Localization Basics

Summary

Designing interfaces that can adapt to different languages — text expansion/contraction, right-to-left layouts, and avoiding text baked into images — essential for any product with an international audience.

• 1Check how a piece of English UI copy would expand in a language like German (often 30%+ longer).
• 2Learn why hardcoding text length assumptions into a fixed-width button breaks in other languages.
• 3Research the basics of right-to-left (RTL) layout considerations for languages like Arabic.