Localization Acronyms You Did Not Learn At School

Autor: Javier Mallo

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ADM	Account Development Manager
AM	Account Manager
ASAP	As Soon As Possible - Anything between NOW and When you have a minute
BiDi	Bi-directional text
BRIC	Brazil, Russia, India and China
CAT	Computer Aided Translation
CCJK	Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean
CJK	Chinese, Japanese and Korean
CM	Context Match
CMS	Content Management System
COB	Close of business
COB	Close of Business (day)
CRC	Client-Review Cycle
DBCS	Double Byte Character Set
DNT	Do Not Translate
DNU	Do Not Use
DTD	Document Type Definition
DTD	Document Type Definition
DTP	Desktop Publishing
EMEA	Europe, Middle-East, Africa
EOB	End of Business
EOD	End of Day
EOP	End of Play
ETA	Estimated Time of Arrival
FIGS	French, Italian, German, Spanish
FIGS+EE	French, Italian, German and Spanish, plus Eastern European Languages
FM	Final Media
FP	False Positive
G11N	Globalization
GALA	Globalization and Localization Association
GILT	Globalization, Internationalization, Localization and Translation
GMS	Globalization Management System
GPM	Global Project Manager         PM who oversees Local PMs in multilingual projects
HB	Handback       Delivery back to client/PM
HO	Handoff          Delivery to translator
i18n	Internationalization
ICE	In-Context Exact (Match)
INI	Windows Initialization file
IPE	International Project Engineer
IPM	International Project Manager
JFIGS	Japanese, French, Italian, German and Spanish
JIRA	Not an acronym: truncated "Gojira", Japanese name for Godzilla. Issue tracking.
L10n	Localization
LC	Language Consultant
LISA	Localization Industry Standards Association (Defunct)
LK	Language Kit         The project Bible
LL	Language Lead
LO	Local Office
LPM	Localization Project Manager
LQA	Language Quality Assurance
LQE	Language Quality Evaluation
LQI	Language Quality Inspection
LRS	Language Review Service
LS	Language Specialist
LSO	Linguistic Sign-Off
LSP	Language Service Provider
LTRL	Left-To-Right Language
MLV	Multi-Language Vendor
MSA	Master Service Agreement
MT	Machine Translation
NDA	Non-Disclosure Agreement
OLH	Online Help
OXL	Onsite External Linguist
PE	Post-Editing
PIS	Product Information Sheet
PM	Project Manager         Your Boss
PM	Perfect Match
PO	Purchase Order
Q&A	Questions and Answers
QA	Quality Assurance
QSG	Quick Start Guide
RCA	Root-Cause Analysis
RID	Resource ID
RLV	Regional Language Vendor
RTLL	Right-To-Left Language
RtR	Review the Reviewer
SG	Style Guide
SLA	Service-Level Agreement
SLV	Single-Language Vendor
SOB	Start of business
SOW	Statement of Work
SRX	Segmentation Rule eXchange
STD	Save The Date
TAT	Turnaround Time
TAUS	Translation Automation Users Society
TBA	To Be Announced
TBC	To Be Confirmed
TBD	To Be Determined
TD	Terminology Database
TenT	Translation Environment Tools
TEP	Translation, Editing & Proofreading
TM	Translation Memory
TMI	Too Much Information
TMX	Translation Memory eXchange (format)
TP	True Positive
TTX	Trados Tag XML
TU	Translation Unit
TWC	Total Word Count
UA	User Assistance
UE	User Experience
UG	User Guide
UI	User Interface
UI	User Interface
UM	User Manual
UX	User eXperience
VM	Vendor Manager
WC	Word Count
WIP	Work In Progress
WWC	Weighted Word Count
XL	External Linguist
XLIFF	XML Localization Interchange File Format