December 16, 2002
Web G11N (Globalisation): An overview
NETSPEAK GIVES an account of some concepts and activities encompassing the web globalisation phenomenon that aims to make web adaptable to the requirements/expectations of people with different language/culture backgrounds.
One of the consequences of the widespread acceptance of the Web worldwide is that it provides companies with a cheap and efficient mechanism to reach markets that are beyond their traditional boundaries. But as the Web was initially developed and nurtured by people in English-speaking countries, English has become its main language. So, the challenge faced by a web designer now is to remove this English orientation so that a company's web content can be accessed by people all over the world without any language or culture barriers.
One of the consequences of the widespread acceptance of the Web worldwide is that it provides companies with a cheap and efficient mechanism to reach markets that are beyond their traditional boundaries. But as the Web was initially developed and nurtured by people in English-speaking countries, English has become its main language. So, the challenge faced by a web designer now is to remove this English orientation so that a company's web content can be accessed by people all over the world without any language or culture barriers.
