Manisha Bhatia, Varsha Tomar and Aparna Sharma
Localization concerns the translation of digital content and software, and their appropriate presentation to end users in different locales. Localization is important because having software, a website or other content in several languages, and meeting several sets of cultural expectations is an important international marketing advantage. This paper presents the difference between software localization, globalization and internationalization and compares the traditional document translation with respect to software localization. The paper further includes the survey of various localization software and software localization services, methods and tools available worldwide. As part of conclusion the steps followed for localizing a software project is included. We intend this paper to be useful to researchers and practitioners interested in software localization.
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