Abstract: A distributed computer system for implementing a method for managing translations of human language text from a source language to a target language is disclosed. The system comprises a translation management server computer and a translation client computer. Upon notification of a need for translations of source language files of human language text in the source language, the server computer generates a control file including the source language files and a source manifest listing the source language files. The server computer notifies the client computer of the control file whereby the client computer can download the control file. A translator or translation program associated with the client translates the human language text from the source language to a target language, and then the client computer generates a translation file including target language files of the human language text in the target language and a target manifest listing the target language files.