November 2019 – Global by Design

Airbnb, Brazil, China, Countries, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Kosovo, Languages, Lithuania, Malaysia, Norway, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Software Localization, South Korea, Thailand, Transcreation, Translation, Travel, Travel, Travel companies, United States, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

Airbnb doubles (yes, doubles) its linguistic reach

As I’ve documented in many editions of the Web Globalization Report Card, companies tend to add languages in fits and starts. The overall average is about one additional language per year. But some companies expand their global reach in sprints.…

John Yunker
November 11, 2019

Arabic, Brazil, China, Countries, Crowdsourcing, Global By Design, Global navigation, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Kosovo, Languages, Lithuania, Machine Translation, Malaysia, Norway, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Thailand, Translation, Unicode, United States, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card, Wikipedia

1,000 languages: The world’s most multilingual website

The Jehovah’s Witnesses announced today that its website reached 1,000 languages, an impressive achievement. The release notes: On November 4, 2019, jw.org, the official website of Jehovah’s Witnesses, reached an unprecedented translation milestone—it now includes articles, videos, and audio content available…

John Yunker
November 4, 2019