A tradução está pronta.

A is the feminine singular definite article, meaning the.

So a tradução = the translation.

In this sentence, the speaker is referring to a specific translation, not just the idea of translation in general. In Portuguese, using the article here is completely natural and expected.

• A tradução está pronta. = The translation is ready.
• Tradução está pronta. would sound incomplete or unnatural in normal speech.

In Portuguese, every noun has a grammatical gender, usually masculine or feminine.

Tradução is a feminine noun, so it takes:

• the article a
• a feminine adjective, here pronta

That is why the sentence is:

• A tradução está pronta.

and not:

• O tradução está pronto.

Even though the thing itself is not biologically female, the noun is grammatically feminine.

Adjectives in Portuguese usually agree with the noun they describe.

Since tradução is feminine singular, the adjective must also be feminine singular:

• tradução → feminine singular
• pronta → feminine singular

Compare:

• O relatório está pronto. = The report is ready.
• A tradução está pronta. = The translation is ready.

If the noun were masculine, you would use pronto.

This is one of the most common questions in Portuguese.

Portuguese has two verbs for to be:

• ser
• estar

Here, está is used because ready describes a current state or condition, not a permanent characteristic.

• A tradução está pronta. = The translation is ready now.

Using é pronta would sound wrong in this context.

A simple way to think about it:

• ser = what something is
• estar = how something is

So readiness is treated as a condition, which is why estar is used.

Here, pronta means ready, finished, or completed, depending on context.

In A tradução está pronta, it usually means:

• the translation has been completed
• it is ready to be used, sent, or reviewed

So depending on the situation, natural English translations could be:

• The translation is ready.
• The translation is done.
• The translation is finished.

Yes, very often it can.

In real-life Brazilian Portuguese, estar pronto/pronta often covers both ideas:

• something has been completed
• something is ready for the next step

For example:

• If someone is waiting for the translator to finish, A tradução está pronta can mean The translation is finished.
• If someone is waiting to receive it, it can mean The translation is ready.

The exact nuance depends on context.

The subject is A tradução.

The structure is:

• A tradução = subject
• está = verb
• pronta = adjective describing the subject

So literally the sentence is structured like:

• The translation
  • is
    • ready

This word order is very similar to English.

Yes, Portuguese allows some flexibility in word order, and Está pronta a tradução is possible, but it is less neutral.

The most normal, straightforward version is:

• A tradução está pronta.

If you say:

• Está pronta a tradução.

it can sound more marked, literary, or like you are emphasizing the result. In everyday conversation, learners should usually stick with A tradução está pronta.

In Brazilian Portuguese, tradução is approximately pronounced:

tra-du-SOWN

A more careful approximation is:

• tra as in trah
• du as in doo
• ção has a nasal ending, something like sãw̃

Important points:

• The stress is on the last syllable: tra-du-ÇÃO
• ç makes an s sound
• ão is a nasal sound that does not exist exactly in English

So the hardest part for English speakers is usually the ending -ção.

The ending -ção is a very common Portuguese noun ending, especially for nouns that often correspond to English words ending in -tion.

Examples:

• tradução = translation
• informação = information
• situação = situation
• comunicação = communication

This is a very useful pattern for English speakers. If you see -ção, there is a good chance the English equivalent ends in -tion.

Yes, absolutely.

Adding já means already:

• A tradução já está pronta. = The translation is already ready / The translation is already done.

This is very common when you want to emphasize that the task has been completed, sometimes sooner than expected or by this point in time.

Yes, but it means something slightly different.

• A tradução está pronta. = The translation is ready.
  Focus: its current state.

• A tradução ficou pronta. = The translation became ready / got finished.
  Focus: the moment or result of becoming ready.

In many contexts, ficou pronta can sound like ended up being completed or got finished.

So if you just want the simple present state, está pronta is the safest choice.

In this sentence, it refers to the translation, which is a thing.

But pronto/pronta can also be used with people:

• Eu estou pronto. = I am ready.
• Eu estou pronta. = I am ready.
  (said by a woman)

So the adjective changes depending on the gender of the noun or person being described.

It is neutral and works in both formal and informal contexts.

You could use A tradução está pronta:

• in casual conversation
• in a work email
• in an office
• in a translation project update

It is a very natural, standard sentence in Brazilian Portuguese.

Yes. A tradução está pronta is very natural and common.

Compare:

• A tradução está pronta. = The translation is ready/done.
  More everyday and conversational.
• A tradução foi concluída. = The translation was completed.
  More formal, technical, or administrative.

So if you are speaking normally, está pronta is often the more natural choice.