Localization is when things are changed in a work in order to help other cultures be able to better understand and enjoy a work. Names may change, genders can shift, and themes that are "too foreign" may be altered wildly to be more acceptable and enjoyable to their new audience. Some people see this as a creative workaround, while others see it as a creative excuse to justify cultural appropriation.
This index holds tropes and pages that have something to do with Localization.
For tropes that have to do just with translation itself, see the Translation Tropes Index.
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See also:
- Adaptation First
- Alternative Foreign Theme Song
- American Kirby Is Hardcore
- Bad Export for You
- Banned in China
- Canada Does Not Exist
- Completely Different Title
- Cultural Translation
- Difficulty by Region
- Dub-Induced Plot Hole
- Dub Name Change
- Dub Personality Change
- Foreign Culture Fetish
- Foreign Remake
- Foreign Re-Score
- Importation Expansion
- Keep Circulating the Tapes
- Late Export for You
- Localized Name in a Non-Localized Setting
- Macekre
- Market-Based Title
- Marth Debuted in "Smash Bros."
- Mascot's Name Goes Unchanged
- No Dub for You
- No Export for You
- The Pond
- Recursive Import
- Region Coding
- Regional Bonus
- Remade for the Export
- Selective Localisation
- Sequel First
- She's a Man in Japan
- Spell My Name with an "S"
- Subbing vs. Dubbing
- Thinly-Veiled Dub Country Change
- Woolseyism
- What Song Was This Again?
