Decentralization is what happens when a government, a company, or a large group stops keeping all the power and all the work in one central place — the capital, the head office, the one room at the top — and moves those parts out to several smaller places. Towns, branches, or local teams then get to decide more for themselves.

Decentralization去中心化（decentralization） is what happens when a government, a company, or a large group stops keeping all the power and all the work in one central place是指政府、公司或大團體不再把所有權力和工作都集中在一個中心—— the capital, the head office, the one room at the top像是首都、總部，或最高層的那一間辦公室—— and moves those parts out to several smaller places而是把這些分散到好幾個比較小的地方。 Towns, branches, or local teams then get to decide more for themselves這樣一來，各城鎮、分部或地方團隊就能有更多自己決定的空間。

It is a formal word; in ordinary talk people say “give local people more say” or “spread the power out.” The opposite is centralization, which pulls everything back into one place.

It is a formal word這是個正式的詞； in ordinary talk people say “give local people more say” or “spread the power out.”平常講話大家會說「讓地方多一點發言權」或「把權力分散出去」。 The opposite is centralization相反的說法是centralization（中央集權）， which pulls everything back into one place就是把一切都拉回同一個地方。

In recent years people also stretch the word to computers and money: they mean a system with no single company or bank sitting in the middle. That is the same idea, not a new one.

In recent years近年來， people also stretch the word to computers and money大家也把這個字用到電腦和金錢的領域： they mean a system with no single company or bank sitting in the middle指的是沒有單一公司或銀行居中控制的系統。 That is the same idea, not a new one這其實是同一個概念，不是新概念。

British spelling often writes decentralisation, with an s; it is the same word.

British spelling often writes decentralisation, with an s英式拼法常寫成decentralisation，用s； it is the same word是同一個字。