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Localization Engineering

Freelance Localization Engineers

Localization engineers prepare files for translation and put them back together afterward. They extract translatable text, protect code and tags, build CAT tool packages, manage encoding and locale handling, and automate the technical workflow so translators and DTP operators can work without breaking the source.

When to hire one

  • You have software, an app, or a website and need the translatable strings extracted and reintegrated cleanly.
  • Your source files are complex (XML, JSON, structured content) and need preparing for a CAT tool.
  • You need a translation management system set up, connected, or automated.
  • You are hitting encoding, locale, or text-expansion problems and need someone who understands the technical layer.

Typical files and tools

Files

XLIFF / SDLXLIFFJSON / PO / RESXXML / DITAHTML5FrameMaker MIF

Tools

SDL TradosmemoQPhrase / MemsourceLokaliseCrowdinXTM

Related specializations on LPN

Localization QA & TestingE-Learning LocalizationSpecialized Production

4 specialists

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Jens VN

Open to new clients
File Preparation Engineer
Belgium

Aziz Junayd

Open to new clients
TMS / Workflow Automation Specialist
Saudi Arabia

Layout Designer & Technologist | Automating and scaling complex multilingual DTP workflows.

Ugur Ilter

Open to new clients
Software / UI Localization Engineer
Türkiye

Turkish Localization

Franzlation

Open to new clients
Software / UI Localization Engineer
Germany