ALM helps SaaS providers and technology organisations localise software, apps and digital platforms for international users. Our software localisation services support user interfaces, documentation, onboarding, multimedia and customer communications across product launches, ongoing updates and continuous release cycles.
From terminology and file handling to integrations, testing and specialist human review, we help localisation keep pace with product development rather than becoming a release bottleneck.
Software Localisation for Continuous Product Development
Software products evolve continuously. User interfaces, documentation, support content and customer communications must remain consistent as new features are released, terminology changes and products expand into additional markets.
Manual file handling and disconnected localisation workflows can slow releases, introduce inconsistencies and increase the risk of errors. ALM helps software teams build localisation processes that support frequent updates without compromising usability, terminology or quality.
Software Translation vs Software Localisation
Software translation converts text from one language into another. Software localisation (also commonly known as software localization or L10n) adapts the user experience, while internationalisation (I18n) prepares software to be efficiently localised for different languages and markets.
Software localisation or localization addresses far more than translation. It considers interface layout, cultural adaptation, terminology, string length, date and number formats, right-to-left languages, character encoding and the overall user experience.
For global software products, this distinction matters. A translated interface may be linguistically accurate, but if text is truncated, terminology is inconsistent, or the user journey feels unnatural, the product experience suffers. By combining internationalisation during development with professional localisation, software companies can accelerate international launches while delivering a consistent experience across every market.
Read more in our article: Why Localisation Matters
Software Content We Localise
SaaS Localisation
SaaS products require localisation across multiple touchpoints, from platform interfaces and onboarding flows to help centres, customer communication and product updates. Our localisation workflows help SaaS providers maintain consistency across fast-moving release cycles and multilingual product content.
Enterprise Software Localisation
ALM localises customer portals, HR systems, business applications and specialist software used in technical and regulated industries. We help organisations deliver clear, consistent multilingual experiences across complex user environments and global operations.
Mobile App Localisation
Mobile localisation requires careful attention to usability, screen space, app store content and language-specific requirements. We help software companies deliver consistent multilingual experiences across iOS and Android applications.
Connected Devices and Software Interfaces
Software interfaces used within connected devices, embedded systems, companion apps and IoT platforms require localisation that supports usability and consistency across markets.
Product Documentation and Knowledge Bases
User guides, help centres, onboarding materials, and help resources all require clear, consistent multilingual communication. Accurate localisation helps improve customer understanding, reduce support requirements and maintain consistency across the wider product ecosystem.
For multilingual websites and customer portals, see our Website Translation & Localisation Services.
Onboarding, E-learning and Customer Enablement
Engage international users, partners and teams by localising onboarding materials, e-learning programmes, customer education and product training. ALM helps ensure this content remains clear, culturally relevant and consistent with the terminology used across your software and wider product ecosystem.
For organisations managing several of these content types together, ALM can centralise localisation across software, documentation, training and customer-facing content so terminology and product language remain consistent throughout the user journey.
Technology-Driven Localisation Workflows
ALM combines specialist localisation expertise with translation technology, automation and AI-assisted workflows to help software teams manage frequent updates, reduce manual processing and maintain consistency as products evolve.
Depending on your requirements, this can include translation memory and terminology management, AI-assisted translation and MTPE, automated content routing, system integrations, continuous localisation, in-context review and specialist human quality assurance.
Our in-house technical team can connect localisation workflows with platforms and repositories including GitHub, GitLab, Phrase, Lokalise and Crowdin, helping multilingual content move more efficiently between development and localisation teams.
See how ALM helped Lucca automate software localisation workflows, reducing a delivery process that previously took a full day to around 15 minutes while improving terminology consistency and reducing manual processing.
File Formats and Development Workflows
Our technical teams handle localisation files directly, helping protect structure and reduce unnecessary copying, preparation and reformatting.
We regularly work with:
- JSON, XML and YAML
- XLIFF
- PO/POT files
- iOS and Android string files
- HTML and Markdown
- Figma, Sketch and Adobe XD
- CSV and multilingual XLSX
Explore our Language Operations Suite to see how connected localisation workflows can reduce manual processing and support faster software releases.
Why Work with ALM?
Software localisation requires more than linguistic accuracy. It requires expertise in how multilingual content interacts with software products, development environments and user experience.
ALM combines specialist localisation expertise, ISO-certified quality processes and technology-enabled workflows to help software companies deliver consistent multilingual products.
Contact ALM to discuss your software localisation requirements.
Why Work With ALM for Software Localisation?
Expert Linguists
- Experienced linguists with software and technology expertise
- Accurate localisation of user interfaces, apps and digital platforms
- In-context review to improve usability and user experience
- Consistent terminology across multilingual software products
Seamless Integration
- Workflows designed to support an agile development environment
- Technology-enabled localisation workflows combining AI-assisted translation and human review
- Support for software updates, release cycles and continuous localisation
- Integration with a wide range of software, systems and content formats
End-to-End Support
- Localisation support from planning through to delivery
- Technical engineering and file preparation by specialist teams
- Translation, review and quality assurance by expert linguists
- Functional testing and multilingual content validation
Planning an international software launch or multilingual product update?
Speak to our software localisation specialists today.
ALM transformed Lucca’s localisation workflows, automating processes, accelerating delivery, and improving translation consistency at scale.
Frequently Asked Questions
Software localisation adapts the entire user experience for each target market, not just the language. This includes details you might not have considered, such as date formats, capitalisation rules, and use of colours and imagery that will hit the right note in different cultures. Our specialist translators also adapt content to fit software constraints, ensuring translated elements work within the user interface.
ALM Translations supports an extensive array of file formats, including JSON, XML and YAML, PO/POT files, XLIFF, string files for iOS and Android, Markdown, HTML, Figma, Sketch and Adobe XD files, IDML, MIF, PSD, DITA, MD, SRT, VTT, CSV, multilingual XLSX and more. Our in-house engineers can handle the heavy lifting so we can process your translatable content securely and seamlessly.
Textual elements within software user interfaces, such as buttons, labels and help text, often have size limitations. In addition to expert review, we use a process known as “pseudo-localisation” that ensures the translated elements will not break any constraints within the UI and identifies potential problems that may arise during software localisation allowing us to adjust workflows in advance.
Yes, ALM can provide testing across different devices and platforms to ensure that your software will work in the target language environment. We have a fully qualified in-house technical team who are skilled in managing end-to-end software localisation projects, including testing and acceptance before final delivery. Contact us to discuss your project and we’ll plan the process for you.
Our in-house engineering team can support version control, continuous integration and delivery, and repository integrations. This includes syncing with GitHub/GitLab or other automated workflows you’re using for your software development. Our team will work with you from outset to devise a delivery process that will work for you, with timings scheduled to ensure your critical release dates are met.
If you don’t know the target culture, you won’t know what could confuse, or even offend, the target user when they’re using your software. That’s why we work with expert native-speaking translators, who live in the target country, because they instinctively know how user behaviour varies between cultures and can adapt content to ensure a seamless local user experience.
RTL languages can be a real challenge in software localisation. Here at ALM, we have over twenty years of experience handling languages with different alphabets and writing systems. This long-held linguistic expertise, combined with our technical knowledge of software localisation, means that we can ensure the user interface is correctly “mirrored” to provide an accurate presentation of the language within your software.
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