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Association for Language Operations

We set the standards, keep the body of knowledge open and connect the people and organisations that keep meaning intact across every language, channel and machine.

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One concept. Six channels.

Without a single source of truth every channel names the same thing its own way, and every language multiplies the drift. Switch on the language layer.

Terminological consistency0 %

Illustration. The rate is the share of channels using the approved term, the first of the five LangOps metrics.

Built for four kinds of members

Enterprise teams

Your products speak twenty languages. Give them one voice.

Organisation membership →

Language service providers

Move from cost per word to value per outcome.

Join a working group →

Technology innovators

Prove that your platform keeps meaning intact.

Technology certification →

Language professionals

Turn invisible work into a recognised profession.

Certification paths →

Membership

€9 a month. A vote in the discipline.

Individual members vote at the General Assembly, join working groups and save 20 % on LangOps Institute exams and LangOps Days. €100 a year if you pay annually.

Standards

Working groups write the metrics, models and glossaries the field measures itself by.

Knowledge

The Body of Knowledge, the Manifesto and the Maturity Index stay open to everyone.

Community

LangOps Pros, local chapters, ambassadors and LangOps Days.

Courses

Programmes and classes in LangOps Pros, built on our open Body of Knowledge. Exams at the LangOps Institute.

Certification

One path from foundation to leadership

Start with the shared vocabulary, specialise in the system you run, lead the function. Courses run in the association, exams and certificates at the LangOps Institute; members save 20 % on exams.

Discovery

Free online introduction

Foundation

The shared vocabulary for every role

Practitioner

Knowledge systems · Content Operations · Quality and metrics · AI and language governance

Leader

Operating model, governance, investment case

The books behind the discipline

“Language is the most widely used and least managed asset in organizations.”

Arthur Wetzel

Cover of The LangOps Playbook

Pre-order German edition

The LangOps Playbook

Springer Gabler · 5 November 2026 · Paperback, 191 pages

Language Operations as an operating system for global communication. A workbook for executives. English edition in preparation, due December 2026 or January 2027.

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Cover of The Language Infrastructure

Pre-order English edition

The Language Infrastructure

De Gruyter · 15 April 2027 · Paperback, 252 pages

How language became a production system in the AI era, and what the Return on Multilingualism makes visible.

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