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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Korean Tangun Era calendar

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

According to Korean legend, the god-king Tangun founded the Korean nation in BC 2333. Early Korea used a lunar calendar. As the rest of the world encroached on Korea, it ...

ASCII

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

Acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange, a 7-bit encoding. Although primitive, ASCII’s set of 128 characters is the one common denominator contained in most ...

NLS API

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

Acronym for National Language Support API. The set of system functions in 32-bit Windows containing information that is based on language and cultural conventions.

ANSI

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

Acronym for the American National Standards Institute. The term “ANSI” as used to signify Windows code pages is a historical reference, but is nowadays a misnomer that continues ...

ACP

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

Acronym for the Windows (ANSI) code page in use. Windows NT uses this code page to convert to and from Unicode (UTF-16) automatically whenever an application calls one of the “A” ...