Corsican, Fulah and Maltese.
available in 101 languages and now more than one billion people use Facebook in
a language other than English.
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.
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 togo
in collaborating with the community of translators and are so grateful for all
of their hel…” He added
