03.6.6 · Skill in Content design

Localization

Adapting the product for other languages and regions.

Localization covers translation, formats for dates and currency, text length and cultural expectations. It needs engineering support from the start, such as string extraction and flexible layouts. Retrofitting it later is expensive.

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Resources

courseStart here
Internationalization ↗
web.dev (Google) · 2021 · 7 min
Layout choices that survive other languages and writing directions, such as logical CSS properties.

Tools

ToolFreemium
Crowdin
crowdin.com ↗
Localization platform that syncs strings from your repository with translators.