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Learning from software localization
Author(s) -
Guo SheSen
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8535.00334
Subject(s) - citation , china , library science , computer science , software , world wide web , history , programming language , archaeology
According to LISA (the Localization Industry Standards Association), localization is the process of adapting a product (often but not always a software application or hardware component) to meet the language, cultural and other requirements of a specific target environment or market (a “locale”). This process often entails the use of special computer-based tools and is presently an industrial activity in which hardware and software manufacturers, and vendors (ie, localization service providers) play the key role. More broadly globalization involves both internationalization and localization: the localization issues are becoming more and more important.