Web Localization

The process of adapting a website for a specific locale or market, going beyond text translation to include technical and visual modifications such as adjusting layouts for different text directions, adapting date and currency formats, and modifying images and multimedia for cultural appropriateness. In the context of accessibility, web localization is significant because translators and localizers can either preserve, improve, or break the accessibility of the original content during the adaptation process. For example, alt text must be translated accurately to maintain image accessibility, and structural markup must be preserved through the localization workflow. Integrating accessibility evaluation into localization processes helps ensure that multilingual websites remain accessible across all language versions.