Ask HN: Which language localizations first?

arkitaip · on Oct 11, 2011

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

toni · on Oct 11, 2011

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

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_...

pace · on Oct 12, 2011

thanks. good resource!

fezzl · on Oct 11, 2011

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

stakent · on Oct 11, 2011

How do you provide support for your audiences using localized versions?

How do you manage your business (sales, taxes, local laws compliance) on these markets?

pace · on Oct 11, 2011

our site is mainly about content, so currently there's no support, sales, taxes and minor local law compliance

but we tried to integrate third parties only with extensive language support

pace · on Oct 11, 2011

we used rails' l18n gem and started with two languages -- just in order to setup the app in a way that allows easy localizations

we hired people from various market places. time and cost depend but you pay for a smaller site between 50 and 200$ und it takes 1-2 days.

stephenbez · on Oct 11, 2011

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

hrasm · on Oct 11, 2011

Japanese & Korean.