Language translation is a process, where you take written content from one language and reproduce it in another. Language localization goes another step further - because it adapts content to a specific culture, region or audience. Language localization is more about tone, and takes pop cultural references into account along with stylistic and formatting choices. That's why skilled translators are in such high demand across industries like technology, healthcare, law, marketing, and government. Partly because they know the word-for-word language translations. But more so because they understand that every culture and audience is different, and they know subtle differences make a large impact in meaning.
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Language Translation & Localization: Past, Present & Future
