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- I18n
- I18n is the common abbreviation for Internationalization.
- Internationalization
- Internationalization is the process of designing a software application so that it can be adapted to various languages and regions without engineering changes.
- L10n
- L10N is the common abbreviation for Localization.
- Localization
- Localization is the process of adapting software for a specific region or language by adding locale-specific components and translating text.
- project
- A project in Transifex represents a software package which is usually stored in a VCS repository. A project repository might include multiple translatable resources including documentation and UI. It might also ship multiple branches of its code.
- project maintainer
- A person responsible for the whole Project in Transifex, who has full control over all its aspects.
- slug
A short label for something, containing only letters, numbers, underscores or hyphens. They’re generally used in URLs. For example, in a typical Transifex project URL, the last bit (meego) is the slug:
http://www.transifex.com/projects/p/meego/
- VCS
- A Version Control System (also known as source control/code management) is a system used to manage multiple revisions of the same unit of information. Examples of VCS systems include Bazaar, CVS, Git, Mercurial and Subversion.