What problem does it solve? Launching a product in a new market fails when teams treat localization as simple translation. This Skill addresses the deeper problem: cultural assumptions baked into layouts, navigation, colors, icons, date formats, payment flows, and compliance requirements that break or offend when a product crosses borders. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Cultural Dimension Analysis: Applies frameworks like high/low-context communication, power distance, and individualism to generate testable design hypotheses per market. - RTL and i18n Design Guidance: Covers what flips and what doesn't in right-to-left layouts, bidirectional text handling, text expansion (German +30%, Finnish +40%), pluralization rules, and locale-aware date, number, currency, address, and name formats. - Compliance and Testing: Flags market-specific legal requirements (GDPR, PIPL, CCPA, accessibility laws) and provides localization testing methods including pseudo-localization, linguistic QA, and crowd testing. - Use Case: Your team plans to launch in Japan and Saudi Arabia. Use this Skill to produce a cultural adaptation brief, an RTL readiness checklist, and a per-market compliance matrix before writing a single translated string. ## Quick Start Ask the AI to audit your checkout flow for localization readiness before launching in Germany and Japan.
