Glossary

Bi-Di: Bi-Directional (Languages which write from right to left such as Arabic)
i18n: i + 18 characters + n (is a shortcut to write “Internationalization” or “Internationalisation”)
MLV: Multi-Language Vendor (company that offers language services in more than one language)
MT: Machine Translation (Automatic translation without human intervention)
SLV: Single-Language Vendor (company that offers language services in only one language)
TM: Translation Memory (Translation Memory is a database in which translations are stored and that can be reused for recurring translations to keep consistency and improve quality of localized content)