localize

English

Alternative forms

• (UK) localise

Etymology

From local +‎ -ize. Compare French localiser.

Verb

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) 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. 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) (teġaynacʻnel)
• Catalan: localitzar (ca)
• Danish: lokalisere
• Finnish: lokalisoida (fi), paikallistaa, kotoistaa (fi)
• Interlingua: localisar
• Italian: localizzare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 地域化する (ちいきかする, chiïkika suru), ローカライズする (rōkaraizu suru)
• Norman: localiser
• Norwegian: lokalisere
• Portuguese: localizar (pt)
• Russian: локализова́ть (ru) (lokalizovátʹ), 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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 本土化 (zh) (běntǔhuà)

• Hungarian: honosít (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: localizar (pt)
• Russian: локализова́ть (ru) (lokalizovátʹ)
• Spanish: tropicalizar

to determine where something takes place or is to be found

• Catalan: localitzar (ca)
• Hungarian: lokalizál (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: локализова́ть (ru) (lokalizovátʹ), точно определя́ть (место чего-нибудь) (točno opredeljátʹ (mesto čevo-nibudʹ))

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Portuguese

Verb

localize

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of localizar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of localizar
3. first-person singular imperative of localizar
4. third-person singular imperative of localizar