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Launching airbnb.jp in record time
- danso 13y agoGreat story, and some useful insights on the logistics of translation...but a couple of questions were raised for me: 1. How long does it usually take to launch a foreign language branch of Airbnb? Is the actual language (and its characteristics) the primary factor in the technical work involved? 2. I take it that the Japanese localized site was aimed at Japanese wanting to travel overseas...but Airbnb (US) was already handling foreigners-to-Japanese translations, right? What was the amount of Japanese text that had to be translated to English?
- nchuhoai 13y agoGreat post. I wonder whether the admin interfaces for translating, inline translating in particular, are custom made or at least based on some open source libraries?
- dlau1 13y agoAlso wondering the same thing. The most impressive part of the translation system is the suite of admin tools that they have built.
- MidwestMuster 13y agoWhat are some of the open source libraries you're thinking of? gettext?
- veb 13y agoNever thought of doing huge website translations like this before, excellent post!