The localization industry adapts the language of products and services for the world. Adapting itself to the world of business has been much slower and less transparent.
As a result, there is vast fragmentation of services and technologies and an undertow of questions about best practices. No one service or tool does it all, notwithstanding abundant marketing copy to the contrary.
I built this application to pull open the curtains. This is the first practitioner-reported dataset on how localization actually works. These workflows run through buyer organizations, LSPs, and vendor teams. Everyone running them belongs here.
Three real-time feedback mechanisms, contributed by practitioners across the industry. See the results to help navigate buying decisions and program strategy.
Report the tools you use and how well they work together. See which combinations practitioners rely on and how they rate them.
Share your stack →Vote on contested localization terminology and propose alternatives. See where practitioners agree, where they are split, and where the industry has no consensus.
On your terms →Report what you pay for TMS, automation, MT, and AI platforms. See buyer-reported benchmarks by tool and contract type -- the pricing data the industry does not publish.
What's the rate? →Ten questions. An instant plain-language brief on where your program stands, with specific suggestions to improve it.
Run your free localization readiness checkFor program owners, directors, and buyers evaluating vendors, renegotiating contracts, or making investment decisions.
Click on the Book a strategy session link below.
Answer 10 questions that describe your program and any challenges.
Your answers will be shared with LocNavigator and you will be prompted to schedule a time for the strategy session.