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by TheLoneWolfling 3999 days ago
People think, naively, that you don't need to localize icons. And yet a lot of the time icons should be localized.

Or rather:

You can design an icon that doesn't need to be localized. But unless you design for it, it very well may need to be localized.

Things like thumbs-up/down, any sort of animal icon... Even trash cans.

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Do you have any examples of animal icons that should have been localized? I'm intrigued.
For a quick example:

An owl connotates wisdom in many places - but in some parts of Asia it connotates stupidity instead.

Or mail boxes. I've never seen one with a flag apart from movies.