About
Bill Lafferty
Independent consultancy for localization programs and pipelines.
The localization industry adapts language for the world. Adapting itself to the world of business has been much slower.
As a result, there is vast fragmentation of services and technologies. No one service or tool does it all, notwithstanding abundant marketing copy to the contrary.
For three decades, I have been working in the middle of language, technology, and enterprise operations. I have worked as a solutions architect for one of the world's leading translation management platforms, co-founded and run localization service businesses, and advised global teams on how to build programs that actually scale. I have also worked on the client side, supporting sophisticated continuous localization pipelines for an array of enterprise products.
LocNavigator is a distillation of that experience. The readiness framework, the risk tiers, and the workflow knowledge come from years of sitting across the table from program managers, engineers, and executives trying to figure out what to do.
Most teams do not have a translation problem. They have a readiness problem. That is what this tool is built to surface and resolve.
Began career as an in-house legal translator at one of the largest law firms in Japan. Worked as a professional Japanese-to-English legal translator for fourteen years.
Co-founded TBSJ, an LSP based in Tokyo and focused on legal and financial translations.
Founded an independent localization agency, Lafferty Translations. Have since then converted it to LocNavigator, LLC, a consultancy focused on program readiness, vendor selection, and workflow modernization.
Solutions Architect at Phrase (then Memsource), advising enterprise teams on TMS implementation, workflow design, and localization strategy.
Senior Solutions Architect at Acclaro, a global language service provider.
Client-side Senior Technical Program Manager at Toast with a focus on localization technology and workflow automation
Where to go from here
Start with the free readiness check, or get in touch if your situation is more complex.