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Internationalization in Rails used to be a complex task until Rails version 2.2 came out with internationalization and localization support built in. Since then, launching an application in another language or even multiple languages has become a relatively simple task. According to Wikipedia, “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” ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalization_and_localization ).
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Gamble, A., Carneiro, C., Barazi, R.A. (2013). Internationalization. In: Beginning Rails 4. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-6035-6_12
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