Localizing Resources
When internationalizing, you ask the instance of NSLocale questions. But the NSLocale only has a few region-specific variables. This is where localization comes into play: Localization is the process by which application-specific substitutions are created for different region and language settings.
Localization usually means one of two things:
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generating multiple copies of resources like images, sounds, and NIB files for different regions and languages
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creating and accessing strings tables to translate text into different languages
Any resource, whether it is an image or a XIB file, can be localized. Localizing a resource puts another copy of the resource in the application bundle. These resources ...
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