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.

Industry: Translation & localization

Add a new term

Contributors in Localization (L10N)

Become a Contributors

Localization (L10N)

Case weight

Translation & localization; Internationalization (I18N)

In cultural sorting, the combined weight value of case, subscripting, superscripting, fractions, and other factors. For example, the lowercase letter a precedes the uppercase letter A, and middle ...

The set of characters that are used by a language or by a group of languages. A character set includes national characters, special characters (such as punctuation marks and mathematical symbols), ...

Language service provider (LSP)

Translation & localization; Internationalization (I18N)

A company that provides language services through in-house and/or freelance translators and interpreters.

Freelance translator

Translation & localization; Internationalization (I18N)

A self-employed translator who provides his/her services to a number of clients/agencies and often specialises in particular fields, such as medical, financial and legal translation.

Copy writing

Translation & localization; Internationalization (I18N)

While transcreators strive to actually copy write into a target language, the primary responsibility of a translator is to accurately translate the source content into a target language. In order to ...

Website translation

Translation & localization; Internationalization (I18N)

Website translation is also known as "Website Globalization". In order to truly "translate" a website into other languages you may need both internationalisation (I18n) and Localization (L10n) ...

Confidentiality

Translation & localization; Internationalization (I18N)

For translators and interpreters, professional confidentiality is absolute. It goes into effect the moment the translator or interpreter is given access to the client's information and remains in ...