The localization industry has strong platforms: for translators, for agencies, for project managers. What it has never had is a dedicated home for the people who come after the translation is done: the DTP specialists who reflow Arabic layouts, the typesetters who compose Devanagari, Tamil, and Bengali for South Asian markets, the engineers who prepare files for CAT tools, the subtitlers who time every line, the PDF accessibility specialists who make documents actually usable, the QA testers who catch what everyone else misses.

These professionals exist in every localization workflow. They are skilled, experienced, and essential. And yet they have no professional directory of their own: no place to have a profile that reflects what they actually do, in the language of the industry they actually work in.

LPN was built to change that.

This is a professional directory, not a marketplace. You won't bid on jobs here, and you won't compete on price. You build a profile that reflects your real expertise: your specializations, your tools, your scripts, your standards. Clients including LSPs, publishers, e-learning companies, and accessibility consultants find you and contact you directly. No middlemen. No commissions. No cut of anything you earn.

We know there are reputable platforms in this industry, and they do what they do well. This platform aims to do something more specific: give production professionals a focused, searchable, credible professional presence, one that speaks the language of our field, uses the right terminology, and helps the right clients find the right people.

A full profile on LPN is free. That is not a limited trial or a reduced version; it is the baseline, and it will stay that way. The platform only works if skilled professionals are actually in it. And skilled professionals should not have to pay just to be visible in their own industry.

Pro membership exists for those who want more visibility, more customization, and access to profile analytics. But the free tier is not a teaser. It is a complete professional profile, publicly searchable, designed to do its job.

This is the beginning of something larger. The roadmap includes a community forum where localization production professionals can connect, share knowledge, and find collaborators. Direct messaging. New features built from member feedback, with recognition for the people who shape what this becomes.

None of that is promised on a date. What is promised is the direction: a platform that grows in response to what its members actually need, not in response to investor pressure or growth metrics.

Everything that happens here is between you and your clients. No tracking of your conversations. No commissions on your work. No data sold, no ads, no upsells built into your profile experience.

Your profile is your professional space. We build and maintain the platform. The rest is yours.