Localization

Localization, often shortened to l10n, refers to the adaption of an application to meet the language, cultural, and other requirements of a specific target locale.

Localization refers to both translation of text, as well as other customizations such as¹:

• Numeric, date and time formats
• Plural categories
• Currency
• Keyboard usage
• Bidirectional text
• Symbols, icons and Colors
• Text or graphics which may be subject to misinterpretation
• Varying legal requirements
• and many other things.

Vizia uses Fluent to provide a way to localize text strings with expressive translations.

1. https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-i18n ↩