localize

• (UK) localise

From local +‎ -ize. Compare French localiser.

• IPA^(key): /ˈləʊkəlaɪz/

• Audio (Southern England)

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localize (third-person singular simple present localizes, present participle localizing, simple past and past participle localized)

1. (transitive) To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.

   The intent of the aphorism "think globally, act locally" was to spur action by localizing the challenge.

   • 1837, William Wordsworth, Memorials of a Tour in Italy‎, Musings near Aquapendente:

     Out of her early struggles well inspired
     To localize heroic acts

2. (software engineering, marketing, transitive) To adapt (a product or service) for use in a particular country or region, typically by translating text into the language of that country and modifying currencies, date formats, etc.

   Coordinate terms: globalize, internationalize, regionalize

   We need to localize our software for the Japanese market.

3. (translation studies, chiefly software, marketing) To adapt translated text to fit a local culture; to domesticate.

   the ethical dilemma faced when to localize is to self-censor

4. To determine where something takes place or is to be found.

   After exploratory surgery, the extent of the problem was localized to the left lower quadrant.

5. (algebra, transitive) To produce (from a ring and an ideal in that ring) the ring of fractions, where the set of allowed denominators is the compliment of the given ideal.

localize

1. inflection of localizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative