What is Locale

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It is a set of parameters that defines the user’s language, country and any special variant preferences that the user wants to see in user interface. Usually a locale identifier consists of at least a language identifier and a region identifier. Learn more in: Localising E-Learning Websites in the Semantic Web Era

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Locale is understood as a group of users with specific linguistic and cultural characteristics for whom a multimedia product is intended. Learn more in: The Role of Transcreation in Corporate Communication: A Case Study in the US Healthcare Sector

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A subset of a user’s environment that defines conventions for a specified culture (He et al., 2002; Herden, 2006; Kubota, 2003; Trager, 2006) which affects the representation of many concepts and objects. • Text representations (characters, punctuation, symbols, addresses, currency symbols ...); • Numerics (date/time, currency, telephone numbers, measures, decimal and list separators...); • Sequencing (character sorting order, character search orders, word wrap...); • Graphics (icons, banners, colors, buttons...); • Sounds (type, intensity,...); • Translation for geographic names Learn more in: Localization, Culture, and Global Communication

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The target country and the language in which a product subjected to a localization process will be used and sold. Learn more in: Cultural Elements in Spanish SME Websites and Social Media: From Localization to Transcreation?

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The combination of language and dialect. Learn more in: Globalization of Consumer E-Commerce