Avoiding the culture shock:Making your app internationalized
summary
App expansion uses string files and human translators to swap text, but literal translation misses culture: a live-streaming top badge rolled out to Turkey reads as a gay slur, so the term is replaced and the feature stops offending local users. App store art and screenshots change by market (Brazil shows São Paulo, Germany a currywurst cart) and media edits (Inside Out swaps hockey for football, Coco becomes Viva in Brazil) to keep users from feeling foreign.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction and speaker intro
- 1:38What is culture shock
- 5:55Localization basics
- 8:47Why culturalization matters
- 13:24Culturalization in media
- 15:31Key takeaways and conclusion
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