Scoring Success: How to Quantify TMS Alignment with Your Requirements

Using a translation management system (TMS) for a while or considering using one? Need guidance in evaluating and validating your choice? Here's a concise process to measure TMS tools objectively and maximize your team's time.

You may know from my Linkedin or elsewhere that I’m a student in Middlebury Institute of International Studies’ program of Master of Arts in Translation and Localization Management. Last semester I developed a guide for evaluating TMS tools during my Advanced Translation Technology course. And since I work for Lokalise, a TMS, I wanted to provide added value to my clients at no extra cost.

The tool I created is user-friendly, catering to non-localization professionals without TMS experience. It guides you through a simple, step-by-step process for qualifying and disqualifying TMS tools, using a flexible yet predefined scoring system.