Abstract
Translation usage charges alone cannot determine the cost of releasing and maintaining a localized application. This paper reviews selected localization and post-editing evidence and derives an analytical comparison of hand-managed resources, API-based workflows, and localization platforms. Eight core sources and two accounting frameworks inform the distinction between translation productivity, application integration, and acceptable release quality. The resulting model includes common internationalization work, workflow-specific setup, recurring language-dependent labor, and external charges. It derives a break-even condition for recurring releases and shows algebraically why a reduction in generation price can be outweighed by additional review effort. The contribution is a quality-constrained accounting model, not a measured Next.js case study. No vendor prices, observed engineering hours, original cost savings, or Linguana performance figures are reported. The analysis identifies the conditions under which an economic comparison is interpretable and the measurements needed to instantiate it.
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- cs.SE
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- Localization economics · Next.js · post-editing · total cost · software maintenance
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