Sorry, Human languages. I've always been able to find it for speaking, but never for internet. Just wondering cause I had a translator for a certain language and was wondering what's popular out there.
StoutFiles
4:42 am on Feb 23, 2009 (gmt 0)
Just wondering cause I had a translator for a certain language
Hopefully a human translator.
bill
7:07 am on Feb 23, 2009 (gmt 0)
Sorry, Human languages. I've always been able to find it for speaking, but never for internet.
I'm still not clear. You want to know what languages are popular for existing content on the net, or do you want to know language demographics there are for users of the net?
Hopefully a human translator.
Agreed. Machine translation is next to worthless.
nullnill
9:38 am on Feb 23, 2009 (gmt 0)
This is an uneducated guess so take it as such. 1. English 2. Chinese 3. German 4. Spanish
g1smd
11:29 am on Feb 23, 2009 (gmt 0)
Chinese might be more prevalent than English nowadays?
topr8
11:34 am on Feb 23, 2009 (gmt 0)
russian?
nomis5
12:58 pm on Feb 23, 2009 (gmt 0)
Yes, Russian has to be there. But take a tip from me, there may be whole pile of people speaking Russian, but at the moment they are NOT buying. In five years time maybe things will turn around.
An alternate question might be, what is the most prevalent language with a population that has money to spend?
StoutFiles
2:04 pm on Feb 23, 2009 (gmt 0)
An alternate question might be, what is the most prevalent language with a population that has money to spend?
Exactly. Chinese may have the biggets base of potential users but their value per click is far less than an English person. A list of top languages and their estimated worth would be nice.
Bob535
3:59 pm on Feb 23, 2009 (gmt 0)
With money, English, Japanese, Korean, Arabic (Be Careful), German and French
CWebguy
4:07 pm on Feb 23, 2009 (gmt 0)
Is French really prevalent on the net today? This is one I am interested in.
choster
8:31 pm on Feb 23, 2009 (gmt 0)
An alternate question might be, what is the most prevalent language with a population that has money to spend?
I'd take it a step further and target by market rather than by language, especially if you're selling something. It might be easier to target a regional language concentrated in one or two countries (e.g. Italian, Korean) than a multiregional language (e.g. Portuguese, Arabic) that is used differently in many different countries (as it often is, even in written form).
Gibble
8:41 pm on Feb 23, 2009 (gmt 0)
Is French really prevalent on the net today? This is one I am interested in.
That depends, if you're targetting Canadaians, it would be second to English.
CWebguy
9:34 pm on Feb 23, 2009 (gmt 0)
chinese on the web scares me, anytime I go to a chinese site, all I get are boxes on the screen.
bill
1:59 am on Feb 24, 2009 (gmt 0)
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anytime I go to a chinese site, all I get are boxes on the screen.
In Windows go to the Control Panel select Regional and Language Options, and install the languages you want from there.
CWebguy
3:43 am on Feb 24, 2009 (gmt 0)
In Windows go to the Control Panel select Regional and Language Options, and install the languages you want from there.
