The act of making something regular — and 'regular' here can mean two rather different things, which is why the word appears in unrelated places.

The act使...的行為 of making something regular某件事變得regular（規律／合法）——and而 'regular' here這裡的regular can mean可以指 two rather different things兩種相當不同的意思，which is why這也是為什麼 the word appears in unrelated places這個字會出現在不相關的地方。

The main learner sense is official: making a situation that has been going on unofficially, or outside the law, into something legal and proper. Countries talk about the regularization of undocumented migrants — giving papers to people who have lived and worked there for years without them. A city might announce the regularization of houses built without permission.

The main learner sense對學習者來說最主要的意思 is official是官方的：making把 a situation一個狀況（that has been going on unofficially一直非正式進行、or outside the law或在法律之外進行）into something legal and proper變成合法、正當的東西。Countries國家 talk about會談論 the regularization of undocumented migrants無證移民的regularization——giving papers也就是核發證件 to people who have lived and worked there for years without them給那些多年來一直在當地生活工作、卻沒有證件的人。A city一座城市 might announce可能會宣布 the regularization of houses built without permission未經許可興建房屋的regularization。

Notice what the word quietly assumes: the situation already exists and is not going away, so the law is being adjusted to fit reality rather than the other way round. It is bureaucratic language, the vocabulary of forms and announcements, not of conversation.

Notice注意 what the word quietly assumes這個字悄悄假設了什麼：the situation那個狀況 already exists已經存在 and is not going away而且不會消失，so所以 the law是法律 is being adjusted to fit reality被調整去配合現實 rather than the other way round而不是反過來。It是 is bureaucratic language官僚用語，the vocabulary of forms and announcements表格和公告的詞彙，not of conversation不是對話的詞彙。

It also means making things follow one consistent pattern — regularization of working hours across all branches, or the regularization of spelling in a language.

It它 also也 means指 making things follow one consistent pattern讓事情遵循一致的模式——regularization of working hours across all branches所有分店工時的regularization，or the regularization of spelling in a language或一種語言拼寫的regularization。

One more use you may meet if you read about computers: in machine learning, regularization means techniques that stop a model from fitting its training data too closely. Different world, same idea underneath — pulling something wild back toward a normal, well-behaved shape.

One more use一個用法 you may meet你可能還會碰到 if you read about computers如果你讀跟電腦有關的東西：in machine learning在機器學習裡，regularization means指的是 techniques一些技巧 that stop a model from fitting its training data too closely用來阻止模型過度貼合它的訓練資料。Different world不同的領域，same idea underneath底下卻是同一個想法——pulling something wild back toward a normal, well-behaved shape把狂野的東西拉回正常、聽話的樣子。

On spelling: British writing often uses -isation (regularisation), American uses -ization. Both are correct; be consistent within one piece of writing. Taiwan's schools generally teach American spelling.

On spelling說到拼法：British writing英式英文 often uses常用 -isation (regularisation)-isation（regularisation），American uses美式用 -ization-ization。Both are correct兩種都對；be consistent在同一篇文章裡保持一致 within one piece of writing就好。Taiwan's schools台灣的學校 generally teach一般教的是 American spelling美式拼法。