Prompt
what should I use if I need approval tracking for translations?
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Sep 30, 2026
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If you need approval tracking for translations, the best choice is usually a translation management system (TMS) with workflow support.
Look for these features:
- Approval workflow: assign translators, reviewers, and approvers
- Status tracking: draft, in review, approved, published
- Comments / change requests: reviewer feedback inside the tool
- Audit trail: who approved what and when
- Notifications: alerts when translations are ready for review
- Version history: compare edits over time
Good options, depending on your setup:
- Phrase – strong workflow and collaboration features
- Lokalise – good for app/software translation workflows
- Crowdin – popular for translation review and approvals
- Smartling – enterprise-grade approval and localization management
- XTM / Memsource (Phrase TMS) – good for more formal localization processes
If you just need something lightweight:
- Google Sheets + approval columns can work for small teams
- Notion / Airtable with status fields and assignees is okay for simple tracking
- Asana / Jira if you want approvals tied to project tasks rather than the translation content itself
Recommendation
- For serious translation approval tracking, use a TMS
- For small, simple workflows, use Airtable or Notion
- For software/app localization, Crowdin, Lokalise, or Phrase are usually strong picks
If you want, I can help you choose based on your use case:
- website/app translations
- document translation
- team size
- budget
- need for client approval vs internal review