Google Translate is an excellent tool for foreigners looking to rent a flat or a house in London. The translations are not by far perfect yet, and can even be quite funny but nevertheless – seems like it could  become very helpful for the renting business in the future.  There is a slight risk of total misunderstanding today, as many words are not translated correctly, so I can’t really advise the agents to put the links to the translated versions on their website.

To see Chard estate agent’s website in Spanish, click here.

We’ve translated “Apartment for rent in London” to all the languages that Google translates:

Albanian – apartament për ta marrë me qira në Londër
Arabic – شقة للإيجار في لندن
Bulgarian – Апартамент под наем в Лондон
Catalan – pis de lloguer a Londres
Chinese (simplified) – 出租公寓在伦敦
Chinese (traditional) – 出租公寓在倫敦
Croatian – Apartman za iznajmljivanje u Londonu
Czech – byt k pronájmu v Londýně
Danish – Lejlighed til leje i London
Dutch – appartement te huur in Londen
Estonian – korteri üür Londonis
Filipino – apartment para rentahan sa London
Finnish – huoneisto vuokrattavana Lontoossa
French – appartement à louer à Londres
Galician – apartamento para alugar en Londres
German – Wohnung zur Miete in London
Greek – διαμέρισμα προς ενοικίαση στο Λονδίνο
Hebrew – דירה להשכרה בלונדון
Hindi – लंदन में किराए के मकान
Hungarian – lakás kiadó Londonban
Indonesian – apartemen yang bisa disewa di London
Italian – appartamento in affitto a Londra
Japanese – ロンドンの賃貸アパート
Korean – 런던에 임대 아파트
Latvian – dzīvokļu īre Londonā
Lithuanian – Butas nuomai Londone
Maltese – appartament għall-kera London
Norwegian – Leilighet til leie i London
Polish – mieszkania do wynajęcia w Londynie
Portuguese – apartamento para alugar em Londres
Romanian – apartament de închiriat de la Londra
Russian – Квартира в аренду в Лондон
Serbian – Апартман за изнајмљивање у Лондону
Slovak – byt na prenájom v Londýne
Slovenian – apartma za najem v Londonu
Spanish – piso en alquiler en Londres
Swedish – lägenhet uthyres i London
Thai – อพาร์ทเมนต์สำหรับเช่าในลอนดอน
Turkish – Londra’da kiralık ev
Ukrainian – Квартира в оренду в Лондон
Vietnamese – căn hộ cho thuê ở London

CLICK HERE to see which borough and area different nationalities prefer.

Graph from the Knight Frank’s latest research Autumn 2008 London Residential Review (*pdf).

Prime central London, according to Knight Frank, is: Belgravia, Chelsea, Kensington, Knightsbridge, Marylebone, Mayfair, Notting Hill, Regent’s Park, Riverside and St John’s Wood.

Who would be better in helping you find a suitable rental than someone who knows where you are coming from? A company named London Relocation specializes in helping Americans relocating to London. Anthony Gallo, the owner of the relatively young company (est. 2005) is an American himself.

And please do let us know if they are as good as they claim!