Living in a Multilingual World - Internationalization for Web 2.0
To my suprise I found out that someone posted my presentation slides on slideshare.net before I actually held the presentation. I usually post my slides only after the presentation to update them to reflect questions that came up in the Q&A part of the session, but at the Web 2.0 Expo in Berlin things seem to work a little bit differently.
The presentation went very well and we had a very interesting discussion at the end, so I would guess the awareness of the importance of internationalization in Web 2.0 is rising. One of the most interesting aspects brought up was: Is providing textual translations of a web application enough?
. My take on this question is that providing a multi-language user-interface is only the first step in true internationalization, afterwards you have to go for localized content, design and business processes that respects the culture of your audience.
If you are at my presentation, please make sure to give feedback at feedback.berlin.web20expo.com. Thank you.
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