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WhatsApp: Another “translation worthy” success story

February 22, 2014February 20, 2014 by John Yunker

I wrote recently that if you can make your product “translation worthy” the world will follow. Reading about Facebook’s purchase of WhatsApp I went back and did some language crunching. In December 2012, WhatsApp supported 15 languages. I also noted …

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Categories Crowdsourcing, Languages, Software Localization, Translation, Web Globalization

WhatsApp adds Thai

April 8, 2013 by John Yunker
WhatsApp logo

WhatsApp is now supporting 16 languages with the addition of Thai, shown here: I noted earlier how much I admired their global gateway. Simple and effective.  

Categories Languages, Web Globalization

WhatsApp gets global navigation right

December 7, 2012December 6, 2012 by John Yunker

I’ll admit I knew nothing about WhatsApp before I read that Facebook was about to buy the company (or not). So I went to its website and was pleasantly surprised to see a simple but effective global gateway. Let’s start …

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Categories Global By Design, Software Localization, Uncategorized, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

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