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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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ANSI C

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

The standardized C programming language.

ideographic character

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

A character of Chinese origin representing a word or a syllable that is generally used in more than one Asian language. Sometimes referred to as a “Chinese character.” See Kanji, ...

screen coordinates

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

The system and applications specify the position of a window on the screen in screen coordinates. The full position of a window is often described by a RECT structure containing ...

combining character

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

A character that graphically combines with a preceding base character. The combining character is said to apply to that base character. The combining acute accent mark ́ - U+0301 ...

system locale

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

The system locale determines the Windows code page used by the ANSI (non-Unicode) version of Win32 APIs. String and character parameters passed to a Win32 ANSI are converted from ...

accented character

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

A character that has a diacritic attached to it—such as “ñ.”

Taiwan calendar

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

The Taiwan calendar works exactly like the Gregorian calendar, except the year is different. Years in Taiwan are calculated from the year 1912, when Dr. Sun Yat-sen founded a ...