Internationalisation and Localisation

Internationalisation

Making software usable in different locales

Localisation

Adjusting the software for a given locale

• Local text entry
• Local text processing (e.g. sorting, comparing)
• Local text display (fonts, ligatures)
• Representation of numbers
• Representation of date and time
• Representation of currency values
• Localised messages
• Localised commands

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