The literature on achieving theory-method fit implicitly treats research contexts as monolingual. Yet, management research contexts are linguistically diverse, involving multiple languages, different English dialects, and informants with limited English proficiency. Therefore, this literature provides limited guidance for scholars engaged in qualitative cross-language research. Addressing this gap, our core contribution is a framework for theory-method-language fit. Within this framework, language connects to theory and method, as language is the foundation by which conceptual and empirical meanings are built and transferred. Against this background, finding fit means aligning the choice of a study’s focus, considerations of how linguistic diversity may disrupt the ability to transfer meaning related to this focus, and the strategies available to the researcher for minimizing these disruptions. In doing so, changes to theory, method, and language are equally viable. Overall, our framework gives scholars a systematic approach for reflexively finding fit in their own cross-language studies or assessing fit in others’ studies. We also contribute to discussions on the process of finding fit, transparency in qualitative work, and on extending research into non-Western contexts.