Top Ten Languages On The Net (Current 2005 Stats)
 

TOP TEN LANGUAGES FOR INTERNET USERS

English 283,363,528

Chinese 112,736,236

Japanese 67,677,944

Spanish 55,649,751

German 53,418,308

French 37,067,503

Korean 31,600,000

Italian 28,610,000

Portuguese 22,407,050

Dutch 13,657,170

TOP 10 TOTAL 706,187,491

Rest of the Languages 111,259,656

WORLD TOTAL 817,447,147

One of the smallest countries in the world.. in the TOP10.. yeah baby!

I bet most of the Chinese or Japanese speak English too

who wants their sites translated in chinese and japanese? I got some killer prices ;)

LOL, I had a friend when I was in high school try to teach me Chinese. That shit is really hard to learn to write. I gave up after a few lessons. :1orglaugh

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What's the rate for those services?

I wonder how chinese traffic converts

Porno.com in Chinese

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Chinese will be number one soon. I just took a semester of Chinese. Yes the writing was the hardest for me :Oh crap

Have you ever been to Japan?

If you ever do a business deal with Japanese people, be sure to have an American that understands the language with you but don't let them know he speaks the language. They will start talking in Japanese during meetings thinking you don't know what they are saying and you'll be amazed when you get the translations.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Someone know a Chinese translator with decent rates????

:helpme

I have done a ton of business with the Japanese and their little Japanese sidebars during meetings and conference calls are legendary. Nothing is worse than being on a conference call with them and they start having a rapid conversation with each other that you can't understand but at the same time you know it's related to you.

I did some immersion schooling to learn the language quickly and got to the point where I could understand what they were saying. It was easily one of the best things I have ever done. Bastards.

You'd be surprised.

more english than I expected

I am looking for a good , reasonable translation company for multiple languages. Please email me [email protected] with your contact info.

About $12/hour for very professional translation. I just had a couple of my front end translated and the cost was less than $80 per (lots of stories on every page). For regular paysites, it'd be cheaper.

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Im not sure 'bout that..

That Korean number is topped out. All of them are already on the net. Wait, oh yeah. North Korea. :helpme

Don't attract Chineses surfers guys, all they can do is hack your members zone and give you huge load on your server :disgust

>> Italian 28,610,000

that doesnt sound right
What other country other than Italy speaks Italian ??

Many in Switzerland but not that many.

I have lots of respect for an American that can learn any Asian language (reading and writing).

I'm an Asian-American, and have trouble writing Mandarin. Not having phonetics is such a bitch.

yeah thats what i thought and the small islands around it
I know in 2000 only 3 % of italians had (either internet or computers)
i dont think it went to 50% in the last 4 years, considering Italian phone systems are horrible.

But than again maybe they did, i havent been to Italy in the last 5 years.

that's nonsense, believe me

interesting stats :thumbsup

wow chinese is 2nd :)

very interesting, thanks

Normally I am impressed with your replies.
This time I am not.

Look it up. Its a very small percentage speaking english. Very small!

that goes for any meeting in a foreign language :1orglaugh

thanks, that's nice :)

I am sure a very small percentage of chinese pople speaks English, but I was under the impression that those who use the inernet can be called "elite" - they are richer and better educated than the general population.

Grasshopper, you must first learn to make the Dragon dance for you, only then will you wake up with solution in hand :thumbsup

Offcourse there is an elite (more so in Japan then in China). But even within this Elite there is a very small minority that speaks English. For the chinamen you would have to look to the former british colonies to find English speaking people. They surf the internet in their own language with their own lettertypes. In their "elite" english is not a plus. :)

Comparing it to domain names, I thought DE would be ontop (after English).

Next time you're in China you go straight to jail. Not even pass go.