This guide walks you through the basic steps to start using Lokalise Vantage and translate your first piece of marketing and creative content. The setup usually takes only a few minutes.

Make sure you have access to Lokalise Vantage in your Lokalise team. To open Vantage:

Once you switch, you will see the Vantage dashboard where you can create projects and manage content.

Vantage uses one shared Glossary and one shared Translation Memory (TM) for the entire team. If your team already uses Lokalise Expert, you can import existing assets.

Export the glossary from a project in Lokalise Expert. To achieve that, simply open your Lokalise Expert project, switch to the Glossary tab, and click More > Download CSV:

To download the TMX file, proceed to Team settings > Translation memory, find the translation memory you want to export, and click Download as TMX file:

After exporting the files, upload them to the Assets in Vantage. You can do this from:

When creating a new Vantage project, you will also be prompted to import your glossary and/or translation memory during the setup process.

These assets will be automatically used during translation.

From the Vantage dashboard, click New project:

Next, you'll need to choose the content source:

Note that projects created using integrations (such as Google Docs or Strapi) are tied to that content source and cannot be reused for manual file uploads later.

In this guide we'll use the manual file upload. To learn more about available integrations, please refer to the corresponding guides listed above.

Then configure the basic project settings:

On the next step, you'll be asked to upload translation files. If you've chosen one of the integrations, you'll need to connect to the corresponding service instead.

Supported formats:

Typical examples include:

Note:

You can optionally add glossary terms that should be used consistently across translations. To do this, click Add new term:

Glossary terms are shared across all Vantage projects within your team, so any terms you add here will be applied automatically in future Vantage projects.

The following dialog will appear:

Vantage offers two workflow options.

This option generates translations using Pro AI and translation memory (with 100% matches):

Pro AI translates the content first, then the system evaluates translation quality and sends segments that may need attention to reviewers.

When selecting this option, you'll be asked to:

You will also assign default reviewers per target language. These reviewers will automatically receive review tasks when the project is created. Default reviewers cannot be changed after project creation.

Available options include:

During this process Vantage automatically:

This happens automatically in the background.

Once the project is created, you will be redirected to the Editor.

At this point, the translation workflow has already started. AI translations will appear in the editor as they are generated.

You and other team members can review translations directly in the Editor.

In the editor you can:

Approved segments are automatically added to the translation memory, improving future translations.

For certain file formats it's possible to preview content right in the editor:

You can track translation progress and segment statistics from the top menu in the editor. Click the Segments approved to open the Statistics panel. Here you can see progress for each language, including:

To focus on specific segments, use the Filters dropdown.

Filters allow you to narrow down segments based on different criteria. For example, you can filter by:

Once translation and review are complete:

You will receive a ZIP archive containing one file for each target language. The original document layout and formatting are preserved.

If your source content changes, you don’t need to create a new project or start from scratch.

Since the source text cannot be edited directly in Vantage, you can update it by uploading a new version of the file from the Files tab. Make sure to use the same file name as the original document.

Vantage will compare the new file with the previous version and:

To manage users who have access to the current Vantage project, open the Contributors page:

Here you will see a list of all users who currently have access to the project, along with their assigned access rights.

To add someone to the project, click Add contributor.

You can add both existing team members and new users as project contributors. Start typing a name or email address:

Keep in mind that some roles require advanced team seats. A user occupies an advanced seat if they:

The number of available advanced seats depends on your subscription plan. If you reach the limit, you may need to adjust roles or upgrade your plan.

Open the Tasks tab to view and manage tasks assigned within the project.

For example, if you selected the AI + human review workflow when creating the project, a Human review task is automatically created for each target language.

Click Open in editor to view and work on the segments included in a task.

To modify task settings, click Edit task.

You can adjust the following parameters:

You’ve created your first project, uploaded your content, and started the localisation workflow! From here, you can continue translating new documents or updating existing ones as your content evolves.

If your team includes non-technical stakeholders (such as marketing or support), you can use the Vantage Portal.

The portal allows users to submit translation requests in just a few steps, without accessing projects, the editor, or other Vantage features. Your team still manages everything on the Vantage side.