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In June, the Argos team was present for the 55th LocWorld conference in Dublin — the European city famously responsible for kickstarting many localization careers. As has become our custom, we packed chocolate, we booked the best baristas to keep everyone at the top of their game, and we took part in the conference program. […]

For decades, localization has relied on subject-matter experts—also called SMEs—to review translations and make sure they’re right. They also produce content, answer questions, and define terminology so we know how something should be expressed. Using localization SMEs effectively is harder than it looks, whether those SMEs are specialized linguists with years of knowledge in a […]

A confusing message is circulating about the economics of AI. One camp insists that hiring back a junior engineer is now cheaper than using AI to build things; another insists it has never been cheaper to dig in and build apps yourself, no external teams required. Both claims can be true at once. Tokens are […]

If your engineering team ships on a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) cadence, your localization program cannot run on quarterly batch handoffs. Every merged pull request can introduce or change user-facing strings, and a workflow that waits for a manual export, an email to a vendor, and a two-week turnaround will either block your […]

Why “ROI” still trips up SaaS localization teams For years, localization teams have been stuck in an awkward conversation with their CFOs. The CFO wants a clean ROI number. The localization lead has cost-per-word data, throughput rates, and a gut feeling that the German launch went well. The two don’t meet in the middle. As […]

Switching vendors is never a small decision. There’s always a business case to build, stakeholders to persuade, and a transition period to manage while a new provider gets up to speed. Most procurement professionals have been through it enough times to know a poor choice can cost more than staying put. Still, the ideal solution […]

A common frustration is surfacing among localization teams: many feel their Translation Management Systems are over-promising and under-delivering. The complaint is fairly consistent, and it is not tied to any one vendor. Expectations often get set during the sales process, and then reality arrives with product gaps, friction, and capabilities that did not fully materialize. […]