Internationalisation is a process which generalises a software product (or website) so that redesign will not be necessary to enable it to handle multiple languages and cultural conventions. internationalisation takes place at the beginning of the programme design and documentation development process. Separation of text from software source code is a critical aspect of internationalization. Moving translatable text, (the text that is visible to the user), into separate resource files prevents translators from changing or breaking the programme code.