Localization (L10N)

Localization (L10N)

Of or relating to the process of translating a product into different languages or adapting a product for a specific country or region.

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Globalisation

Translation & localization; Localization (L10N)

The process of conceptualising your product line for the global marketplace so that it can be sold anywhere in the world with only minor revisions.

Translation memoty

Translation & localization; Localization (L10N)

A special database that stores previously translated sentences which can then be reused on a sentence-by-sentence basis.

Software

Translation & localization; Localization (L10N)

The entire set of programs, procedures, and related documentation associated with a system and especially a computer system.

Translation

Translation & localization; Localization (L10N)

The process of converting the written word of the source language into the written word of the target language.

Dialect

Translation & localization; Internationalization (I18N)

What constitutes a dialect and what to do about it is one of the most misunderstood concepts in translation, perhaps second only to the "native speaker" syndrome (the pernicious idea, promoted by ...

An interpreter who listens while the speaker speaks and then interprets while the speaker pauses. The interpreter providing consecutive interpretation sits, either at the same table as the speaker, ...