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localizable

localizable

1 6.0
Easy to translate and change for another language or country
  • adjective
  • /ˈloʊkəlaɪzəbl/
  • Specialized
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  • The first thing you need to do is separate text from code by pulling all of the hardcoded strings into separate, localizable files.

Examples

  • Once your strings are localizable, you will need to have a translation or localization service translate the strings into each language you will be marketing the app to, as well as the app store metadata and other marketing content.

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  • But the worst problem, by far, was their insistence on writing that was, by their definition, "easily localizable."

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  • NATO's effects are localizable and therefore accessible to anthropologists.

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  • Then, you can macronize your strings using the Macronization feature if your strings need to be made localizable.

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  • The next step is to macronize the strings, changing each localizable string to include the NSLocalizedString macro.

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  • Feldman, despite his argument, still seems (if only in that 2003 piece) to hang onto the idea of things having localizable effects and thus being accessible, so that we may then study them.

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  • The body of the detective shows up in Chandler only to be feminized and ravaged, and thus it seeks to make itself localizable only in its ultimate lack of locale: in its virtual and eerie withdrawal from the spaces that its investigatory quest maps.

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  • The software developers created localizable resources to ensure users around the world could understand the app's content.

  • To make the website user-friendly in different countries, each feature needs to be localizable for various languages.

  • The game is designed to be localizable, allowing players from different regions to enjoy the same experience in their native languages.

Synonyms

translatable
vslocalizable
1 3.9

Can be expressed in another language or form

is adapted for use across languages and regional contexts

Antonyms

unlocalized
  • Specialized
7.4

Not changed for a particular language or country

Surface Forms

localizable positive
localizabler comparative
localizablest superlative

Morphology

localizable = localize (transparent) = local + ize + able

Built by regular derivation local -> localize -> localizable; in the software sense the meaning 'able to be adapted for different locales' follows directly from the base.

Etymology

Localizable comes from localize, which is built on the Latin word locus 'place' and the ending -able 'can be'. So a localizable app or website can be 'made local' — changed to fit a country, language, or culture.