Language guides¶
Choose the language and regional edition for the audience. These pages cover local grammar, spelling, typography, and terminology. Global writing covers shared practices, and the localization glossary separately records term approval.
Use interface actions for interaction wording, procedures for task structure, and spoken instructions and video for recordings. A language page adds local exceptions; it does not establish which commands a product supports.
Catalog keys identify pages, not runtime locales. Here pt covers Brazilian Portuguese, es covers Mexican Spanish, and fr covers French in France. Regional editions have separate entries. es-neutral and mn-legacy are catalog labels; use an appropriate language tag in software.
Examples illustrate wording; they do not approve a product translation. Where an example uses (+) or (-), the signs mark the recommended and discouraged forms respectively. Preserve literal signs inside code or data. The brief pages state only the local decisions available; use the shared guidance for other topics.