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XTM, with judgment built in.
Your XTM workflows, run by people who know your product. One Localization Squad, every language, every release.
A Localization Squad of specialist linguists, reviewers and project managers works inside your XTM Cloud projects, next to AI Translate, TQI and SmartContext, and keeps the same people on your account across releases.
A straightforward conversation about your XTM setup and what you need. Already on XTM? Explore our approach.
ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 27001 certified (LRQA).
Make XTM work harder, so your team doesn't have to.
On XTM Cloud, AI Translate and TQI can close a review or post-editing step when every segment in a file clears the quality threshold. The hard part is deciding where that gate belongs, and what still needs a specialist. A Localization Squad gives your localization team room to adapt: we design and run tests on your content, evaluate the threshold, and implement what you decide to keep.
- Your XTM, your control. We work in your XTM account, or in Beluga's own XTM account when that fits your setup better. Either way, the work stays in XTM projects your team can see and control.
- A gate you can trust. Thresholds tested on your own content before they decide what skips review.
- Your cadence. Continuous or per release.
- Names, not a queue. You see who works on your account, language by language.
What a Localization Squad brings to your XTM setup
A Localization Squad is a stable team that keeps product and account knowledge across releases, so no delivery starts from zero. You get the continuity of an in-house team without hiring one. On XTM, it covers:
- String translation: with the same linguists across releases, working in XTM
- Reviews: by reviewers per language who know your product
- LQA: when the release needs it, on the live product or in context
- Terminology: kept current in your XTM termbase
- Project management: beside your localization lead, with queries closed where they started
- Process consultancy: on workflows, steps and who decides what
- Governance: of quality and AI use, with AI and MT matched to content risk and business impact
- Implementation: of the Squad and the workflows you keep in XTM: setup, tests and handoff
What XTM provides, and what Beluga adds
| What XTM provides | What Beluga adds | |
|---|---|---|
| Translation management | XTM Cloud, the TMS core of an AI-native localization suite (XTM's terms) | A Localization Squad working inside your XTM Cloud projects, with the same people across releases |
| AI translation | AI Translate: LLM output aligned with your translation memories and glossaries (XTM's terms) | Specialist post-editing where it changes the outcome, and feedback that improves memories, glossaries and prompts |
| Quality scoring and routing | Translation Quality Index (TQI) and TQI Routing (XTM's terms) | Tests that set the threshold on your content, LQA by reviewers per language, and governance of what skips review |
| Brand safety and context | Language Guard and SmartContext (XTM's terms) | Reviewers who know your product and your stakeholders, so flagged items get a real decision |
| People | The platform | Specialist linguists, reviewers, project management and process consultancy beside your localization lead |
How we start
- Talk. A call about your XTM setup, your languages, your release rhythm and what isn't working. Book it here.
- Access. You give us the access the work needs in your XTM projects, or we agree to run vendor delivery through Beluga's account. You keep control of your organization and settings.
- Set up. We build your Squad per language, load or clean up terminology, memories and style guides, and agree with you how AI and MT are matched to content risk and business impact.
- Start with a small pilot. We start within a few days, on a small pilot on live XTM 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 for the next cycle.
Why teams work with Beluga
- Specialists, with AI in the right place. Every expert is human. That doesn't mean every human is an expert. Our translators, linguists, terminologists and project managers bring the judgment that AI and per-word checks lack, in the gray areas where content goes wrong. We are a specialist service provider, not an AI company.
- Continuity is a quality system. A stable team keeps your product, terminology and stakeholder knowledge, and surfaces problems before they reach the live product.
- You see how it works. Your localization team works directly with Beluga, never through a third-party vendor. You see who works on your account, how decisions are made, and where risks sit.
- We work in your XTM setup as it is. You don't change tools for us.
- Nearly two decades of localization experience, turned into a way of working for product teams that ship continuously.
- Well-paid freelancers. Specialists stay when the work is fair, and continuity starts there.
XTM partner. Beluga is an XTM partner. For you, that means a Squad that already works in XTM Cloud, and an honest opinion on fit before you sit down with XTM sales.
Work we've done and how we're certified
- Hyperconnect. About 20 languages: first European expansion, then the Asian and Middle East languages, as continuous localization.
- ISO 9001:2015 and ISO/IEC 27001:2022, certified by LRQA (certificates 00012356 and 00041122, valid 4 Jun 2026 to 3 Jun 2029). They cover Beluga's management and information-security systems. They are not an XTM or TMS product certification.
- Capacity. Senior project managers who run teams of about 50 freelancers when a program needs it.
See it in action
See how today's TMS platforms compare, and where judgment still belongs in the workflow.
Read the blog post: The TMS Didn't Die. It Grew Up.
Considering XTM, or switching into it?
Already on XTM, evaluating it, or leaving another TMS? Talk to us before you talk to the vendor's sales rep.
We work in XTM Cloud. We give you user-to-user feedback on fit. If XTM is the right move, we introduce you as a Beluga lead, so the handoff is warm and you keep control of the relationship. If you are leaving another stack, we help you check whether XTM, and how Beluga would staff it, matches how your localization team works.
FAQ
What's the difference between XTM and Beluga?
XTM describes itself as an AI-native globalization and localization platform. XTM Cloud is the translation management core of a suite that also includes Transifex (software localization), Rigi (in-context), XTRF and FlowFit (operations), and video creation. Its AI layer combines LLMs with your translation memories and glossaries (AI Translate), scores and routes work with the Translation Quality Index (TQI), and adds Language Guard, SmartContext and BYOK options. XTM is the platform; Beluga is the team inside it.
Want to explore it yourself? XTM Cloud · XTM AI translation
Do we have to hand over our XTM account?
No. You keep your XTM Cloud account, settings and data. We work in your XTM account with the access the work needs, or in Beluga's own XTM account when that fits better. Either way, the work stays in XTM.
Who do we talk to day to day?
Your localization lead works with a Beluga project manager who knows your account. Queries from translators and reviewers come to your team in one place and get closed there.
Will we see who works on our content?
Yes. You see the names of the people on your account, language by language, and the same people stay across releases.
How do we start, and how long does it take?
Start with a small pilot. After a call and access to your projects, we start within a few days.
Do you use AI and machine translation?
Yes, in the right place. We test what XTM's AI does on your content, agree with you where it is enough, and put specialists where judgment matters.
What languages do you cover?
Tell us your markets on the call. Our proof spans languages across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas.
Still have questions?
Tell us how your XTM setup runs today and where it hurts. We'll tell you honestly whether a Localization Squad helps.