Language Localization: What are the Benefits of Website Translation?
Why translate? There are two reasons for business owners to translate their web pages into foreign languages. First, content localization makes your website more accessible to customers residing in non-English speaking countries. Internet usage is growing much more rapidly in non-English speaking countries than in North America.
The second reason to translate relates to Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Adding translated pages allows foreign-language search engines (e.g., China's Baidu Engine) to crawl and index the foreign-language pages of your website.
How to Translate a Website into Foreign Languages?
Website Translator is a popular software package that makes it easy for webmasters to distribute their content to the non-English speaking world. Advertised benefits of this website translation package include:
- Translation into thirty-four (34) languages.
- SEO-friendly URLs for translated pages.
- Caching of foreign-language content.
Rather than explaining the features of Website Translator, I have chosen to demonstrate this language translation script on this website. To change the language of this website, click the "Translate" box at the top of this page.
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