Twitter Launches Service In Indonesia

VIVAnews -social Web Twitter launches Indonesia language edition. Thus, the current social networking Twitter became available in 11 languages.

As quoted from the Twitter blog, launch Twitter Indonesia language edition was launched in conjunction with Twitter Netherlands language edition.

However, the process of penerjamahan performed by volunteer community through features Translation Center (translation Center) which is owned by Twitter. This feature alone has been operating since early this year.

Volunteers that will translate a page on twitter.com. Among other things, support pages (the page or helpsupporters), desktop, and mobileapplications. The translation will not be carried out on tweets.

Then, a number of active translator will be working more intensely in a team to manage the service. So, this service could be local.

At least, according to the Twitter blog, there are 200,000 of translators from the Translation Center running. As for Twitter, invites the community of translators through tweets in your account @ translator (with 228.998 followers who also became a translator). From the initial call to process launched, Twitter only takes a month.

Initially, Twitter opens the service language edition of Japan, in April 2008. Later, in November 2009. Twitter launched its second and third editions, which is the language of Spain and France.

Next, Twitter will add to the language service of the Philippines (Tagalog) and Malays. Tweeps were invited to contribute to translating into two languages, through the Translation Service Center.

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