UKNM: Re: The use and importance of International languages

[Greg Plumbly]

> Does anybody have any information concerning the number of International

and

> foreign languages that are used on the Internet. The reason being that I

am

> designing and writing a web site for a company who are looking at

targeting

> a global audience and want to translate all or part of their web site.


There's good info at

http://www.etranslate.com/en/index.know.html

and then follow the links to strategy/languages


Its also worth considering if your client has the resources to answer

enquiries/emails in those languages.


And on the design front according to http://www.wholetree.com different

ethnic groups have different preferences in Web site layout. For example, in

general the Japanese do not like site maps and Chinese do not like frames

(The Industry Standard)


- g

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