Translation & localization

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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layout

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

The order, positioning, and spacing of text or other user-interface elements.

language enabling

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

(1) Adding support to software for document content in a particular language. In this sense, to enable an application for Japanese means to modify the software so that the user ...

Visual order

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

The ordering used to display glyphs on a screen, printed page, or other medium. Usually used with bidirectional text, because reordering is required to go from logical order to ...

resource

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

(1) An element, such as a string, icon, bitmap, cursor, dialog, accelerator, or menu, that is included in a Windows resource (.RC) file. (2) Any item that needs to be translated.

reading order

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

The overall direction of a sequence of text. Whereas words in a given script always flow in the direction associated with that script (for example, LTR for Latin, RTL for Arabic ...