LINGUISTIC QA
Linguistic QA and localization quality assurance in 48 languages
Independent linguistic quality assurance for translated and localized content. We check language, terminology, consistency and formatting in context — inside the build, on the screen, in the file — then log every issue with a severity rating and verify the fix before sign-off. Across 48 languages and 63 regional versions.
48 languages · In-context review · Severity-rated bug logs · Fix verification · ISO-aligned process
OVERVIEW
Independent quality assurance for content that is already translated
We perform comprehensive linguistic quality checks on translated and localized content to identify and correct language, terminology, consistency and formatting issues before publication or delivery. Our linguists are independent of whoever produced the translation — a second pair of eyes with no reason to defend the original choices.
The work happens in context, not in a spreadsheet. We review your strings inside the running build, your subtitles against the picture, your copy inside the page layout — because a translation that reads correctly in isolation can still break a button, run past a character limit, or land on the wrong screen. Every issue is logged with a severity rating so your team knows what must be fixed before release and what can wait.
Linguistic QA covers more than wording. We check terminology against your glossary, verify that names, units, dates, currencies and address formats follow the conventions of the target market, and flag text that overflows its container, truncates, or breaks in the wrong place. Where a style guide exists, we test against it. Where one does not, we build a short one as we work and hand it back to you.
Whether you need a single release checked before launch, an existing catalogue audited, or a linguist working alongside your team every sprint — our linguistic QA services scale to the work. Per-hour review for one-off checks, project pricing for full audits, and framework agreements for continuous release cycles.
EDUCATIONAL
How linguistic QA actually works, from reference materials to signed-off release
Linguistic QA is not a second translation. It is a structured inspection with an agreed scope, a severity scale and a written record. Here is how our linguistic QA services move your content from delivered translation to release-ready.
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Reference & Style Guide Review
Before we read a single string we collect your glossary, style guide, brand voice rules, previously approved translations and any market-specific requirements. Where these do not exist, we agree the rules with you upfront — so every finding is measured against an agreed standard rather than a reviewer's personal taste.
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In-Context Linguistic Check
Your content is reviewed where it will actually be seen: inside the app or game build, against the picture, in the page layout, on the device. Native linguists check meaning, register, grammar and readability while looking at exactly what your user will see — including truncation, overlap, and text that breaks in the wrong place.
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Terminology & Consistency Audit
Every term is checked against your glossary and against itself. We flag the same source word translated three different ways, product names that shift between screens, UI labels that no longer match the documentation, and units, dates, currencies and name formats that do not follow the target market's conventions.
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Bug Logging & Severity Rating
Each issue is logged in your tracker or ours with the location, the source text, the current translation, the proposed correction, and a severity rating — critical, major, minor, or preferential. The rating is what makes the report usable: your team sees immediately what blocks release and what can wait for the next cycle.
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Fix Verification & Sign-Off
Once your team implements the corrections we re-check every logged issue in context, confirm nothing new broke, and close the report with written sign-off. You receive the final issue log, the resolution status of each item, and any glossary or style guide updates that came out of the review.
WHAT WE OFFER
Every format where a translation can pass on paper and fail on screen
Our linguistic QA services cover every layer of translated content — from software builds and subtitle files to marketing campaigns and dubbing scripts — reviewed in context by native specialists across 48 languages.
Website & App QA
In-context
Translated sites and apps reviewed on real screens — navigation, forms, error messages, empty states. We catch truncation, overlap and untranslated strings that only appear in the running product.
Game & Software Build QA
Playthrough review of localized builds: menus, dialogue, tutorials, HUD and error states. Character limits, variable placement and first-party platform terminology checked in language.
Subtitle & Caption QA
Subtitle files checked against picture and audio — accuracy, reading speed, line breaks, character limits, speaker IDs and shot-change timing, to your platform's delivery spec.
Marketing & Campaign QA
Campaign copy, landing pages, ads and social assets reviewed before launch. Tone, claim wording and cultural fit checked — not only whether the words are correct.
Dubbing & Voice-Over Script QA
Scripts checked before the studio is booked — accuracy, pronunciation, register and timing fit. A fix in the script costs minutes; after recording it costs a session.
Terminology & Glossary Audit
An audit of terminology across your existing translated content. We map every term in use, flag conflicts between products and vendors, and hand back a cleaned, approved glossary.
KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
Linguistic QA compared: DIGI MEDIA vs Alternatives
Most companies check translations one of two ways — they ask the vendor who did the work, or they ask a colleague in the market. Here is how independent linguistic QA compares.
| Criteria | Vendor Self-Check | In-Country Reviewer | DIGI MEDIA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independence | Same team that translated | Independent, but not their main job | Independent linguists · no stake in the original |
| Review context | Text file only | Whatever they are sent | In the build, on screen, against picture |
| Issue reporting | Tracked changes | Email comments | Severity-rated log in your tracker |
| Severity rating | None | None | Critical · major · minor · preferential |
| Terminology control | Vendor's own glossary | Personal preference | Audited against your approved glossary |
| Fix verification | Not offered | Rarely | Re-checked in context and signed off |
| Turnaround | Bundled · unclear | Fits around their day job | Up to 5 working days · volume-dependent |
| Language coverage | One vendor's languages | One language | 48 languages · one team |
| Audit trail | None | Scattered emails | Full issue log · written sign-off |
DECISION SUPPORT
Are our linguistic QA services right for your project?
A quick self-check to confirm independent linguistic QA is the right fit for your release — and to point you to the right service if it is not.
✓ This service is right for you if
- Your content is already translated and needs checking before it goes live
- The translation came from another vendor, an internal team, or machine translation
- Problems only show up in context — in the build, on screen, in the layout
- You need a severity-rated issue log your developers can act on, not tracked changes
- Terminology consistency across products, markets or vendors matters
- A release date is fixed and quality problems must surface before it, not after
🎙️ Typical projects we handle
- Pre-launch QA of a localized app, website or software release
- Full-build linguistic pass on a game before first-party certification
- Subtitle and caption file QA against platform delivery specs
- Campaign copy checked across markets before a coordinated launch
- Terminology audit and glossary cleanup across an existing content library
- Ongoing sprint-based QA inside a continuous release cycle
Not sure this is the right service? If your text simply needs a final language polish before publishing — grammar, spelling, punctuation and style, with no build to check and no bug log to file — Proofreading is the better fit. If you need machine-translated content brought up to publication standard, that is MTPE. Send us a sample file, your target languages and your release date, and we will return a scoped plan and quote within 24 hours.
WHO WE HELP
Trusted by studios, software teams and agencies that ship in many languages
From game studios to localization agencies to in-house marketing teams — our linguistic QA services serve every organization that publishes translated content and cannot afford it to be wrong.
Game Studios
Full-build linguistic passes before first-party certification. Menus, dialogue, HUD and error states checked in language, with bug reports your production team can action directly.
Software Developers & SaaS
Release-cycle QA for localized products. UI strings, onboarding flows, error messages and help content reviewed in the running build, sprint by sprint.
Localization Agencies
Independent third-party QA for agencies that need an outside verdict — for their own quality programme, or because a client requires review by someone other than the translator.
Marketing Teams
Campaign copy checked across markets before launch. Tone, claims and cultural fit verified, so a headline that lands in one language does not misfire in another.
Streaming Platforms
Subtitle, caption and dub script QA against platform delivery specs. Reading speed, timing, character limits and terminology checked before files reach the ingest gate.
Publishers & Media
Translated editorial, long-form and reference content reviewed for accuracy, register and consistency across an entire catalogue.
E-commerce & Retail
Product data, category pages and checkout flows checked in market. Sizes, units, currencies and legal wording verified against local conventions.
Public Institutions & EU Projects
Multilingual public content reviewed for accuracy and plain-language clarity, with an audit trail suitable for funded projects and procurement requirements.
Enterprise Localization Teams
An independent quality layer across multiple vendors. One consistent scoring standard applied to every supplier, so you can compare quality objectively instead of by impression.
WHY US
Independent linguists, in-context review, and a report your team can act on
Our linguistic QA services combine native specialists who had no part in the original translation, review inside the real product, severity-rated issue logs, and verified fixes — everything a release manager needs to sign off multilingual content with confidence.
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one QA team
Independent linguists
no stake in the original
Severity-rated logs
critical to preferential
Fix verification
re-checked and signed off
Every linguistic QA project is handled by native specialists working in the target market, reviewing your content where it will actually appear rather than in a text file. Issues are logged with severity, location and a proposed correction, verified once your team implements them, and closed with written sign-off. Across 48 languages and 63 regional versions, for game studios, software teams, agencies and marketing departments worldwide.
LANGUAGES
Linguistic QA in 48 languages
Our linguistic QA services deliver independent, in-context review across 48 languages and 63 regional versions, with native specialists checking your content against the conventions of each target market.
SEE IT IN ACTION
Inside a DIGI MEDIA linguistic QA project
Every linguistic QA project runs through one connected workflow — from reference materials and in-context review to severity-rated logging, fix verification and written sign-off.
Independent review, logged, verified, signed off
Native specialists review your content inside the build, against the picture, or in the live page layout. Every issue is logged with its location, severity and a proposed correction, re-checked once your team applies the fix, and closed with written sign-off and an updated glossary — across 48 languages and 63 regional versions.
CREDENTIALS
Standards-based review, under security your content owners will accept
Every linguistic QA project runs to a recognised error typology, inside secure infrastructure, and under EU data protection rules.
MQM-Aligned Scoring
Industry-standard error typology
TPN Gold Certified
Enterprise content security
NDA-Backed Handling
Pre-release builds under signed NDA
GDPR Compliant
EU data protection
FAQ
Linguistic QA frequently asked questions
Everything localization managers, release managers and QA leads need to know about our linguistic QA services.
What is linguistic QA?
Linguistic QA is an independent quality check on content that has already been translated. A native specialist reviews it in the context where it will appear — in your app, on screen, in the file — and logs every issue with its location, a severity rating and a proposed correction. It is inspection and reporting, not re-translation.
How is linguistic QA different from proofreading?
Proofreading is a final language polish: grammar, spelling, punctuation and style in a document, before publishing. Linguistic QA is a structured inspection of translated content in its real environment, with terminology auditing, severity-rated issue logs and fix verification. If you have a text to tidy, you need proofreading. If you have a release to sign off, you need QA.
Do you QA translations you didn't produce?
Yes — that is the normal case. Most of our QA work is on translations produced by other vendors, in-house teams, or machine translation. We have no stake in the original choices, which is the point. We can also review our own translation work, but where independence is a formal requirement we tell you plainly which team did what.
What is a severity rating and why does it matter?
Every issue is rated critical, major, minor or preferential. Critical blocks release. Major is a real error that should be fixed before launch. Minor can wait for the next cycle. Preferential means the translation is correct but a reviewer would have phrased it differently — no fix required. The rating is what stops a hundred-line report turning into an argument about what actually needs doing.
Which languages do you cover?
We work in 48 languages and 63 regional versions, across Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Every project is handled by a native specialist in the target language. You can see the full list, including versions such as Brazilian Portuguese, Latin American Spanish and Canadian French, on our Languages page.
How long does linguistic QA take?
Up to 5 working days after we receive your materials for a standard scope. Volume is the main variable — a single app release and a full game build are not the same job. We confirm the exact turnaround with your quote, before you commit.
What do you need from us to start?
The content in a reviewable form — build access, a staging link, the subtitle files, or the document. Plus your glossary, style guide and any previously approved translations, if they exist. If they don’t, we agree the rules with you first, so findings are measured against an agreed standard rather than personal taste.
Do you work inside our bug tracker?
Yes. We log issues directly in Jira, Azure DevOps, or whichever tracker you use, following your ticket format. If you would rather not grant access, we deliver the same information as a structured log you can import.
Can you QA a game build before certification?
Yes. Full-build linguistic passes before first-party submission are a regular part of our game work — menus, dialogue, tutorials, HUD, error states and platform terminology checked in language. Pre-release builds are handled under signed NDA in TPN Gold certified infrastructure.
How is linguistic QA priced?
By volume and scope — word count, string count, build hours, or number of files, depending on the content type. One-off reviews are quoted per project. Continuous release cycles run on framework agreements with agreed rates and reserved capacity. Send a sample and your target languages for a fixed quote within 24 hours.
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CHECK BEFORE YOU SHIP
Ready to catch the problems before your users do?
Send us a sample file or build access, your target languages, and your release date. We will return a scoped QA plan and a fixed quote within 24 hours, wherever you are in the world.
✓ 24-hour quote · ✓ Independent linguists · ✓ Severity-rated logs · ✓ Fix verification · ✓ 48 languages · ✓ NDA on request