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-# localization
+# I18nilize
+The i18n and l10n package designed for microservices
+## What is it?
+I18nilize is a pip package designed to make localization/internationalization easy for microservices. 
+<br/>
+Translations are stored by language. 
+To sync data across APIs, one microservice will be assigned as the writer, while the others are readers. This ensures a constant source of truth that doesn't change. A diffing algorithm is used to detect changes in language files. 
 
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+(will finish this later)