Locus Map is available in many World languages. This is thanks to crowd-sourcing project Crowdin.com and volunteering Locus Map users from many countries who helpfully participate in it. Their only reward is the feeling they use an application they participate on.

Are you willing to help us with translations too? WELCOME ABOARD!

Before you get to work, please read these basic premises of UX texts in Locus Map:

Jargon free, offering context

• don’t use technical terms (e.g. failure, invalid, database, authentication… etc.)
• pay attention to verbs as the most powerful words carrying action
• focus on the user

Economical and frontloaded

• write shortly and efficiently
• make sure every word on the screen has a distinct job
• put your important message first

Respecting Locus Map’s brand voice

Locus Map is an application for people who use it mainly in their leisure time spent outdoors with friends or family. Locus Map wants to be one of your friends. It wants to be reliable, helpful, dedicated, reassuring. Therefore, it wants to express casually, whimsically, even warmly - just like good friends do.

On the other hand, in case of an issue when user can’t get what he wants (out of GPS signal, missing routing data pack etc.), Locus does NOT mock the user - it always tries to help, not making fun of it - never use negatives like “never”, “bad” etc.

There are a few elements that are not subject of translation but are compulsory for all language versions - they must remain a part of the translated phrase. They are various formatting tags, variables etc.