Turkish Localization

You must become familiar with Turkish localization concepts if you wish to attract Turkish customers and clients. Turkish localization is the process of adapting the language, appearance, and functionality of a product or website for Turkey.

To ensure a positive reception of your software, website, and documentation, it is a good idea to work with a translation agency that has relevant experience in translating and localizing content into Turkish. Your localization company should utilize native Turkish teams of localization specialists who know how to anticipate and solve the myriad of potential Turkish localization issues.

Some examples of localization issues:

Turkish Localization: Web site Issues	Turkish Localization Requirements
Color scheme	Inoffensive colors for example
Date, time, currency formats	Change to standard Turkish formats
E-commerce payments	Enable various payment methods such as bank transfers

Turkish Localization: Software Issues	Turkish Localization Requirements
Time-to-market	Translation memory tools help speed translation
High user expectations	Testers should be Turkish speakers

Turkish Localization: Documentation Issues	Turkish Localization Requirements
Text length	Accommodate possible text expansion/contraction
Printing Turkish fonts	Embed fonts in PDF file for printer

Turkish Internationalization

Turkish Internationalization (I18n) is the process of enabling back-end technologies to function or support Turkish. In contrast, localization deals primarily with the front-end or linguistic and cosmetic aspects of a Turkish software application or website. This includes locale-specific content, cultural correctness, translations, and design.

Some of the reasons for internationalizing are to ensure your Turkish application or website:

Sorts based on Turkish language rules.
Allows the externalization of all translatable text strings (i.e., separating text from code).
Handles the different address, time, date, and numerical formats used in Turkish.

Find more Turkish translation and localization resources in our translation blog:

Turkish Translation Challenges

For information on The Turkish language and translation, please see our information on Turkish Translation.