Twitter Wants to be More Diverse, Speak Other Languages

Posted 10/12/2009 at 6:35am | by Paul Lilly

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Twitter already speaks both English and Japanese, which is twice as many languages as some of its American users, but it's only the beginning for the microblogging service. Expected to roll out soon, Twitter plans to add support for French, Italian, German, and Spanish.

"These languages are commonly referred to using the acronym FIGS and are often the starting point for services like Twitter when it's time for more language support," the microblogging service announced on its blog. "Later, we hope to offer Twitter in several other languages."

Twitter plans to add multi-language support by first tapping into its userbase. The microblogging service said it has begun offering a simple tool for people with experience in other languages to suggest translations for the Twitter website. Later on, Twitter plans to distribute the translations to Twitter platform developers, "making it easier for them to offer multiple language support as well."

Or to sum it all up in 140 characters: Twitter to add language support for French, Italian, German and Spanish. Wants volunteers to help translate website. See http://bit.ly/LIa4C