Language map / operating context
Local relevance begins with a named audience, not a country token
The operating map ties every localization choice to real users and reviewers. It avoids treating Bosnia and Herzegovina as a single interchangeable language or administrative context and keeps unsupported local claims out of the product.
- Content options
- Bosnian / Croatian / Serbian
- Scripts
- Latin and, when required, Cyrillic
- Currency
- BAM
Declare the language edition
Each route identifies its audience, language, script, translator or reviewer, update owner, and fallback. English content should use an English language tag. A future Bosnian, Croatian, or Serbian edition should use the matching tag only after the actual content and review process exist.
- Do not mix language labels casually
- Test diacritics and Cyrillic where applicable
- Keep equivalent navigation understandable
- Record who approves future updates
Model locations and organizations carefully
Addresses, municipality, canton, entity, postal information, telephone numbers, company identifiers, and organizational units depend on the workflow. The client supplies approved examples and rules. Interfaces should avoid hard-coded assumptions that erase a valid location or force a field the real process does not need.
- Task-specific address fields
- Unicode-safe names
- Structured data only when justified
- No invented local office
Use operational evidence, not broad stereotypes
Connectivity, device mix, payment access, and support conditions vary by audience and organization. Capture representative devices, browsers, networks, bank/provider relationships, and help channels from the client. Optimize for those scenarios and document the coverage rather than making country-wide performance claims.
- Representative device matrix
- Provider reachability at release
- Accessible error recovery
- Support and maintenance owner
Name the audience and language owner
The fastest way to reduce localization risk is to identify who reads each edition, who approves it, and what task the edition must support.
Prepare the project brief