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Localization

Also: Transcreation

Adapting creative for another language and market, beyond translation: idiom, imagery, offers, legal disclaimers, talent. Transcreation is the term for adaptation that rewrites rather than translates. Platform tools now auto-translate ad text, which is fine for tests and wrong for launches.

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