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Gita Timofejeva

Meet Gita Timofejeva, Account Manager

Welcome to Humans of Lokalise. We’re building a culture here at Lokalise where amazing people (like you) can do their best work. Stay tuned to get to know our team, one person at a time. I love the team spirit and how we encourage each other in our Slack channels with feedback from our customers and partners. And we have the courage to share our failures and difficulties, too.

Updated on September 16, 2022·Stefanos Bournias
Design stage localization

Design-stage localization: the top challenges for localization teams (Part 2)

In Part 1, we covered why design-stage localization is a game-changing solution for agile, multilingual product development. If you read it, you’ve likely thought about what it would take to create a unified localization workflow based around Lokalise, your design tool, and localization team. You might be asking “should I use mac

Updated on July 19, 2024·Niklas Hisinger
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Java LocalDate localization tutorial: step by step examples

Some time ago we explored how to translate Java using i18n. But if we were to zoom in a bit further, particularly on Java date localization, we'd see that it used to be quite confusing because of a few poorly designed date libraries prior

Updated on September 16, 2024·Dasun Nirmitha
Back translation best practices

What is back translation? Method explained with examples

Back translation, also known as reverse translation, is when content gets translated back to its original language and then compared to the source text. This is a key localization quality control technique and plays a vital role in software internationalization. With back translation, you can easily spot discrepancies and evaluate translation accuracy. Let’s

Updated on September 19, 2024·Valentyna Kozlova
Localization strategy

Expert playbook for building a localization strategy

When you’re ready to expand your business globally, some ad-hoc translations won’t cut it. You need a localization strategy. A well-planned localization strategy helps you build more authentic connections with your audience, compete confidently against local players, and build a thriving global presence. But the tricky part is knowing where to start. Should you hire native experts first? Or focus on adapting the product to regional habits? Get the sequence wrong and you’ll w

Updated on October 6, 2025·Gita Timofejeva
Ivan Pesin, Platform Team Lead

Meet Ivan Pesin, Platform Team Lead

This is the second post in our new content series, Humans of Lokalise. We’re building a culture at Lokalise where amazing people (like you) can do their best work. Stay tuned to get to know our team, one person at a time. At Lokalise, you don’t need to persuade management that the right thing needs to be done — you just prioritize and work on it. And then it gets recognized.

Updated on September 16, 2022·Stefanos Bournias
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New in August: improvements to tasks, TM enhancements, WordPress updates, and more ????

This month, we’ve made improvements to task dashboards, and translation memory, launched word count in task setup, and updated the WordPress integration. Plus, we’re excited to share useful content for Git users, to make life easier. Read on for the updates in full. ???? Task dashboard filters

Updated on September 16, 2022·Alexander Pereverzevs
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Localization testing: What is it & how to do it (+sample project)

In this article we'll discuss what is localization and what's it all about. After all, we live in an imperfect world, and we as humans are prone to making mistakes. It's not a bad thing — it's just something to remember and take into account. Specifically, there’s a high risk of errors creeping into your localization efforts. Sometimes these are small matters, like typos or slightly a

Updated on September 10, 2024·Ilya Krukowski

Stop wasting time with manual localization tasks.

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