14 DAY TRIAL // If there's need for further proof that Twitter usage is exploding in Brazil, the fact that the entire website was translated into Brazilian Portuguese in just three days should be enough. After adding it to the crowdsourcing Translation Center, fans got on the job and completed the translation in record time.
This is the latest language to become available for Twitter.com as the company has been leading an effort to launch more localized interfaces.
"Starting today, Twitter will be available in Brazilian Portuguese. After adding the language to our translation center, it was fully translated in only three days, making this translation project Twitter’s fastest yet," Twitter announced.
"Brazilians have embraced Twitter as a way to keep up what’s happening both locally and globally. When severe flooding hit north of Rio de Janeiro earlier this year, Brazilians used Twitter to organize disaster relief efforts, share details on how to donate money and supplies, and call for medical assistance in affected neighborhoods," Twitter explained.
There are countless other examples of how Brazilians are turning to Twitter to get their message across or stay connected to the latest information. The country is home to one of the fastest growing internet markets and Twitter is fairly popular there.
It's no surprise then that it took so little to get it translated, the only surprise is that Twitter didn't add the language to the Translation Center sooner.
Brazilian Portuguese becomes the tenth language Twitter is being offered in. Less than a couple of months ago, Russian and Turkish were added, a couple of other big internet markets where Twitter is growing fast. But it took users two months to translate them, not two days.
Twitter.com is now available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Spanish, along with the three other languages mentioned above.