Javier Olivan from Facebook spoke about the Translations app this evening at the London FB garage.
Interesting points were that (evidently from the app), Translations has "deeper hooks" into Facebook than a standard app - i.e. you couldn't build this yourself. But if you want to 'crowdsource' translation of your own app, they are planning to make this possible through Facebook's native Translations app. It's all about a level playing field for apps, you see.
They don't have any real ideas about how that will work for now - nor do they know how they'll cope with languages that use non-Roman characters at this stage.
But I think we have a promise from Javier!
Craig Bovis
· 1 year ago
Like Dan said, I also saw Javier at the London garage yesterday.
I think they key point to take away was their willingness to share this with third party app developers who unlike Facebook will not neccessarily have the financial backing to have their apps translated.
If the community can do it for them then everyone benefits though.
Udochi
· 1 year ago
Who do I have to sleep with to get facebook translated into my language (Igbo).
I think facebook may be the first interactive site to translate to Igbo if this occurs. That would be great and a step in the right direction for this particuar African tribe.
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Interesting points were that (evidently from the app), Translations has "deeper hooks" into Facebook than a standard app - i.e. you couldn't build this yourself. But if you want to 'crowdsource' translation of your own app, they are planning to make this possible through Facebook's native Translations app. It's all about a level playing field for apps, you see.
They don't have any real ideas about how that will work for now - nor do they know how they'll cope with languages that use non-Roman characters at this stage.
But I think we have a promise from Javier!
I think they key point to take away was their willingness to share this with third party app developers who unlike Facebook will not neccessarily have the financial backing to have their apps translated.
If the community can do it for them then everyone benefits though.
I think facebook may be the first interactive site to translate to Igbo if this occurs. That would be great and a step in the right direction for this particuar African tribe.
What do you think?