Language barriers
13 September 2012
To trade globally on the Internet, companies need to offer their goods in several languages. Marcia MacLeod examines some of the problems of website translation
The Internet may have created one giant global market for the sourcing and selling of goods and services, but trading with partners around the world brings its own set of problems - not least being able to understand websites written in different languages. The idea that English is the language of the Internet, and hence of e-commerce, is flawed.
While as many...