Lab animal facilities rely on highly trained teams to operate smoothly, ethically, and in compliance with regulatory requirements. But efficiency isn’t driven by processes alone, it’s shaped by the tools people use every day.

In many facilities, investigators and administrators are comfortable working in English. However, husbandry staff, caretakers, and technicians often perform their work more accurately and confidently when software supports their native language.

That’s why multilingual support isn’t just a convenience, it’s a key component of operational success.

Mosaic Vivarium is designed to support the real-world needs of global research facilities, including the diverse languages spoken by the people doing the work.

Rethinking Multilingual Support in Vivarium Software

Multilingual capabilities are surprisingly uncommon in lab animal management systems. When available, they are often limited to basic translations that don’t reflect scientific terminology, facility workflows, or cage-side language.

Mosaic Vivarium takes a different approach.

Instead of relying on a small set of centrally managed translations, Mosaic enables facilities to help shape the platform themselves through community-driven localization.

How Crowd-Sourced Localization Works in Mosaic Vivarium

Mosaic Vivarium allows supervisors and administrators to translate nearly every part of the interface using language that makes sense for their teams.

This approach enables facilities to:

• Create translations that are accurate, contextual, and scientifically appropriate
• Share those translations with the broader Mosaic user community
• Update language entries as new features are released—ensuring nothing becomes outdated

The result is a system that speaks the language of the people using it, not a generic translation engine.

Facilities in Germany, for example, have translated most husbandry-facing elements of Mosaic Vivarium, allowing caretaker teams to work comfortably in their native language. As awareness grows, we look forward to increased participation from Spanish-speaking and other global communities.

Why Language Support Improves Facility Performance

Clear communication leads to better outcomes. Supporting staff in their preferred language helps facilities:

• Reduce data entry errors and misinterpretation
• Accelerate training for new staff
• Improve user confidence and engagement
• Increase efficiency in high-throughput environments

When people understand the tools they use, they work more effectively—and animal care benefits as a result.

Built for Facilities Everywhere

Every facility is different, and no software provider can anticipate every language need. External translation services often miss scientific nuance, leading to confusion instead of clarity.

Mosaic Vivarium solves this by giving facilities the tools to support themselves—while contributing to a shared, evolving multilingual ecosystem across the global research community.

Our vision is to help create environments where teams can focus on their work with confidence, accuracy, and transparency. Multilingual support is just one of the many ways Mosaic Vivarium helps facilities operate more efficiently and ethically.

Interested in seeing how Mosaic Vivarium supports multilingual operations?

Schedule a free demonstration Sand discover how the right tools can make a measurable difference in your facility.