Ask HN: Which language localizations first?

6 pointsby paceover 13 years ago

We started a successful site generating lots of organic traffic. We already localized to English, German, Spanish and Chinese. Which language should be the next in your opinion (regarding highest reach combined with strong Internet usage and purchasing power)?

5 comments

arkitaipover 13 years ago

What does your data say? Check your web analytics, support tickets, etc.

toniover 13 years ago

I have no stats regarding "purchasing power" but looking at List of languages by number of native speakers[1], the obvious candidates would be French, Portuguese and Arabic<p>[1] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_...</a>

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fezzlover 13 years ago

Just curious, how did you go about doing localization: who did you hire, how long did it take, and how much did it cost?

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stephenbezover 13 years ago

You could do what Amazon.com did and expand into countries based on their GDP.

hrasmover 13 years ago

Japanese & Korean.