multilanguage
Spanning several languages
Multilanguage describes something that uses or supports multiple languages: multilanguage keyboard settings, a multilanguage user interface.
The word functions as a technical adjective, especially in computing and software contexts, where it indicates capability across languages rather than content in multiple languages.
Multilingual is the more common term in general usage.
Designing for regional adaptability
- localizationAdapting for specific markets
- encodingConverting data to format
- right-to-leftReading toward the margin
- localeSpecific place or area
API · interface · spell-check · autocomplete
State of being submerged
- proficiencySkilled performance level
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- pedagogyArt of instruction
comprehension · fluency · vocabulary · grammar · pronunciation · cognates · flashcards · tutoring
One who conveys meaning between languages
- localizationAdapting for specific markets
- subtitlesOn-screen dialogue text
- dubbingPost-production sound replacement
- transliterationCross-script phonetic spelling
transcription · equivalence · glossary · connotation · denotation · phraseology · back-translation · post-editing
One knowing many languages
- native-speakerOne fluent from birth
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
- accentRegional speech pattern
- conversationalRelating to informal dialogue
Command of multiple languages
- dialectRegional language variety
- creoleNativized pidgin tongue
- pidginImprovised contact language
- coexistenceSimultaneous presence together
internationalization
Designing for regional adaptability
- localizationAdapting for specific markets
- encodingConverting data to format
- right-to-leftReading toward the margin
locale · API · interface · spell-check · autocomplete
immersion
State of being submerged
- proficiencySkilled performance level
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
pedagogy · comprehension · fluency · vocabulary · grammar · pronunciation · cognates · flashcards · tutoring · drills
interpreter
One who conveys meaning between languages
- localizationAdapting for specific markets
- subtitlesOn-screen dialogue text
- dubbingPost-production sound replacement
transliteration · transcription · equivalence · glossary · connotation · denotation · phraseology · back-translation · post-editing · terminology
hyperpolyglot
One knowing many languages
- native-speakerOne fluent from birth
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
- accentRegional speech pattern
conversational · idiomatic · mother-tongue · self-taught · Babel
plurilingualism
Command of multiple languages
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