L10N Glossary

L10n

: Numeronym for Localization, L, 10 chars, n

l10n-merge

: nick-name for the process of merging en-US and a particular

localization into one joint artifact without any missing strings, and without technical errors, as far as possible.

Localizability

: Enabling a piece of software to be localized. This is mostly

externalizing English strings, and writing build support to pick up localized search engines etc.

Localization

: The process of creating content in a native language, including

translation, but also customizations like Search.