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Localisation Across Markets: Adaptation, Workflows, and Language Technologies

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Summary

Language localisation adapts a translated product to the needs of a particular country, region, or audience. It goes beyond converting words: it considers how people in the target locale communicate, use products, and interpret cultural details.

Language localisation is the process of adapting a product's translation to a specific country or region. It is commonly applied to software, mobile applications, video games, websites, technical communication, and multimedia such as voiceover and video. It can also apply to written material when cultural adaptation is needed.

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Language localisation
Adapting a translated product to the linguistic, cultural, practical, and other needs of a specific locale.
Internationalisation
Preparing a product to support multiple markets and make later adaptation easier.
Globalisation
Planning products and processes so multiple localisation efforts can be efficient and consistent.
Translation Management System (TMS)
A system for coordinating translation and localisation tasks, project data, and connected tools.
Translation memory (TM)
A resource that stores previously translated segments for potential reuse.

Quiz questions

  1. How does localisation generally differ from translation?Answer: Localisation includes translation and adapts a product's broader suitability for a particular market.
  2. What is a central purpose of globalisation planning?Answer: To make adaptation for multiple markets more efficient and consistent.
  3. Which task is characteristic of a Translation Management System?Answer: Coordinating project tasks and connecting translation resources or tools.
  4. How many letters does an ISO 639-1 language code use?Answer: Two letters.
  5. What does the language tag en-GB identify?Answer: An English language variety associated with Great Britain.

Based on the Wikipedia article Language localisation, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Adapted into a summary, flashcards and quizzes.

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