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Published On - September 28, 2011

Agnieszka Animucka Language Blog, RetailTags: Facebook, Social media

Buy the World a Coke

Coca-Cola may have gotten its start in America, but it’s clearly an international brand. As such, it markets to people in many different languages. On Facebook, Coca-Cola uses the social media site’s “geotagging” feature to localize the content it presents to viewers around the world...

Published On - September 14, 2011

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Facebook, Language, Social media, Translation

Facebook Translates Comments

Facebook already connects hundreds of millions of users around the globe, and the site itself has been translated into more than 70 different languages. Now, it looks like the popular website may take its efforts to break down language barriers between users to another level by offering automatic tr...

Published On - April 26, 2011

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Facebook

Mistranslation leads to tension between the US and Bulgaria

A botched language translation of a speech given by James Warlick, the US Ambassador to Bulgaria, at the “Europe as a Global Actor” Conference last week apparently infuriated Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov. And since this is the age of the internet, President Parvanov took his b...

Published On - October 14, 2010

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Facebook

Storytelling + Lovemark = Success?

If you haven't heard yet about lovemarks and storytelling, here is an article for you. Discover the secrets behind the next marketing revolution....

Published On - August 5, 2010

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Bad translation, Facebook

Crowd-Sourced Translation Goes Awry For Facebook

Facebook's crowd-sourced translation app has helped the company translate Facebook into over 100 different languages quickly and cheaply....

Published On - December 14, 2009

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Facebook, Social media, Twitter

Microblogging Service Plurk Attracts Asian Users

When it comes to microblogging, Twitter is king. However, according to this article on PC World, its sovereignty is being threatened in several Asian countries by upstart microblogging service Plurk, which offers the support for local languages and alphabets that Twitter largely lacks....

Published On - October 2, 2009

K International Language BlogTags: Facebook, Google, International Translation Day

Google and Facebook Release New Translation Tools

Both Google and Facebook released new translation tools for websites over the past week. Both companies announced the new tools on wednesday, in honor of International Translation Day....

Published On - August 27, 2009

K International Language BlogTags: Facebook, Translation, Translation Errors

Will Facebook Own Crowdsourced Translation?

On Tuesday, the Baltimore Sun noted that Facebook has applied for a patent for its crowdsourced translation application. The app, which has been in use since early last year, has helped Facebook quickly and efficiently translate its pages into different languages....

Published On - March 12, 2009

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Arabic, Facebook, Hebrew

Facebook introduces two new languages

The internet giant Facebook has dramatically increased its target market by introducing Arabic and Hebrew. Many people will now find this social networking website much easier to use. They conquered many problems during the production of the site into these languages including changing the sites lay...