Localization (L10N) is the process of customizing or translating
the separated data and resources needed for a specific language-
locale pair. When thinking of localization, most people think of
translation, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
Localization is the culmination of many other activities:
Unicode, Project management, Globalization,
Internationalization, Vendor management, L10n engineering,
Translation memory, Content management, ROI, Machine
translation, QA, L10n tools, and Architecture. For up-to-date
proceedings and time-sensitive information, see Localization
team The purpose of a string freeze is to help ensure high
quality translations in the final release, by giving translators
adequate time to finish their work and to guarantee that this
work will end up in the final release. It also gives the QA
teams time to test and validate the localized versions of the
software. The basic unit for most translation memory tools is a
sentence, so changing just one word in a sentence will mean the
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