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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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Translation & localization > Internationalization (I18N)

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 ...

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 ...

cascading style sheets (CSS)

Translation &; Internationalization (I18N)

A basic text-based mechanism for adding style (e.g. fonts, colors, spacing) to Web documents.

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 ...

alignment

Translation & localization; Internationalization (I18N)

The process of associating segments of text with their translations in a database or structured-text format based on unassociated representations.

authoring

Translation & localization; Internationalization (I18N)

The process of creating textual content.

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 Internationalization (I18n) and ...