Microsoft Language Portal Blog
News and updates for Microsoft users, customers and developers to efficiently localize software and services.
If you speak one of these languages, we are looking for feedback on the key Windows 8 terminology....
Author: Date: 04/13/2012
We are now looking for feedback from our users on the key Windows terminology for Armenian, Tamil,...
Author: Date: 02/27/2012
The Microsoft Translator MT system has added Hmong to the list of supported languages, bringing the...
Author: Date: 02/22/2012
SharePoint Server 2010 and SharePoint Foundation 2010 have now released in 3 more languages:...
Author: Date: 02/15/2012
Do you have suggestions on how to translate sideload or semantic zoom in Chinese? Spanish? Japanese?...
Author: Date: 02/08/2012
SharePoint Server 2010 and SharePoint Foundation 2010 have now released in 3 more languages: Irish,...
Author: Date: 01/30/2012
The 4th edition of the Microsoft Manual of Style that was announced last week is now available!...
Author: Date: 01/26/2012
The 4th edition of the Microsoft Manual of Style – essentially the English Style Guide for...
Author: Date: 01/18/2012
If you are managing SharePoint Server 2010 or SharePoint Foundation 2010 and want to make them...
Author: Date: 01/17/2012
Another 15 localization style guides for developing international Windows Phone apps have just been...
Author: Date: 12/19/2011
A few weeks ago we asked speakers of Chinese Simplified, Japanese, German and French help us...
Author: Date: 11/11/2011
We are upgrading the Microsoft Language Portal to a new server tomorrow and will need to take it...
Author: Date: 10/26/2011
If you work with ERP terminology, check out the Microsoft Dynamics AX glossary just published on...
Author: Date: 10/11/2011
We are starting the work to figure out what we should call Windows 8 user interface terms such as...
Author: Date: 09/28/2011
We’ve added another 53 new and updated international localization/translation style guides to the...
Author: Date: 09/13/2011
A few days ago, we posted the new and updated European Portuguese Style Guide. With this new...
Author: Date: 08/23/2011
The new Russian Style Guide posted last week (together with 37 other international style guides)...
Author: Date: 08/22/2011
If you are developing Windows Phone apps for international markets, it’s now easier to ensure that...
Author: Date: 08/09/2011
This new video from the Microsoft Local Language Program tells the story of why it’s important to...
Author: Date: 08/05/2011
Microsoft Office 2010 Language Interface Packs are now available in 3 Nigerian languages, covering...
Author: Date: 07/27/2011
At launch last year, Window Phone 7 supported 5 display languages: English (US and UK), French,...
Author: Date: 07/18/2011
The Microsoft Office 2010 Language Interface Pack for Armenian (???????) is now available for free...
Author: Date: 07/11/2011
The Office 2010 Language Interface Pack for Maori is now available for free download. A Language...
Author: Date: 06/27/2011
The Office 2010 Language Interface Pack for Inuktitut is now available for free download. A Language...
Author: Date: 06/26/2011
The Office 2010 Language Interface Pack for Serbian Cyrillic, Bosnia and Herzegovina (??????...
Author: Date: 06/16/2011
Microsoft Translator - Microsoft’s Machine Translation system – has released a number of new...
Author: Date: 06/07/2011
If you speak Hindi and are interested in improving the Hindi terms and translations used in the...
Author: Date: 05/12/2011
Office 2010 just became available in Filipino and can be installed here. This release is a free...
Author: Date: 05/04/2011
A visitor to the Microsoft Language Portal contacted us via the Feedback page and wrote “When I try...
Author: Date: 05/02/2011
If you are developing international apps for Windows Phone 7, the key terms and user interface...
Author: Date: 04/27/2011
The Microsoft Language Portal has been updated with terminology and UI translations from scores of...
Author: Date: 04/25/2011
The Office localization team has been hard at work on churning out Indian “Language Interface Packs...
Author: Date: 04/19/2011
Internet Explorer 9 is final and available for download in 39 languages (including English): Arabic,...
Author: Date: 03/15/2011
If you speak any of the 25 languages on the list below, the Windows localization team is looking for...
Author: Date: 03/03/2011
The Office 2010 Language Interface Pack for Tamil (?????) is now available for free download! A...
Author: Date: 02/25/2011
There have been a number of stories about the International Mother Language Day 2011 this week and...
Author: Date: 02/23/2011
The Turkmen Language Interface Pack for Windows 7 released today and is now available for free...
Author: Date: 02/22/2011
The Office 2010 Language Interface Pack for Indonesian is now available for free download! A...
Author: Date: 02/13/2011