localize

English

Alternative forms

• (UK) localise

Etymology

From local +‎ -ize. Compare French localiser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈləʊkəlaɪz/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Verb

localize (third-person singular simple present localizes, present participle localizing, simple past and past participle localized)

1. (transitive) To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.
   • 1837, William Wordsworth, Memorials of a Tour in Italy‎^[1], Musings near Aquapendente:

     Out of her early struggles well inspired
     To localize heroic acts

2. (software engineering, marketing) To adapt a product for use in a particular country or region, typically by translating text into the language of that country and modifying currencies, date formats, etc.

   We need to localize our software for the Japanese market.

3. (translation studies, chiefly software, marketing) To adapt translated text to fit a local culture; to domesticate.
4. To determine where something takes place or is to be found.

Related terms

• local
• locus
• locality
• localization
• localizor
• localizer
• locate
• location
• locator

Translations

make local

• Armenian: տեղայնացնել (hy) (teġaynacʿnel)
• Bulgarian: локализирам (bg) (lokaliziram)
• Catalan: localitzar (ca)
• Danish: lokalisere
• Finnish: paikallistaa, lokalisoida (fi), kotoistaa (fi)
• Interlingua: localisar
• Italian: localizzare (it)
• Japanese: 地域化する (ちいきかする, chiikika suru), ローカライズする (rōkaraizu suru)
• Norman: localiser
• Norwegian: lokalisere
• Portuguese: localizar (pt)
• Russian: локализова́ть (ru) (lokalizovátʹ), ^{(please verify)} помеща́ть (что-нибудь на определённом месте, в определённых пределах) (pomeščátʹ (što-nibudʹ na opredeljónnom meste, v opredeljónnyx predelax))
• Turkish: yerelleştirmek (tr), yerlileştirmek, mahallîleştirmek

to adapt a product for use in a particular country or region

• Bulgarian: локализирам (bg) (lokaliziram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 本土化 (zh) (běntǔhuà)

• Finnish: kotoistaa (fi), paikallistaa, lokalisoida (fi)
• German: lokalisieren (de)
• Hebrew: המקים‎ m (himkim)
• Hungarian: honosít (hu)
• Portuguese: localizar (pt)
• Russian: локализова́ть (ru) (lokalizovátʹ)
• Spanish: tropicalizar (es)

to determine where something takes place or is to be found

• Catalan: localitzar (ca)
• Finnish: paikantaa (fi)
• Hungarian: lokalizál (hu)
• Russian: локализова́ть (ru) (lokalizovátʹ), ^{(please verify)} точно определя́ть (место чего-нибудь) (točno opredeljátʹ (mesto čevo-nibudʹ))
• Spanish: localizar (es)

Portuguese

Verb

localize

1. inflection of localizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative