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Globalization, internationalization, localization: an overview Globalization (g11n) is concerned with the application of business practices and processes to take a business or a product global.More specifically, globalization refers to the process of internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) of Web sites and of software applications.Why· E-commerce has changed traditional business practices by providing direct international access to information and products; · As the number of non-English speaking people with access to Internet grows (according to IDC, by 2005 more than 70% will speak a language other than English), companies must evaluate the usability of their Web sites to increase the number of customers. When· It is necessary to globalize TODAY to account for the new Internet markets. Internationalization(i18n) is the process of designing a software or Web application to handle different linguistic and cultural conventions without additional engineering. Central to internationalization is the separation of language and cultural data from the source code. In particular, internationalization involves:· Ensuring that all localizable elements are extracted from the source code (e.g. by collecting all localizable items in external resource files); · Ensuring that the design of the user interface (UI) is flexible and neutral; · Ensuring that the relevant character set is supported; · Ensuring that regional standards are supported; · For Web sites, ensuring that text embedded in graphics is easily localizable.
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