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Facebook asks users to translate new versions for free (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! News: Technology News on April 18, 2008

In this frame grab image from Facebook Website, the Turkish glossary of Fracebook in work is shown Tuesday, April 15, 2008. Facebook is going global, but with a little help from its friends. In an aggressive push to expand beyond English, the social networking giant has begun rolling out international versions of its site. First came Spanish in early February, followed by German and then French in March. Nearly two dozen other languages are in the works, including Japanese, Turkish, Chinese, Portuguese, Swedish and Dutch. The twist is that all the translating is being done by Facebook users themselves — for free. (AP Photo/Facebook)AP - The three-year-old social networking phenomenon Facebook, worth more than $15 billion by many estimates, got a good deal on going global.


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