# General Translation Overview: Introduction
URL: https://generaltranslation.com/en-US/docs/overview/get-started.mdx
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title: Introduction
description: Learn how General Translation's full-stack localization platform fits together and choose a quickstart.

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General Translation connects your application code, content sources, translation infrastructure, and review workflows in one platform.

## Quickstarts [#quickstarts]

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*New to localization? Start with [Key concepts](/docs/overview/key-concepts) for the vocabulary used throughout these docs.*

## What is General Translation? [#what-is]

General Translation connects your code, content, and translations. We combine the full localization stack in one product:

- **Open-source i18n libraries.** Internationalize your codebase and load translations at runtime.
- **An AI-native translation platform.** Generate and store translations, and guide output so product names, key terms, and style stay consistent across every language.
- **Locadex, the AI agent.** Automate the full process with our purpose-built agent, which internationalizes your code and translates your content continuously. Just merge a pull request.

GT reads your whole codebase and product context, so translations read like they were written by a native speaker — and ship as fast as you do.

*General Translation is trusted by the world's best developer teams, including at Cursor, Ramp, Profound, Cognition, Mintlify, and ClickHouse.*

## FAQs [#faqs]

**What is the difference between internationalization, localization, and translation?** Internationalization prepares your codebase to support multiple languages, translation converts content from one language into another, and localization is the whole process of adapting a product for a locale. See [Key concepts](/docs/overview/key-concepts).

**Do I have to use the platform to use the libraries?** No. The General Translation i18n libraries are free, open-source, MIT-licensed, and can be configured to load translations from any source. See [React quickstart](/docs/react/react-quickstart).

**Which library should I use?** Use `gt-react` for React apps and `gt-next` for Next.js. Use the [Node](/docs/node/quickstart) or [Python](/docs/python/quickstart) libraries for backend services, and the [Core library](/docs/platform/core/quickstart) for lower-level control in any JavaScript runtime.

**How do AI agents fit in?** Locadex automates localization for you, and you can also give your own AI coding tools access to the docs. See [For coding agents](/docs/overview/for-coding-agents).

**What is a locale?** A locale is a language or dialect, identified by a locale code such as `en-US`. See [Key concepts](/docs/overview/key-concepts#locales) and the [Supported locales](/docs/platform/dashboard/reference/supported-locales) list.