RT Journal Article
T1 International Variables: Translation Problems for the Localization of Web Apps
A1 de-la-Cova, Elena
K1 Localization
K1 Translation problem
K1 International variables
K1 Cultural references
K1 Web applications
AB In localization, international variables refer to source cultural elements that require a certain degree of adaptation in a target culture, such as date, time and number formats, currencies, colours, images, humour elements, etc. Although localization involves the adaptation of a digital product to a specific market, certain aspects of localization projects (i.e., source file formats, translation tools or project specifications) could become an obstacle to achieving that ultimate goal of localization, even giving rise to errors or culturally inappropriate translations. This qualitative, interpretative study analyses a corpus compiled from the online help pages of web applications to identify and describe potential translation problems caused by international variables
PB Atlantis. Journal of the Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies
YR 2023
FD 2023-12-27
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/26140
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/26140
LA en
NO de la Cova, E. . (2023). International Variables: Translation Problems for the Localization of Web Apps. Atlantis. Journal of the Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies, 45(2), 47–66. https://doi.org/10.28914/Atlantis-2023-45.2.03
NO Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Departamento de Filología y Traducción
DS RIO
RD May 9, 2026