LOCALIZATION SQUAD
Your language team, fully staffed.
A stable team of linguists, reviewers and a project manager inside your TMS and workflow. Your product knowledge stays, release after release.
What is a Localization Squad?
A Localization Squad is a stable team that works on your product across releases: linguists, reviewers and a project manager who know your terminology, your tone and your stakeholders. No delivery starts from zero.
You get the continuity of an in-house team without hiring one. The Squad works inside your TMS and your workflow, and you see who works on your content, language by language.
Agency, freelancers or a Localization Squad
| Agency | Freelancers | Localization Squad | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who does the work | Whoever is free when the job comes in | People you find, brief and manage one by one | Named linguists per language, the same people every time |
| Product knowledge | Often resets when the team changes | Stays with each person, as long as they stay | Kept by a stable team across releases |
| Coordination | A queue and a ticket | On your team, freelancer by freelancer | A Beluga project manager beside your localization lead |
| Quality | Process varies from job to job | Depends on each individual | Reviews, LQA and terminology owned per language |
| AI and MT | Often applied by default | Up to each freelancer | Matched to content risk, with experts in the loop |
| Tools and workflow | Often their tools, their process | Varies per person | Inside your TMS and your workflow |
Who's in your Squad
Built per language around your product. You see every name, and the same people stay across releases.
- Translation and review The same linguists translate your strings across releases. Reviewers per language know your product.
- LQA Linguistic quality assurance on the live product or in context, when the release needs it.
- Terminology Your glossary kept current by people who know your product, so terms stay consistent.
- Project management A project manager beside your localization lead. Queries get closed where they started.
- Process and governance Advice on workflows, steps and who decides what, plus governance of quality and AI use.
- Implementation We set up the Squad and the workflows in your TMS: setup, tests and handoff.
How we start
- Talk A call about your product, your markets, your release rhythm and what isn't working today.
- Access You give us the access the work needs in your TMS, or we agree to deliver through Beluga's accounts. You keep control of your setup.
- Set up We build your Squad per language, load or clean up terminology, memories and style guides, and agree how AI and MT fit your content.
- Pilot We start within a few days, with a small pilot on live work, so you can judge the quality and the way we work before anything grows.
- Run and improve The same team takes every release. LQA findings and your feedback go back into terminology, instructions and workflow.
AI and MT, with experts in the loop
AI and machine translation are tools inside a workflow your Squad owns. We look at context, quality requirements and business impact before deciding where they help. Specialists make the calls that need judgment.
- AI and MT matched to content risk and business impact
- Specialist post-editing and review where output needs judgment
- Findings go back into prompts, glossary and workflow
Experience you can check
- ISO 9001Quality management, certified by LRQA
- 27001ISO/IEC 27001:2022 information security, by LRQA
- Nearly two decades of localization experience
FAQ
What's the difference between a Localization Squad and an agency?
An agency often routes work to whoever is free. A Localization Squad is a named, stable team per language. It keeps your product knowledge across releases and works beside your localization lead.
Do we have to change our TMS or workflow?
No. The Squad works inside the TMS and workflow you already run, and you keep control of your setup. TMS we work with: Crowdin, Phrase, Smartling, wxrks and XTM.
Can a Squad work with our existing translators and team?
Yes. We can complement your team with specialist linguists, reviewers, project management or quality assurance where you need support.
Do you use AI and machine translation?
Yes, in the right place. We look at context, quality requirements and business impact first, and put specialists where judgment matters.
How is a Localization Squad priced?
After our first call, we recommend a practical approach and send a clear proposal covering scope and costs.
How soon can a Squad start?
We start within a few days. First a call and access to your projects, then a small pilot on live work.
Meet the people behind your languages
Tell us how your localization runs today and where it hurts. We'll tell you honestly whether a Localization Squad helps.
