Spanish Localization

Spanish localization is the expertise of translating information technology as a interstate between two different Hispanic cultures and systems. Localization’s purpose to take the original information out of it’s language’s elements and transform it so that it is beneficial for other locales. Local languages is where you’ll need localization so that cultural relevance and customs are clearly understood if information needs to be relayed from one culture to another.

The Spanish localization includes treatment of the following components:

The Spanish Language itself
Systems of numerals
Spelling variants for different countries where Spanish is spoken, e.g. Argentinean Spanish vs Mexican Spanish
Graphical representations of text (printed materials, online images containing text)
Spoken (Audio)
Subtitling of film and video
Date/time format
Formatting of numbers (decimal points, positioning of separators, character used as separator)
Time zones (UTC in internationalized environments)
Currency
Images and colors: issues of comprehensibility/cultural appropriateness
Names and titles
Government assigned numbers (such as the Social Security number in the US, National ID in Mexico) and passports
Telephone numbers, addresses and international postal codes
Weights and measures
Paper sizes
Language translation
National varieties of Spanish
Local customs
Local content
Aesthetics
Cultural values and social context

Our development team has aalways coordinator who understands foreign languages and cultures and has a technical background. Although the Real Academia Española has helped standardize the spelling, there are many variations in pronunciation and the usage of words. Argentinian Spanish (es-AR) is often used as a typical Latin American variety of Spanish. Mexican Spanish serves as a model for the Spanish spoken in the United States.

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