Difference between revisions of "Internationalization and localization"

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In computing, internationalization and localization (also internationalisation and localisation) are means of adapting software to different languages, regional differences and technical requirements of a target market.

Description

Internationalization is the process of designing a software application so that it can potentially be adapted to various languages and regions without engineering changes.

Localization is the process of adapting internationalized software for a specific region or language by adding locale-specific components and translating text.

Localization (which is potentially performed multiple times, for different locales) uses the infrastructure or flexibility provided by internationalization (which is ideally performed only once, or as an integral part of ongoing development).

See also

• Common Locale Data Repository
• Computing
• Globalize.js - a JavaScript library
• Locale
• Software
• Software development
• Target market
• User (computing)

External links

• Internationalization and localization @ Wikipedia
• Accept-Language used for locale setting @ w3.org
• Declaring language in HTML @ w3.org

JavaScript and internationalization

• packages with keyword "i18n"
• internationalization
• JavaScript Libraries for Internationalization @ LinkedIn
• i18next
• Polyglot.js
• FormatJS
• Jed
• jQuery Globalize
• ECMAScript Internationalization API Specification
• ECMAScript Internationalization API
• How does internationalization work in JavaScript?
• i18njs : Internationalize Your JavaScript With A Little Help From JSON And The Server
• JavaScript Globalization Overview
• i18n-2 by John Resig

JavaScript internationalization API

• [https://marcoscaceres.github.io/jsi18n/ JavaScript Internationalization API

A simple introduction]

Internationalization services

• PO Editor
• LocalizeJS
• Locize
• PhraseApp
• Bablic