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Global campaign localization

A working sequence. Adapt the approvals, resources and measurement to your actual brief.

Objective: Adapt one idea across markets without turning culture into a translation setting.

Example brief: “Keep the central product truth and emotional arc. Allow local teams to change the joke, casting, setting, and CTA when the original does not travel.”

Workflow:

  1. Create a master concept, a locked claims sheet, and a list of flexible elements.
  2. Generate translation and subtitle drafts; do not treat them as approved copy.
  3. Use AI dubbing or lip-sync only with voices and talent under documented rights.
  4. Ask native creative reviewers to rewrite, not only proofread, the local version.
  5. Adapt casting, music, visual signs, gestures, and product use by market.
  6. Run local legal, accessibility, and platform-policy checks.
  7. Record source asset, model, voice, translator, approver, market, and version in a provenance manifest.

Example input: “Translate the master script into Brazilian Portuguese, then list five places where a literal translation would fail culturally. Offer two local rewrites for each while preserving the product claim.”

Human decisions: What stays global, what changes, what is culturally off-limits, who approves, when to abandon the master route.

Review checkpoints: Native rewrite; local legal; voice/likeness; claims; accessibility; platform disclosure; asset rights.

Expected output: Master file, market adaptation matrix, local scripts, approved voice assets, subtitles, aspect-ratio variants, and rights/provenance record.

Recommended tools: ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini for draft localization; HeyGen, ElevenLabs, or platform dubbing only after rights review; Adobe Premiere/Firefly Services; human localization partners.

Scenario estimate: $10,000–$75,000 for 5–15 markets, excluding media and significant reshoots. Voice and talent rights can exceed tool costs.

Measure: Local brand lift, completion rate, comprehension, conversion, complaints, opt-outs, and local reviewer confidence.

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