In this paper, the authors deal with some of the challenges posed to translation pedagogy by the development and proliferation of new technologies. The urgent need for technical translators, localizers, and project managers may result in a failure to address some fundamental issues of teaching methodology in an attempt to produce as many qualified professionals as possible in the least amount of time. The authors of this paper suggest that task-based instruction (TBI) could be the right methodology for teaching translation-related technologies, for it increases student motivation, replicates real world situations, engages higher-level cognitive processing, and addresses a selection of useful competences above and beyond technical proficiency. In order to demonstrate the applications of TBI to the translation classroom, the authors provide some tasks that can be employed in the teaching of localization.