diff --git a/docs/labs/create_checker.md b/docs/labs/create_checker.md
index c9cc9b6b..e6b1aeca 100644
--- a/docs/labs/create_checker.md
+++ b/docs/labs/create_checker.md
@@ -718,17 +718,33 @@ the default preprocessor.
We'd love to see translations of labs into various natural languages.
-Currently the expectation is that translated labs will start with existing
-labs (as HTML) and translate their text.
-Our current recommendation is to prefix all labs' names with their locale
-(e.g., `jp-input.html`).
-
-Make sure the buttons have a `title` value, otherwise they will default to
-their English titles.
-
-In the future we may pull the data into their own files so they can
-be shared between natural language translations. In those cases, the
-translated text would be marked with their own locale.
+Each lab is a separate HTML file. To create a translation,
+copy the HTML file into another file with a similar name indicating its locale.
+We currently recommend it be named `LOCALE-oldname.html`, e.g.,
+the Japanese (`ja`) translation of `input1.html` would be `ja-input1.html`.
+Use the most common locale name and make it clear, e.g.,
+for simplified Chinese use the locale `zh-CN`, for Brazilian Portuguese use
+`pt-BR`, for French use `fr`.
+
+Now edit the HTML file to translate its text into your locale:
+
+* Modify the <html> statement to say <html lang="LOCALE">
+* Add "title" values for buttons, otherwise they'll have English titles.
+* Modify the text, both the normal HTML and embedded YAML data.
+
+You can try out [hello](hello.html) to start simple.
+
+The [list of labs](https://best.openssf.org/labs/) provides more information.
+WARNING: We aren't currently using all labs we have.
+Make sure you focus on the labs in use first :-).
+
+One problem with the current localization approach is that the HTML tends to include
+a lot of information in YAML format that isn't natural language text.
+Most of the YAML should be shared, frankly.
+In the future we may pull the YAML data into a separate file, with
+different markers for the text of various locales.
+E.g., `text` would be English, and `text_jp` would its Japanese translation.
+We'd love feedback on this idea.
## Potential future directions
diff --git a/docs/labs/hello.html b/docs/labs/hello.html
index 823a179c..d85665c3 100644
--- a/docs/labs/hello.html
+++ b/docs/labs/hello.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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+