Today
Facebook is becoming available in three new languages; Corsican, Fulah and
Maltese. With these three languages, Facebook is now available in 101 languages
and now more than one billion people use Facebook in a language other than
English.
Our
mission is to give people the power to share and to make the world more open
and connected and language is vital to connecting. We discovered this very
early on in our history when Facebook was only available in English, but the
people using Facebook were from all over the world.
In
2007 we built a Translate Facebook app that enabled anyone to translate the
Facebook interface into their own language. Over the years, a vibrant community
has developed that is helping make Facebook available in languages from all
over the world.
What
is particularly interesting about this community is that they have helped
Facebook translate the service into nine languages that are on UNESCO's Atlas
of the World's Languages in Danger. These languages are the hardest languages
to translate - there are fewer people speaking them and many of them oftentimes
are not spoken in the home.
So much is carried through language - tradition, culture, different opinions - it is vital to have these languages in danger represented on Facebook because it opens up communication and connectedness to more people. There are thousands of languages in the world and to connect everyone, we have to be available in languages people are comfortable with and understand. We have a long way to go in collaborating with the community of translators and are so grateful for all of their help.
So much is carried through language - tradition, culture, different opinions - it is vital to have these languages in danger represented on Facebook because it opens up communication and connectedness to more people. There are thousands of languages in the world and to connect everyone, we have to be available in languages people are comfortable with and understand. We have a long way to go in collaborating with the community of translators and are so grateful for all of their help.
Please
see the post from Mark Zuckerberg here: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10103141439212431&id=4
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About
Facebook
Founded in 2004, Facebook’s
mission is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and
connected. People use Facebook to stay connected with friends and family, to
discover what is going on in the world, and to share and express what matters
to them. Facebook has 1.04 billion daily active users on average worldwide and
7.2 million daily visitors from Nigeria.
About Red Media Africa
Red Media Africa (www.redmediaafrica.com [2])
is the PR & Empowerment Marketing division under the parent brand, RED. It
focuses on using inspiration, empowerment and action to help brands and
organisations connect with their audiences, enhance their bottom-lines and lead
in their industries. It has 6 major practice areas: Corporate Practice,
Technology Practice, SME Practice, Governance Practice, Faith Practice and the
International Practice - with work for brands across Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and
South Africa. RED owns the continent's largest portfolio of youth media brands.
Its Content Division holds brands across TV, radio, online and events including
Y! Magazine,YNaija.com, Rubbin' Minds, #YTech100 and the The RED Summit. It
also anchors a development firm, The Future Project, which projects include
Africa's leading youth platform, The Future Awards Africa,
HowCanIGetInvolved.com and Aiki.ng, which is run in conjunction with Microsoft.
