internationalization

English

Alternative forms

• internationalisation
• i18n

Etymology

international +‎ -ization

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪntəˌnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ləˈzeɪʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪntɚˌnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ləˈzeɪʃən/
• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧na‧tion‧al‧iz‧a‧tion

Noun

internationalization (countable and uncountable, plural internationalizations)

1. The conversion of something in order to make it international.

   Antonym: de-internationalization

   • 1860, The North British Review‎^[1], volume 33:

     Before the union of the Scottish Crown with that of England, it had for a brief period been united with that of France. On this occasion, a complete legal internationalization was effected.

   • 1869, Reports from Commissioners‎^[2], volume 27:

     I must say that the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce looks upon this step towards international coinage as part of an internationalization of the weights, measures, and coins.

2. (software engineering) The act or process of making a product suitable for international markets, typically by making text messages easily translatable and ensuring support of non-Latin character sets, languages, and regions.

Translations

conversion of something to make it international

• Arabic: تَدْوِيل m (tadwīl)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 國際化／国际化 (zh) (guójìhuà)

• French: internationalisation (fr) f
• German: Internationalisierung (de) f
• Greek: διεθνοποίηση (el) f (diethnopoíisi)
• Hebrew: בִּנְאוּם (he) m (bin'úm)
• Icelandic: alþjóðavæðing f
• Italian: internazionalizzazione (it) f
• Japanese: 国際化 (こくさいか, kokusaika)
• Korean: 국제화(國際化) (ko) (gukjehwa)
• Malay: pengantarabangsaan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: internasjonalisering

• Portuguese: internacionalização (pt) f
• Russian: интернационализа́ция (ru) f (intɛrnacionalizácija)
• Spanish: internacionalización (es) f
• Turkish: uluslararasılaştırma (tr)
• Vietnamese: quốc tế hoá (vi) (國際化 (vi))

software: act of making something suitable for international markets

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 國際化／国际化 (zh) (guójìhuà)

• French: internationalisation (fr) f
• German: Internationalisierung (de) f
• Hungarian: nemzetköziesítés (hu)
• Italian: internazionalizzazione (it) f
• Japanese: 国際化 (こくさいか, kokusaika)
• Korean: 국제화(國際化) (ko) (gukjehwa)
• Malay: pengantarabangsaan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: internasjonalisering

• Portuguese: internacionalização (pt) f
• Russian: интернационализа́ция (ru) f (intɛrnacionalizácija)
• Spanish: internacionalización (es)
• Turkish: uluslararasılaştırma (tr)

See also

• globalization
• localization

References

• internationalization on Wikipedia.Wikipedia