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7283	"Documentation mixes up the terms ""internationalization"" and ""localization"""	jdetaeye	Malcolm Tredinnick	"Both terms have a distinct meaning (see eg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalization_and_localization):
Internationalization is the process of designing a software application so that it can be adapted to various languages and regions without engineering changes. 
Localization is the process of adapting software for a specific region or language by adding locale-specific components and translating text.

The django documentation on ""internationalization"" doesn't make such a distinction and mixes both.
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