internationalization

English

Alternative forms

• internationalisation
• i18n

Etymology

international +‎ -ization

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪntəˌnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ləˈzeɪʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪntɚˌnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ləˈzeɪʃən/
• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧na‧tion‧al‧is‧a‧tion

Noun

internationalization (countable and uncountable, plural internationalizations)

1. The conversion of something in order to make it international
2. (software engineering) The act or process of making a product suitable for international markets, typically by making text messages easily translatable and ensuring support of non-Latin character sets, languages, and regions.

Translations

conversion of something to make it international

• Arabic: تَدْوِيل‎‎ m (tadwīl)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 國際化 (zh), 国际化 (zh) (guójìhuà)

• French: internationalisation (fr) f
• German: Internationalisierung (de) f
• Icelandic: alþjóðavæðing f
• Italian: internazionalizzazione (it) f
• Japanese: 国際化 (こくさいか, kokusaika)

• Korean: 국제화 (ko) (gukjehwa)
• Malay: pengantarabangsaan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: internasjonalisering

• Portuguese: internacionalização (pt) f
• Russian: интернационализа́ция (ru) f (intɛrnacionalizácija)
• Spanish: internacionalización (es) f
• Turkish: uluslararasılaştırma (tr)

software: act of making something suitable for international markets

• German: Internationalisierung (de) f
• Hungarian: nemzetköziesítés (hu)
• Italian: internazionalizzazione (it) f
• Korean: 국제화 (ko) (gukjehwa)
• Malay: pengantarabangsaan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: internasjonalisering

• Portuguese: internacionalização (pt) f
• Russian: интернационализа́ция (ru) f (intɛrnacionalizácija)
• Spanish: internacionalización (es)
• Turkish: uluslararasılaştırma (tr)

See also

• globalization
• localization

References

• internationalization on Wikipedia.Wikipedia