- Source of truth
- The approved system, document, or owner that determines which version of a fact is authoritative.
- Dependent asset
- Any localized or related asset that may need review when the source changes — a pricing page, listing, onboarding email, FAQ, or support article repeating the same claim.
- Change detection
- Identifying a material difference in an approved source.
- Review gate
- A required approval step before an asset can move to the next stage or be published.
- AI post-editing
- Review and correction of AI-generated localization by a qualified person.
- Terminology memory
- An approved set of product names, preferred translations, prohibited wording, and market-specific language rules.
- Localization QA
- The combined process used to detect, route, review, and resolve language, product, factual, commercial, and technical issues.
- Language mixing
- Untranslated or incorrectly localized fragments appearing inside the target-language experience.
- Hreflang
- Signals that help search engines understand language or regional alternatives of a page.
- Canonical
- A signal identifying the preferred version of substantially similar content.
- Indexation
- The process by which a search engine adds a page to its searchable index.
- Attribution
- The evidence-based connection between a content interaction and a later commercial event.
- Reliable identifiers
- Consistent IDs or parameters that allow activity to be connected across systems without guesswork.
- Maintenance cost
- The recurring effort required to review, update, validate, and publish a market or asset.
- Acceptance criteria
- The agreed conditions showing whether a workflow is ready to continue or expand.
- Governed rollout
- Expansion limited to the workflows, markets, or assets that met the agreed conditions.