Comments on: Facebook Taps Users To Create Translated Versions Of Site. Spanish, French and German Available Now http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/ Startup and Technology News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:08:57 -0800 hourly 1 By: web design beijing http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/comment-page-2/#comment-3029412 web design beijing Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:05:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/#comment-3029412 isn't it easier to hire two or three translators from each coutry/language? isn’t it easier to hire two or three translators from each coutry/language?

]]> By: Twitter Needs You To Translate Its FIGS http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/comment-page-2/#comment-3026675 Twitter Needs You To Translate Its FIGS Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:50:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/#comment-3026675 [...] some of the translations in-house, they are mostly trying to crowdsource translations, which is a strategy that Facebook has used in the [...] [...] some of the translations in-house, they are mostly trying to crowdsource translations, which is a strategy that Facebook has used in the [...]

]]> By: Facebook Spreads Its Crowdsourced Translations Across the Web, And The World http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/comment-page-2/#comment-3012220 Facebook Spreads Its Crowdsourced Translations Across the Web, And The World Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:37:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/#comment-3012220 [...] has long relied on its own users to help translate the site into more than 65 different languages. Now, Facebook [...] [...] has long relied on its own users to help translate the site into more than 65 different languages. Now, Facebook [...]

]]> By: Smart Execs Leave Before The Fall. http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/comment-page-2/#comment-2643104 Smart Execs Leave Before The Fall. Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:40:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/#comment-2643104 [...] strategic mistake in how they handled international expansion (Facebook gets its own users to create local translations of the site, MySpace opens offices in every country they want a presence in - guess which one [...] [...] strategic mistake in how they handled international expansion (Facebook gets its own users to create local translations of the site, MySpace opens offices in every country they want a presence in – guess which one [...]

]]> By: GetClicky GetsMad http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/comment-page-2/#comment-2528518 GetClicky GetsMad Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:19:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/#comment-2528518 [...] a new user-translation tool to make their site available to non-English speakers, modeled on the the Facebook approach. The first I heard of it was a couple of days ago when the founder emailed us about [...] [...] a new user-translation tool to make their site available to non-English speakers, modeled on the the Facebook approach. The first I heard of it was a couple of days ago when the founder emailed us about [...]

]]> By: The Internet Connects People Globally. So Should Your Application. - Social media, web development and digital life - JungleG http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/comment-page-2/#comment-2522533 The Internet Connects People Globally. So Should Your Application. - Social media, web development and digital life - JungleG Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:51:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/#comment-2522533 [...] good example of this is Facebook. They built a community-driven system where users would translate the strings used across the site, and then another group of users would [...] [...] good example of this is Facebook. They built a community-driven system where users would translate the strings used across the site, and then another group of users would [...]

]]> By: WebMetricsGuru » Facebook is too big to be premitted to fail http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/comment-page-2/#comment-2520449 WebMetricsGuru » Facebook is too big to be premitted to fail Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:56:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/#comment-2520449 [...] Financial Ruin? According to TechCrunch: “… Facebook’s growth, thanks to all these user-created translated versions of the site, has probably exceeded even their own internal projections. And running this engine [...] [...] Financial Ruin? According to TechCrunch: “… Facebook’s growth, thanks to all these user-created translated versions of the site, has probably exceeded even their own internal projections. And running this engine [...]

]]> By: Yks blog » Blog Archive » Facebook May Be Growing Too Fast. And Hitting The Capital Markets Again. http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/comment-page-2/#comment-2520148 Yks blog » Blog Archive » Facebook May Be Growing Too Fast. And Hitting The Capital Markets Again. Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:32:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/#comment-2520148 [...] growth, thanks to all these user-created translated versions of the site, has probably exceeded even their own internal projections. And running this engine [...] [...] growth, thanks to all these user-created translated versions of the site, has probably exceeded even their own internal projections. And running this engine [...]

]]> By: Facebook faces an insatiable storage appetite « Storage Effect http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/comment-page-2/#comment-2519633 Facebook faces an insatiable storage appetite « Storage Effect Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:49:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/#comment-2519633 [...] User-created translated versions of the site are accelerating global growth. [...] [...] User-created translated versions of the site are accelerating global growth. [...]

]]> By: Facebook’s Growing Problem http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/comment-page-2/#comment-2519316 Facebook’s Growing Problem Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:06:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/#comment-2519316 [...] growth, thanks to all these user-created translated versions of the site, has probably exceeded even their own internal projections. And running this engine [...] [...] growth, thanks to all these user-created translated versions of the site, has probably exceeded even their own internal projections. And running this engine [...]

]]> By: jonathan http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/comment-page-2/#comment-2469686 jonathan Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:47:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/#comment-2469686 vechulos hot w vechulos hot w

]]> By: Facebook Is Not Only The World’s Largest Social Network, It Is Also The Fastest Growing | Semantic Web Search http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/comment-page-2/#comment-2448254 Facebook Is Not Only The World’s Largest Social Network, It Is Also The Fastest Growing | Semantic Web Search Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:55:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/#comment-2448254 [...] had hardly no presence in many of these regions until recently when it started its major push to translate the site to other languages. A year ago, it had only one million uniques a month in all of Latin America, three million in the [...] [...] had hardly no presence in many of these regions until recently when it started its major push to translate the site to other languages. A year ago, it had only one million uniques a month in all of Latin America, three million in the [...]

]]> By: Facebook a Missions Model | Missions Reviewed http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/comment-page-2/#comment-2437017 Facebook a Missions Model | Missions Reviewed Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:37:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/#comment-2437017 [...] had hardly no presence in many of these regions until recently when it started its major push to translate the site to other languages. One year ago, there were only one million monthly visits in all of Latin America, three million [...] [...] had hardly no presence in many of these regions until recently when it started its major push to translate the site to other languages. One year ago, there were only one million monthly visits in all of Latin America, three million [...]

]]> By: Facebook Is Not Only The World’s Largest Social Network, It Is Also The Fastest Growing | Web Data Source http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/comment-page-1/#comment-2436372 Facebook Is Not Only The World’s Largest Social Network, It Is Also The Fastest Growing | Web Data Source Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:49:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/#comment-2436372 [...] had hardly no presence in many of these regions until recently when it started its major push to translate the site to other languages. A year ago, it had only one million uniques a month in all of Latin America, three million in the [...] [...] had hardly no presence in many of these regions until recently when it started its major push to translate the site to other languages. A year ago, it had only one million uniques a month in all of Latin America, three million in the [...]

]]> By: Facebook Is Not Only The World’s Largest Social Network, It Is Also The Fastest Growing http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/comment-page-1/#comment-2436025 Facebook Is Not Only The World’s Largest Social Network, It Is Also The Fastest Growing Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:13:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/#comment-2436025 [...] had hardly no presence in many of these regions until recently when it started its major push to translate the site to other languages. A year ago, it had only one million uniques a month in all of Latin America, three million in the [...] [...] had hardly no presence in many of these regions until recently when it started its major push to translate the site to other languages. A year ago, it had only one million uniques a month in all of Latin America, three million in the [...]

]]> By: World IT News » Blog Archive » Facebook Is Not Only The World’s Largest Social Network, It Is Also The Fastest Growing http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/comment-page-1/#comment-2434779 World IT News » Blog Archive » Facebook Is Not Only The World’s Largest Social Network, It Is Also The Fastest Growing Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:36:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/#comment-2434779 [...] had hardly no presence in many of these regions until recently when it started its major push to translate the site to other languages. A year ago, it had only one million uniques a month in all of Latin America, three million in the [...] [...] had hardly no presence in many of these regions until recently when it started its major push to translate the site to other languages. A year ago, it had only one million uniques a month in all of Latin America, three million in the [...]

]]> By: Facebook Is Not Only The World’s Largest Social Network, It Is Also The Fastest Growing http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/comment-page-1/#comment-2434695 Facebook Is Not Only The World’s Largest Social Network, It Is Also The Fastest Growing Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:11:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/#comment-2434695 [...] had hardly no presence in many of these regions until recently when it started its major push to translate the site to other languages. A year ago, it had only one million uniques a month in all of Latin America, three million in the [...] [...] had hardly no presence in many of these regions until recently when it started its major push to translate the site to other languages. A year ago, it had only one million uniques a month in all of Latin America, three million in the [...]

]]> By: Facebook at E-life http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/comment-page-1/#comment-2428279 Facebook at E-life Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:06:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/#comment-2428279 [...] Vous trouverez plus d’info à ce sujet sur ce site [...] [...] Vous trouverez plus d’info à ce sujet sur ce site [...]

]]> By: Facebook中文版本 - Greenmoon55’s Blog - Just another WordPress weblog http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/comment-page-1/#comment-2129970 Facebook中文版本 - Greenmoon55’s Blog - Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:29:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/#comment-2129970 [...] They’re using their new user-powered translation engine to get Facebook into 22 more languages, on top of English, French, German and [...] [...] They’re using their new user-powered translation engine to get Facebook into 22 more languages, on top of English, French, German and [...]

]]> By: Is Facebook “translation worthy” or just plain cheap? | Global by Design http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/comment-page-1/#comment-2060223 Is Facebook “translation worthy” or just plain cheap? | Global by Design Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:59:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/#comment-2060223 [...] Techcrunch provides additional details on Facebook’s translation efforts. Possibly related posts:Facebook and MySpace going [...] [...] Techcrunch provides additional details on Facebook’s translation efforts. Possibly related posts:Facebook and MySpace going [...]

]]> By: iheni :: making the web worldwide » Blog Archive » Crowdsourcing translation http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/comment-page-1/#comment-2048286 iheni :: making the web worldwide » Blog Archive » Crowdsourcing translation Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:17:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/#comment-2048286 [...] Facebook openly crowdsources translation by rolling out a loose translation of the site (some have claimed by using Babelfish) and then letting the users do the rest. Indeed the final French version of the site was rolled out on Sunday 9th March and almost immediately I spotted this status update from a French friend of mine: “Frederique is trying out facebook in French and is having a good laugh”. Facebook would do well to get her feedback as she is a translator by trade and has worked on translating series such as Sex in the City and now translates games. You can’t really get much better than that! [...] [...] Facebook openly crowdsources translation by rolling out a loose translation of the site (some have claimed by using Babelfish) and then letting the users do the rest. Indeed the final French version of the site was rolled out on Sunday 9th March and almost immediately I spotted this status update from a French friend of mine: “Frederique is trying out facebook in French and is having a good laugh”. Facebook would do well to get her feedback as she is a translator by trade and has worked on translating series such as Sex in the City and now translates games. You can’t really get much better than that! [...]

]]> By: Facebook Now In German - Thanks To 2,000 Generous Users http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/comment-page-1/#comment-2014273 Facebook Now In German - Thanks To 2,000 Generous Users Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:22:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/#comment-2014273 [...] thanks to 2,000 users who’ve helped translate the site using an application that Facebook released a couple of months ago to a limited number of users. Supported languages include German, Spanish [...] [...] thanks to 2,000 users who’ve helped translate the site using an application that Facebook released a couple of months ago to a limited number of users. Supported languages include German, Spanish [...]

]]> By: DigitalBlab » Blog Archive » Facebook Pokes Users For Translation Project; Results Could Affect Digital Marketers http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/comment-page-1/#comment-1973953 DigitalBlab » Blog Archive » Facebook Pokes Users For Translation Project; Results Could Affect Digital Marketers Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:19:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/#comment-1973953 [...] reported on Monday that Facebook is now tapping its users to translate the site into different languages. [...] [...] reported on Monday that Facebook is now tapping its users to translate the site into different languages. [...]

]]> By: Konrad http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/comment-page-1/#comment-1938113 Konrad Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:31:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/#comment-1938113 I think they don't have much chance in Poland, even if they translate everything into Polish. Most of internet users in Poland are using www.nasza-klasa.pl (something like classmates.com) and their growth is amazing in last few months. They have over 7 mln users already. Little bit of history: started by 4 students, investment around 1 mln$ from Samwer Brothers. Now they overtook almost all largest Polish portals. http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/nasza-klasa.pl?site0=nasza-klasa.pl&site1=onet.pl&site2=interia.pl&site3=gazeta.pl&y=r&z=3&h=300&w=610&range=1y&size=Medium I think they don’t have much chance in Poland, even if they translate everything into Polish. Most of internet users in Poland are using http://www.nasza-klasa.pl (something like classmates.com) and their growth is amazing in last few months. They have over 7 mln users already.
Little bit of history: started by 4 students, investment around 1 mln$ from Samwer Brothers. Now they overtook almost all largest Polish portals.

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]]> By: Daan Jansonius http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/comment-page-1/#comment-1934627 Daan Jansonius Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:29:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/facebook-taps-users-to-create-translated-versions-of-site/#comment-1934627 I wrote about this a while back and I think the timing off this is bad. Only a few weeks after pissing off pretty much everyone and everything they have decided to ask their users to help them do THEIR work for them, for FREE! I for one will not be helping them! Also, I believe their reach outside the English speaking world is rather small, so it will be interesting to see if they can find enough people to pull this off. http://www.taxidrivermarketing.com/?p=19 I wrote about this a while back and I think the timing off this is bad. Only a few weeks after pissing off pretty much everyone and everything they have decided to ask their users to help them do THEIR work for them, for FREE!

I for one will not be helping them! Also, I believe their reach outside the English speaking world is rather small, so it will be interesting to see if they can find enough people to pull this off.

http://www.taxi...eting.com/?p=19

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