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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)

status window

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

The window of an IME in which the user can change the IME’s conversion mode or input mode.

little-endian

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

A computer architecture that stores multibyte numerical values with the least significant byte values first. On systems using little endian architecture, the letter “A” (U+0041) ...

conversion or composition window

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

The window of an IME that displays text typed by the user, either just the way it is entered or after it is converted to ideographic form.

big-endian

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

A computer architecture that stores multibyte numerical values with the most significant byte values first. On systems using big endian architecture, the letter “A” (U+0041) is ...

candidate window

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

The window of an Input Method Editor (IME) that lists characters the user can choose to replace the text highlighted in the composition window.

mixed environment

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

A computer environment, usually a network, in which the operating systems of different computers are based on different character encodings.

console

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

The Windows subsystem that runs character-based applications, as opposed to applications that have a graphical user interface (GUI).