Certification or Licensing
No licensing is required for localization specialists. Foreign language translators may be granted certification by the American Translators Association (ATA) upon successful completion of required exams. ATA certification is available for translators who translate the following languages into English: Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Ukrainian. ATA certification is also available for translators who translate English into the following languages: Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Ukrainian. Visit https://www.atanet.org/certification for more information.
The Localization Institute offers two certification credentials: global digital marketing and localization certification and localization project management certification. Those who are interested in becoming certified must complete 30 to 35 hours of self-directed study with instructor recorded videos and modules, complete short essays, and pass a certification exam. Visit https://www.localizationinstitute.com to learn more about these programs.
Some localization specialists earn project management certifications from the Project Management Institute (PMI) (https://www.pmi.org). Localization specialists who focus on software or app localization may want to earn the PMI’s Agile certified practitioner or the certified ScrumMaster, or other credentials from the Scrum Alliance (https://www.scrumalliance.org).
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