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What is Web Globalization?
Any business - large or small - Can Benefit From a Multilingual Web site
 

Current localization practices - like manually updating translated content or fixing on-line brand inconsistencies after the fact - will become increasingly unmanageable."

- Forrester Research Group, 1998

  • Internationalization (I18N) is the process of generalizing a product so that it can handle multiple languages and cultural conventions without the need for re-design. It is the process of designing and implementing a product which is as culturally and technically "neutral" as possible, and which can therefore easily be localized for a specific culture or cultures. Internationalization of a Web site includes proper content design: text, graphics, applications and databases structures must be designed to facilitate localization. Additionally, the site is tested to insure appropriate functionality across all languages and markets.
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