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Translation & localization

1) The converting of one language into another for the purpose of facilitating understanding and 2)The process of adapting a language for a specific country or region, or translation of a product into another language so it is marketable in a specific country or region

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bric

Translation & localization; Internationalization (I18N)

A newer acronym for Brazil, Russia, India and China. These countries make up 4 of the fastest growing global economies. Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Chinese and some Indian ...

cjkv

Translation & localization; Internationalization (I18N)

An acronym sometimes used to describe a combination of Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese.

gilt

Translation & localization; Internationalization (I18N)

An acronym for "Globalization, Internationalization, Localization and Translation". This term is sometimes used to describe professional societies and association in our ...

globalization (g11n)

Translation & localization; Internationalization (I18N)

The Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA) defines globalization as: "Globalization addresses the business issues associated with taking a product global. In the ...

internationalization (i18n)

Translation & localization; Internationalization (I18N)

Internationalization is a process which generalizes a software product (or website) so that redesign will not be necessary to enable it to handle multiple languages and cultural ...

style guide

Translation & localization; Internationalization (I18N)

A set of standards for the writing and design of documents, either for general use or for a specific publication, organization or field. The implementation of a style guide ...

character set

Translation & localization; Internationalization (I18N)

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 ...