Our Impact
What our clients and partners say about us.
“Localization Lab's help has been essential to bring the SecureDrop whistleblower submission platform into as many languages as possible. Nobody else is doing what Localization Lab does for the open source community.
Trevor Timm, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Freedom of the Press Foundation
“In collaboration with the Localization Lab, we undertook the localization of the Butter Box ecosystem into four Indigenous languages from Latin America: Nasayuwe, Wayuu, Gambiano, and Nahuatl. The experience raised awareness around digital threats, helped affirm the presence of Indigenous identities and cultures in the digital space, and inspired younger generations to engage with technology in a culturally rooted way.”
Fabiola M., The Guardian Project
“We see usage steadily increasing in regions that Localization Lab has helped provide localizations for. This helps us ensure folks facing strict censorship in entire countries can have access to VPN for free.”
Dave Carollo, Product Manager, TunnelBear
“Localization Lab has helped ensure that at-risk users can access support in their own languages. Localization Lab’s collaboration has therefore been instrumental in breaking down language barriers, increasing user trust, and enabling broader and more equitable access to our tools."
Meg Soriano, Program Coordinator, EngageMedia
“These translations are not symbolic; they are lifelines. They allow frontline activists, journalists, and community defenders to access safety-critical information in the languages they understand best.”
Natasha Msonza, Executive Director, Digital Society of Africa
“Localization Lab’s work has made a big difference for us. By translating security guides and tools into Swahili, women defenders and local activists who don’t speak English can now follow safety steps easily. In our recent workshop, everyone could set up encrypted apps and protect their devices because the instructions were in their own language. When people gave feedback, confusing words were fixed right away. Now, we get fewer questions for help, people teach each other more, and we see more safe online habits.”
Zaituni Njovu, Executive Director, Zaina Foundation
