This guide explains how to create and manage projects in Lokalise Vantage.

In Vantage, projects are used to organize marketing and creative content such as documents, presentations, articles, campaigns, and other content you want to translate into multiple languages. Content can be added by uploading files or importing it through supported integrations.

To create a project in Vantage, you must have at least the team admin role. If you do not see the New project button, check your permissions or contact a team admin.

You can create as many Vantage projects as needed. The number of projects in a team is not limited.

Some usage is still governed by your team subscription, including quotas such as:

Lokalise Vantage is a workspace within the same Lokalise team as Lokalise Expert. A team can contain both Expert and Vantage projects, and the same team users can work across both workspaces depending on their project access.

To work with Vantage projects, click the Lokalise logo in the top-left corner and select Lokalise Vantage. This opens the Vantage project dashboard and interface.

To return to Lokalise Expert, use the same workspace switcher and select Lokalise Expert.

From the Vantage dashboard, you can view all Vantage projects and navigate to other Vantage features, such as Translation assets and Requested content.

Some features, such as team quotas, are shared at the team level across both Expert and Vantage.

To create a project:

You will then be guided through a short setup flow to configure your project. This step-by-step process helps you define everything upfront, so once the project is created, translation runs automatically and you only need to review, troubleshoot, or upload updated content when needed.

First, you'll need to decide how the content will be uploaded to the project:

Once you're ready, click Continue.

Provide the following information:

After entering the project details, upload the file you want to translate. If you've chosen one of the integrations, you'll need to connect to the corresponding service instead.

Vantage supports marketing and creative, file-based content such as:

Typical examples include:

Once uploaded, Vantage reads the file, breaks the content into segments, and prepares it for translation.

During project creation, you can configure the translation memory and glossary that Vantage will use for translation.

The Vantage Primary Translation Memory is added to every new Vantage project automatically. It is used for both Read and save, which means Vantage:

The Vantage Primary Translation Memory cannot be removed from the project.

To use additional translation memories, click Add translation memory and select from the TMs available to your team. Additional translation memories are currently Read only. Vantage can use them for matches and suggestions, but new translations are not saved to them.

If you add multiple TMs, drag and drop them to change their priority. Higher-priority TMs are checked first when Vantage looks for translation memory matches.

You can change the same TM configuration later in the project settings by adding or removing read-only TMs or changing their priority.

The shared Vantage glossary is also available during project creation.

You can add terms in two ways:

To add a term manually, click Add new term and configure:

Once added or imported, glossary terms become part of the shared Vantage glossary and are used for future translations across Vantage projects.

Next, choose how the project should be processed. Vantage offers two workflow options:

This is the fastest option. With Instant AI, Vantage uses Pro AI to translate the content without creating human review tasks automatically.

This option works well when speed is the main priority.

With AI + human review, Pro AI translates the content first. Vantage then evaluates translation quality and sends content for human review based on the configured review scope.

This option is useful when you want an additional review step before publishing.

When you select this workflow, you will need to configure the review process.

If you select AI + human review, the next step is to choose the review scope. The review scope determines how much content is sent for human review. In practice, this controls how strict the review threshold is.

A broader scope sends more content to reviewers. A narrower scope sends only the segments that are more likely to contain clear issues.

You will also assign default reviewers per target language. These reviewers will automatically receive review tasks when the project is created.

Available options:

This allows you to balance speed, cost, and level of human oversight.

When human review is enabled, you can also set the project timezone and default review deadline during project setup.

The default review deadline defines how many calendar days reviewers get to complete a task. You can choose from 1 to 90 days, with 5 days selected by default. Each review task is assigned a due date automatically based on this setting.

Deadlines are calculated as end-of-day in the project timezone, so the due date is clear for reviewers in different locations.

You can override the due date for an individual task when editing task details.

If human review is enabled, you must also assign reviewers. Reviewers are selected per language, so you can assign different reviewers for different target languages.

When setting up the project, you can choose reviewers from any existing members of your team. After the project is created, all assigned reviewers automatically appear as project contributors, and you can manage their access later from the Contributors page.

Once the project is configured, click Start AI translation. Vantage then starts the localisation workflow automatically in the background.

This includes:

You do not need to run these steps manually.

After the project is created, you are redirected to the project editor. Translations begin appearing automatically as the AI workflow runs.

From the editor, you and your contributors can:

If human review is enabled, reviewers will also be able to complete their assigned review tasks there.

After the project is created, you can edit its settings. To edit project settings, click the cog icon in the top menu:

On the Settings page, you can view and adjust the following: