Twitter Now in Dutch and Indonesian, More Languages to Come

By Hannah Johnson

Twitter is now available in Dutch and Indonesian as of Monday, thanks to a crowd-sourced team of volunteers who translated Twitter’s applications, support pages and home page.

Volunteer translators can sign up via Twitter’s Translation Center to contribute to translations of Twitter’s apps and pages.

Twitter is now available in 11 languages: Dutch, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, and Turkish.

Filipino and Malay up next, according to the company blog. Given the power of social media for authors to promote their works, whether self-published or traditionally published, more languages means more authors can reach readers in their native languages.

About the Author

Hannah Johnson

Hannah Johnson is the publisher of international book industry magazine Publishing Perspectives, which provides daily information and news about book markets around the world. In addition to building partnerships with international cultural and trade organizations, she works with the Frankfurt Book Fair to organize and support a number of its overseas initiatives. Hannah has also worked as the managing editor for an online media company, The Hooch Life, focused on craft distillers and cocktail experts. Prior to that, she worked as a project manager for the Frankfurt Book Fair’s New York office, managing various business and marketing activities.