Web giant Google have added a Hawaiian language version of its search engine.
It was done by Keola Donaghy of the Ka Haka Ula Oke’elikolani college of Hawaiian Language. Keola Donaghy campaigned for 3 years to get Google to produce a Hawaiian version of its search engine. He estimates that it took him 100 hours to complete the translation…. Perhaps he should have used a professional translation company.
The Hawaiian version provides instructions in Hawaiian on Google’s search engine, although you will still find that the results still come back in English.
In order to complete the translation Keola Donaghy provided translations of 2,500 strings, words, sentences and paragraphs used by the search engine.
It’s great to see Google expanding its language options and it’s important they don’t ignore other important languages (such as Welsh).
The Hawaiian version of Google’s search engine is now available on Apples safari browser; it can be accessed by selecting Olelo Hawaii or Hawaiian language inside the system preferences on Apple.
It should be available on all other browsers next week.