# BrainTrust

> Shared knowledge hub for translators: company reviews and curated localization directories with companies where you can send your CV and discover potential opportunities.

## Community reviews

A community-powered review system for translators, freelancers, and localization professionals.
### Companies
Explore published positive, negative, and neutral community experiences before you apply, send your CV, or agree to a project. Company details and review pages provide the public feedback shown in BrainTrust.
- [Read company reviews](https://bstproject.com/braintrust/app?section=companies)
### Payment Systems
Community feedback on freelance payment platforms and methods is in development. Provider comparisons and payment-platform reviews are not currently presented as an available feature on this introduction.
- [View Payment Systems](https://bstproject.com/braintrust/app?section=payments)

## Directories

Curated research for AVT, GameLoc / GameDev, and literary-related companies, including application points and contacts where available.
### Basic Lists
Public company records with websites, regions, working languages, services, and CV emails, career pages, translator forms, or vendor forms where available.
- [Explore Basic Lists](https://bstproject.com/braintrust/app?section=basic)
### Advanced Lists
Extended company research, detailed notes, and available HR, Project Manager, and Vendor Manager contacts. Access requires a valid email and access code for the chosen databases. AVT and GameLoc research is updated every two weeks; the literary directory is updated monthly.
- [Explore Advanced Lists](https://bstproject.com/braintrust/app?section=advanced)
### Favorites
Save Basic and Advanced directory rows with the heart, reopen their details, and return to the original database and sheet. Personal saved rows are displayed in the app, not in these public documents.
- [Open Favorites](https://bstproject.com/braintrust/app?section=favorites)

We do not guarantee hiring, replies, projects, or paid work. These directories are research-based lists of potential opportunities, not job offers.

## Explore

- [Go to app](https://bstproject.com/braintrust/app): Open the interactive BrainTrust workspace.
- [Public app guide](https://bstproject.com/braintrust/app/index.html.md): How sections, filters, access, and Favorites work.
- [BrainTrust resource index](https://bstproject.com/braintrust/llms.txt): Public company profiles and published reviews.