Facebook translation project 2, this time it’s German.
By Andrew Redfern @ 3rd March 2008 9:40 am
After the resounding success of it’s members-lead Spanish translation Facebook has enlisted 2,000 of it’s German members and is beginning work on the German version of it’s site :
Facebook today announced another step towards internationalizing the site with translation into German. Current users who want to view Facebook in German can change their language preference from their account settings, and beginning today, any person who goes to www.facebook.com from a German-speaking country will see the site in German.
More than 2000 German-speaking users on Facebook chose to be part of the effort and translated the site from English to German in less than two weeks.
“We’re really excited to bring German-speaking users the ability to access Facebook in their native language,” said Matt Cohler, Vice President of Product Management. “We currently have over a million active users in German-speaking countries, and we look forward to making it even easier for them to connect and share information with family and friends.”
Read the full facebook press release here
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