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localization

UK/ˌləʊkəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/US/ˌloʊkəlɪˈzeɪʃən/

noun

What it means

  1. countableuncountableThe act of localizing.
    1. Hong KongcountablespecificallyuncountablegovernmentThe switch of positions in power from the colonizing population to the local population.
      1 more example

      James has been responsible for the government works programme. He is the last expatriate senior official left in the administration, apart from the Attorney General, Jeremy Mathews. It has been a remarkably swift and comprehensive process of localization, and the competence of government in Hong Kong has not suffered an iota. His departure is a significant day for Hong Kong.

      2022, Chris Patten, The Hong Kong Diaries, Penguin UK, →ISBN
  2. countableuncountablecomputingThe act, process, or result of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region.

In a sentence

James has been responsible for the government works programme. He is the last expatriate senior official left in the administration, apart from the Attorney General, Jeremy Mathews. It has been a remarkably swift and comprehensive process of localization, and the competence of government in Hong Kong has not suffered an iota. His departure is a significant day for Hong Kong.

2022, Chris Patten, The Hong Kong Diaries, Penguin UK, →ISBN

Where it comes from

From localize + -ation; compare French localisation.

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