleman.

Can I translate without AI? Yes. Import a translation CSV or edit every locale by hand in the side-by-side table.

Can I review the AI output before shipping? Yes. Translations land in the language table where you can edit any locale before export.