SBCS (Single-Byte Character Set)
SBCS is sometimes used to refer to character sets, which use one byte for each graphic character. The term SBCS is commonly used as a contrast against the terms DBCS (double-byte character set) and MBCS (multi-byte character set).
Screen shot / screenshot
An electronic image depicting a particular on-screen state of a software product. A screenshot is utilized in online Help and in documentation to explain or illustrate a specific software product function to the user.
Segment
A discreet piece (chunk) of text, such as a phrase, sentence or heading that is stored as a unit in a translation memory together with its translation.
Semantics
Part of the language structure, along with phonology, morphology, syntax and pragmatics, which represents the meaning or the interpretation of a word, sentence, or other language form.
Semantic Web
An extension of the current World Wide Web that provides a common framework allowing data to be shared and reused across application, enterprise and community boundaries. It is based on Resource Description Framework, which integrates a variety of applications using XML for syntax and URIs for naming.
Shortcut Keys
See Reassignment of Hotkeys.
Simplified Chinese
A Chinese character set used in mainland China and Singapore, which is modified to be written with fewer strokes per character.
See Traditional Chinese.
SLV (Single-Language Vendor)
A localization vendor who works in a single target language. Several SLVs may be involved as subcontractors in a project of localization to multiple languages. Usually an SLV is resident in the native country of the target language.
See Multi-Language Vendor.
Single sourcing
A set of strategies and tools used to separate content and structure in stored content in order to be able to generate multiple types of documents from the same source material. This is an important component of Content Management Systems.
Soft Return
A soft return is entered automatically by a word processor's ?word wrap? feature when the text reaches the end of the line (margin). It is contrasted with a hard return, which is used primarily to begin a new paragraph.
See Hard Return.
Source File
A file that can be edited and processed by the application, which was originally used to create this file. The term has two major meanings: 1) In programmers' jargon it refers to files that undergo subsequent compilation. 2) In translators' jargon it refers to files in the source language.
Source Language
The original human language (not the programming language), in which the software product is created.
Source Verification
See Data Verification.
Syntax Error
A language error defined as text being not conformant to the generally accepted syntax of the human language. | 
