Localization and internationalization, what's the difference?

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执笔经年
执笔经年 2020-12-04 05:33

I was going to ask a question about preparing a desktop application to support multiple languages on the UI.

In my search for existing questions on the topic I was

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  •  难免孤独
    2020-12-04 05:57

    analogical pov: Imagine a shelf on your library that can only take one size book 4x4 inches. Internationalization would be building the shelf with all kinds of different compartments that can allow it to handle any book size or shape. And localization would be setting all the books on the right sections. Think of your Database, business logic and UI as the shelf and the different languages, currencies and text orientation as the books.

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