Arabic Localization and RTL Support for Apps and Websites: Fixed-Price Arabic UI Fixes From $80

You switched your site or app to Arabic and something looks wrong. The menu is still on the left, icons point the wrong way, a price reads backwards, or the Arabic font looks thin and cramped next to your English. These problems are common, and almost always fixable without rebuilding anything.

This page is about that hands-on work: what typically breaks, what each of our three fixed-price tiers covers, and how we handle it in different technologies. If you're planning a full product launch in the Arab world, our page on Arabic app development covers the market side: payments, sign-in habits and culture.

Symptoms we fix most often

If you recognize several of these, your product needs RTL work, not just translation.

• Layout doesn't mirror. Navigation, sidebars and columns stay in their English positions.
• Spacing is lopsided. Margins and padding were written as left and right, so in Arabic the gaps land on the wrong side.
• Directional icons point the wrong way. Back arrows, chevrons and "next" buttons point left-to-right.
• The wrong things mirror. Logos, play buttons, charts or phone numbers get flipped when they shouldn't.
• Mixed text scrambles. An English brand name, a phone number, a price or an order code inside an Arabic sentence appears in the wrong order, or punctuation jumps to the wrong end.
• Weak Arabic typography. A fallback system font, line height too tight for Arabic letterforms, or diacritics clipped at the top.
• Text overflow. Arabic labels are often a different length from English ones, so buttons wrap, truncate or overlap.
• Hard-coded English. Error messages, emails, notifications or date formats that never got translated.
• Plurals and gender are wrong. "1 items", or a single form used for every number, when Arabic needs different forms for one, two, a few and many.
• Inputs behave oddly. Cursor jumping, text alignment wrong in form fields, or phone and email fields that should stay left-to-right.

The three tiers

We price in USD, with a fixed price agreed before you pay. These are starting prices; we confirm the exact scope after looking at your product.

What each tier includes

$80 · RTL fixes. We go through up to 5 pages or screens, fix mirroring, spacing, icon direction and mixed-text issues, and send you before-and-after screenshots.

$200 · Full RTL layout and Arabic fonts. Everything above across up to 12 pages or screens, plus a proper Arabic font setup (font choice, weights, line height, fallbacks), direction-aware spacing throughout, and fixes for overflowing text.

$400 · Full bilingual setup. For products that don't have Arabic yet. We set up the localization structure, move text into translation files, add a language switcher that remembers the user's choice, make the layout direction follow the language, and wire in your Arabic translations. As native speakers we review the translations too, and flag anything that reads like a machine translation.

Larger products are quoted on the same basis. If your app has 40 screens, we'll scope it in writing rather than force it into a tier.

How we fix it, by technology

The principles are the same everywhere: describe layout in terms of start and end rather than left and right, let the language decide the direction, and isolate text that must stay left-to-right.

• Websites, React and Next.js. We set dir and lang on the document, replace left/right styles with CSS logical properties (margin-inline-start, padding-inline-end, inset-inline-start), and use the start/end utilities and rtl: variants in Tailwind CSS. Each language gets its own URLs and metadata, so the Arabic pages can be indexed separately.
• Flutter. We use Flutter's localization delegates and the intl message format, replace EdgeInsets.only(left:) with EdgeInsetsDirectional, use AlignmentDirectional and Directionality, and handle icons that should or shouldn't flip.
• React Native. We use the RTL layout support built into React Native, switch styles to start/end, and handle the restart that changing direction requires on some setups.
• Plain HTML/CSS and PHP sites. The same logical-property approach, with language-specific templates where needed.

For the full list of things we test, see our Arabic RTL checklist. If you're working in Next.js generally, our Next.js development page covers that stack, and Flutter app development covers mobile.

How a localization job runs

1. You send access. A link to the site or a test build of the app, plus repository access (or we work on a branch you create).
2. Quick audit. We list what's broken, with screenshots, and confirm the tier and price in writing.
3. Fixes on a branch. You get a preview link or test build, usually within the tier's timeline.
4. Review together. You check it on your own phone; we adjust anything that feels off.
5. Merge and handover. Clean pull requests with a short note on the conventions used, so your team keeps new screens RTL-safe.

That last step matters more than it sounds. Most RTL problems come back because new features get built with left/right styles again. We leave you a short set of rules to prevent that.

What we need from you

• Access to the code, or a branch to work on.
• Your Arabic translations, if you have them. If not, tell us; we can review machine-translated drafts or help you plan the text before it goes in.
• Your brand fonts, if you have an Arabic brand font. If not, we'll recommend a well-supported Arabic font that pairs with your English one.
• The pages or screens that matter most, so we start there.

When we're the right fit, and when we're not

A good fit: products in React, Next.js, Flutter, React Native, or HTML/PHP that need Arabic to look and read right; teams that tried RTL themselves and got stuck; agencies who need a native-speaker partner for Arabic layouts. Bilingual sites we built, like Veneto Paints and Verkan Stone, show what we aim for.

Not the right fit:

• You only need documents translated, such as contracts, manuals or certified material. A translation agency is the right partner for that.
• Your product runs on a platform we can't edit, like a locked theme on a hosted builder where you can't change code. We can advise, but we may not be able to fix it there.
• The product is in an area we don't take: gambling, alcohol, adult content or dating, crypto or forex trading, interest-based lending, or military use.

FAQ

Do you translate the text, or only fix the layout?

Both are possible. The $80 and $200 tiers focus on layout and typography using your existing Arabic text. The $400 tier wires translations into the product, and we review the Arabic as native speakers. If you need a large amount of new text written, mention it so it's scoped clearly.

Will the RTL changes break the English version?

They shouldn't. Using start/end styles and direction-aware components means one layout serves both languages. We check both versions before handing over, and you review them on your own devices.

Which Arabic fonts do you recommend?

It depends on your brand's English font and tone. We usually suggest a well-supported Arabic font with several weights that pairs naturally with your English typeface, and we test it at small sizes on phones, where weak Arabic fonts struggle most.

Can you fix RTL in our app if another team built it?

Yes. We work in your repository, follow your conventions, and submit pull requests your team can review. The audit step tells you upfront what's involved.

Should Arabic pages have their own URLs?

For websites, yes. Separate URLs per language (for example /ar/ and /en/) let search engines index both versions and let users share the right one. We set up the language tags so search engines understand the relationship.

How do I start?

Send us the link or test build and tell us which screens matter most. We'll reply within 24 hours with a short audit and a fixed price. You can also use the project planner.