internationalization
Designing for adaptation
Internationalization is the process of designing products, software, or systems so they can be adapted for different languages, regions, and cultures.
Often abbreviated i18n (for the eighteen letters between i and n), it's the preparatory work that makes later localization possible: The app's internationalization supports right-to-left scripts.
In business contexts, internationalization refers more broadly to expanding operations across national borders.
Adapting for specific markets
- translationConverting between languages
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- multilingualKnowing multiple languages
- culturalizationAcquiring cultural knowledge
regionalization · vernacular · subtitling · dubbing · dialects · idiomatic · cross-cultural · glocalization
Increase in scope
- globalizationWorldwide economic and cultural integration
- cross-borderSpanning national boundaries
- foreignFrom another nation
- overseasIn foreign countries
markets · subsidiaries · mergers · acquisition · penetration · footprint · territories · regions
Formal agreements between states
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- multilateralismMulti-party international cooperation
- geopoliticalRelating to global power dynamics
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
exchange · alliance · partnership · summits · accords · conventions · humanitarian · sanctions
Software communication standard
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
- ICUAcute care ward
- UTF-8Character encoding standard
- platformRaised flat structure
integration · compatibility · standards · infrastructure · middleware · libraries · frameworks · encoding
Ease of interaction quality
- screen-readersPrograms voicing on-screen text
- captionsText describing visual content
- captioningAdding text to media
- transcriptsWritten versions of speech
localization
Adapting for specific markets
- translationConverting between languages
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- multilingualKnowing multiple languages
culturalization · regionalization · vernacular · subtitling · dubbing · dialects · idiomatic · cross-cultural · glocalization · locale
expansion
Increase in scope
- globalizationWorldwide economic and cultural integration
- cross-borderSpanning national boundaries
- foreignFrom another nation
overseas · markets · subsidiaries · mergers · acquisition · penetration · footprint · territories · regions · scaling
treaties
Formal agreements between states
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- multilateralismMulti-party international cooperation
- geopoliticalRelating to global power dynamics
diplomacy · exchange · alliance · partnership · summits · accords · conventions · humanitarian · sanctions · embassies
API
Software communication standard
platform · integration · compatibility · standards · infrastructure · middleware · libraries · frameworks · encoding
usability
Ease of interaction quality
- screen-readersPrograms voicing on-screen text
- captionsText describing visual content
- captioningAdding text to media
- higher educationuniversity, college, degree, diploma, graduate school
- long wordssupercalifragilisticexpialidocious, antidisestablishmentarianism, incomprehensibilities, counterrevolutionary, electroencephalograph
- localizationlocalization, locale, translation memory, glossaries, text translation
- languagesEnglish, Arabic, Chinese, German, French
- system qualitiesreliability, availability, scalability, performance, usability
- Web StandardsHTML, doctype, CSS, charset, meta tags
internationalizationlocalization
Adapting for specific markets
domestication · nationalization · provincialism · parochialism · insularity
internationalizationnationalization
Government acquisition of industry
renationalization · deglobalization · economic nationalism · nationalism · isolationism
nation, national, nationalism, international, nationality, multinational, nationalist, nationalize, internationally