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==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|en|localisation||Commonwealth}}

===Etymology===
From {{suf|en|localize|ation}}; compare {{nc|fr|localisation}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˌləʊkəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/|a=UK}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-localization.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-localisation.wav|a=US}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# The [[act]] of [[localize|localizing]].
## {{lb|en|HK politics|specifically}} The switch of [[position]]s in [[power]] from the [[colonizing]] population to the [[local]] population.
##* {{quote-book|en|year=2022|author=Chris Patten|title=The Hong Kong Diaries|publisher=Penguin UK|isbn=9780141999715
|text=James has been responsible for the government works programme. He is the last expatriate senior official left in the administration, apart from the Attorney General, Jeremy Mathews. It has been a remarkably swift and comprehensive process of '''localization''', and the competence of government in Hong Kong has not suffered an iota. His departure is a significant day for Hong Kong.}}
# {{lb|en|software engineering}} The act, process{{,}} or result of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region.
#: {{cot|en|internationalization|i18n}}
# {{lb|en|translation studies|chiefly|software|marketing}} The act, process{{,}} or result of adapting translated text to fit a local culture; [[domestication]].
# The [[state]] of being [[localized]].
# {{lb|en|algebra}} A [[systematic]] [[method]] of [[add]]ing [[multiplicative inverse]]s to a [[ring]].
# {{lb|en|algebra}} A [[ring of fractions]] of a given ring, such that the complement of the set of allowed [[denominator]]s is an [[ideal]].
#* {{quote-web|en|year=2007|author=Ivan Fesenko|site=G13ALS Algebra 2, 2007/2008 @ maths.nottingham.ac.uk|url=https://www.maths.nottingham.ac.uk/plp/pmzibf/als3/leno.pdf|title=Rings and modules|text=&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3) Geometric interpretation of the '''localization'''.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Let ''V'' be an irreducible algebraic variety. Then ''P'' = ''J''(''V'') is a prime ideal of <math>\mathbb{C}[X_1, . . . , X_n]</math> and so <math>\mathbb{C}[V] = \mathbb{C}[X_1, . . . , X_n]/J(V)</math> is an integral domain.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The '''localization''' <math>\mathbb{C}[X_1, ...,X_n]_P</math> is a subring of <math>\mathbb{C}(X_1, ...,X_n)</math> consisting of rational functions <math>\{f/g : f,g \in \mathbb{C}[X_1, ...,X_n],g \notin P\}</math> which are defined on a nonempty subset of ''V''. If ''V'' = {''x''} is a point, then ''P'' is maximal and <math>\mathbb{C}[X_1, ...,X_n]_P = \{f/g : f, g \in \mathbb{C}[X_1, . . . , X_n], g(x) \ne 0\}</math> consists of rational functions which are defined at ''x''.|page=27}}

====Usage notes====
* The third sense is often used in certain media industries such as software (including [[video games]]), marketing, [[anime]]{{,}} and [[manga]] in juxtaposition with {{m|en|translation}} to imply a less [[literal]] and more [[culturalize]]d rendering of the source text. However, in traditional literary and academic contexts, the terms {{m|en|domestication}} and {{m|en|foreignization}} are preferred, and both fall under the umbrella of translation.

====Derived terms====
{{der3|en|Anderson localization
|antilocalization
|autolocalization
|cerebral localization
|chromosomal localization
|coimmunolocalization
|colocalization
|cytolocalization
|delocalization
|dislocalization
|geolocalization
|glocalization
|immunocytolocalization
|immunolocalization
|localizational
|localizationism
|localizationist
|mislocalization
|nanolocalization
|prelocalization
|pseudo-localization
|pseudolocalization
|radiolocalization
|relocalization
|sublocalization
|superlocalization
|supralocalization
|translocalization
|ultralocalization
|l10n
|L10n}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|localizor}}
* {{l|en|locale}}
* {{l|en|localism}}
* {{l|en|locality}}
* {{l|en|locate}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|act of localizing}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|локализа́ция|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|localització|f}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|lokalisasyon}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|本地化|tr=běndìhuà}}, {{t|cmn|地方化|tr=dìfānghuà}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|lokalisatie|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|lokaĵigado}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lokalisoida}}, {{t+|fi|kotoistaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|localisation|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|localización|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ლოკალიზაცია}}, {{t|ka|გაქართულება}} {{qualifier|specifically meaning localization to Georgian only}}
* German: {{t|de|[[Ermitteln]] [[des]] [[Ortes]]|n}}, {{t|de|Ortsermittlung|f}}, {{t+|de|Ortung|f}}, {{t+|de|Ortsbestimmung|f}}, {{t|de|Lokalisieren|n}}, {{t|de|Lokalisierung|f}}, {{t|de|Lokalisation|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|εντοπισμός|m}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|pelokalan}}, {{t+|id|lokalisasi}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|localizzazione}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|局在化|tr=きょくざいか, kyokuzaika}}, {{t|ja|局所化|tr=きょくしょか, kyokushoka}}, {{t|ja|地方化|tr=ちほうか, chihōka}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|penyetempatan}}, {{t|ms|lokalisasi}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|localisâtion|f}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|lokalisering|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|localização|f}}
* Punjabi: {{t+|pa|ਸਥਾਨੀਕਰਨ|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|localizare}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|локализа́ция|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|localización}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|lokalizasyon}}, {{t|tr|yerini saptama}}, {{t|tr|yerini tayin etme}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|локаліза́ція|f}}
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{{trans-top|software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|localització|f}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|lokalisasyon}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|本地化|tr=běndìhuà}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|[[landelijke]] [[aanpassing]]}}
* French: {{t+|fr|localisation|f}} {{q|anglicism}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|localización|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ლოკალიზაცია}}, {{t|ka|გაქართულება}} {{qualifier|specifically meaning localization to Georgian only}}
* German: {{t|de|Lokalisierung|f}}
* Greek: {{t|el|τοπικοποίηση|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|honosítás}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ローカライゼーション|tr=rōkaraizēshon}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|lokalisasi}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|localisâtion|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|localização|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|локализа́ция|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|localización}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|språkanpassning|c}}, {{t+|sv|översättning|c}} {{qualifier|applicable to translation}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|sınırlama}}, {{t+|tr|yerelleştirme}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|локаліза́ція|f}}
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{{trans-top|state of being localized}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|lokalisasyon}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|本地化|tr=běndìhuà}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|lokalisatie|f}}
* French: {{t+|fr|localisation|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|localización|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ლოკალიზებულობა}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|localizzazione}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|lokalisering|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|localização|f}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|локализо́ванность|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|localización}}
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{{trans-top|systematic method of adding multiplicative inverses to a ring}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|lokalisasyon}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Italian: {{t+check|it|localizzazione}}
* Korean: {{t-check|ko|지방화}}
* Latin: {{t-check|la|localizatio}}
* Spanish: {{t+check|es|localización}}
* Turkish: {{t-check|tr|Bölge}}
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===Further reading===
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