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Waiting for the Babel Fish Stephanie Booth
Internet: Space Cruncher ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Linguistic Borders ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Misconceptions ,[object Object],[object Object]
Geographical Abuse ,[object Object],country != language bad localisation
Guilty: Amazon
Guilty: eBay
Guilty: PayPal
Guilty too! Google.ch => DE Blogger in France => FR
L10n advice for Tool Builders ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Detecting User Language ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Countries are important, but... ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What are my languages? ,[object Object],Know? Speak? Read? Write? Read a book? A newspaper article? Have a conversation? Write a letter? Write a book? Give a talk?
Multilingual Humans ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Monolingual Silos ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
L10n Insufficient ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Blogging Tools: WordPress ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Presence Tools: Twitter ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The Multilingual Challenge ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Going Multilingual a strategic and technical problem ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Remember. Most people are multilingual.
Bonne route ! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Google, 10.07.2007 Mountain View, CA

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