August 30, 2011

i18n : found in translation

Today we start a new series of posts made of little "capsules" from our translation division.
Literally found in translation. Here's the first one:

i18n
This numeronym (an acronym with digits) stands for "internationalization" and it is made of the first and last letters in the word itself with 18 being the number of letters between them. Pretty neat, huh? So what does it mean? Well, in short it identifies the process of developing or modifying an application or any type of software so that it can run across multiple regions with different specifications.
Is this too technical? Stay tuned for our next found in translation capsule!

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