Twitter has completed the first round of translations it announced a couple of months ago with the introduction of a German-language version of the site. It is the last of the FIGS ( French, Italian, German and Spanish) languages it initially set out to release and the last translation for 2009 apparently. It has been available in just English and Japanese for quite a while, but has recently introduced Italian, French, and Spanish versions of the site.
As was the norm, Twitter announced the new translation in the native language, in this case German, lucky Google Translate does a decent job at getting the message out for those of us who don’t speak the language. “German is one of the most widespread languages of the EU and is the last language we introduced in 2009 on Twitter.com,” Twitter’s Jenna Sampson wrote.
“With the indispensable help of our many fantastic translators and translators, we have five new languages in less than two months introduced – a huge achievement for our international group. The faster we can make available to Twitter for people all over the world, influencing the faster the different cultures of the world, the global conversation on Twitter,” she added.
To enable the new interface language go to the Settings section, scroll down to language … (read more)