[i18n] internationalisation vs. localisation

Erika ekm at seastorm.com
Wed Dec 17 11:03:39 CST 2008


Erika wrote:
> a couple of things:
> 
> Although wikipedia has thrown them both together:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalization_and_localization

oh, here it is:

"Internationalization is the process of designing a software application 
so that it can be adapted to various languages and regions without 
engineering changes. Localization is the process of adapting software 
for a specific region or language by adding locale-specific components 
and translating text."

Erika


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