internationalization
(noun)
The act or process of making a product suitable for international markets.
Examples of internationalization in the following topics:
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The Internationalization of the United States
- The internationalization of the United States has become apparent through the processes of free trade, outsourcing, exporting of American culture, and immigration.
- One of the ways in which internationalization has become apparent in the United States is through immigration and the resulting demographic changes occurring in the U.S. population.
- Through the continued process of immigration, the United States is becoming an increasingly ethnically diverse (and, hence, internationalized) country.
- A kosher McDonald's in Ashkelon, Israel, symbolizes the internationalization of American businesses around the world.
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Translation Manager
- Internationalization (I18N) and localization (L10N) both refer to the process of adapting a program to work in linguistic and cultural environments other than the one for which it was originally written.
- The distinction between them is subtle but important: Internationalization is the adaptation of products for potential use virtually everywhere, while localization is the addition of special features for use in a specific locale.
- For example, changing your software to losslessly handle Unicode (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode) text encodings is an internationalization move, since it's not about a particular language, but rather about accepting text from any of a number of languages.
- Thus, the translation manager's task is principally about localization, not internationalization.
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The Promotion of Global Human Rights
- Subsection (a) of the International Financial Assistance Act of 1977: ensured assistance through international financial institutions would be limited to countries "other than those whose governments engage in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights. "
- Section 116 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended in 1984: reads in part, "[n]o assistance may be provided under this part to the government of any country which engages in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights. "
- Section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended in 1978: "No security assistance may be provided to any country the government of which engages in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights. "
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Exports: The Economic Impacts of Selling Goods to Other Countries
- Legal restrictions and trade barriers are in place internationally to control trade, whether goods are being exported or imported.
- Exporters also experience internationalization advantages which are the benefits of retaining a core competence within a company and threading it through the value chain instead of obtaining a license to outsource or sell the goods or services.
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The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses
- To develop internationally agreed upon names for virus taxa, including species and subviral agents.
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Evaluating Policies
- The political frame of the agriculture market is hugely complex, with a wide range of critical concerns that need to be addressed both domestically and internationally.
- Infrastructure: Transporting goods, irrigation facilities, land utilization, and a variety of other logistics concerns are required by the government to enable effective economic trade (domestically and internationally).
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Mexican Painting: Frida Kahlo
- Frida Kahlo, a Mexican painter known especially for her self-portraits, has been celebrated internationally as emblematic of Mexican national and indigenous traditions, and by feminists for its uncompromising depiction of the female experience and form.
- Her work has been celebrated internationally as emblematic of Mexican national and indigenous traditions, and by feminists for its uncompromising depiction of the female experience and form.
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Global Marketing in the U.S.
- When a firm chooses to market internationally, it must decide whether to adjust its domestic marketing program.
- U.S. companies must compete internationally with foreign marketers, who might have superior business strategies.
- Scarce capital, import restrictions, or government restrictions often make this the only way a firm can market internationally.
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Length
- As such, a standard unit of measurement that is internationally accepted is needed.
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Peace
- It is awarded annually to internationally notable persons following the prize's creation in the will of Alfred Nobel.