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"Social network hi5 has launched a language translation tool fully compliant with the OpenSocial 0.8 standard. The tool will make it easy for developers to localize their applications, while the users will be able to communicate in their language of choice not only on hi5, but also when using third-party applications available on the hi5 Platform. \nDevelopers who don't have translators of their own can also leverage hi5's community of professional and crowdsourced translators. \nThis is a good example of why it pays off to be a part of the OpenSocial posse; you create an internationalized application compliant with the standard and you can deploy it on any site that supports it. Of course, Facebook and its platform is now big enough to draw developers regardless of OpenSocial, but these things do make a difference in the long run. \n\u201CThe availability of OpenSocial translation services on hi5 lets third-party developers easily create localized, in-language applications for millions of users around the world, increasing adoption and awareness for many companies,\u201D said Akash Garg, CTO and co-founder of hi5. On the third-party app developer side of things, Ali Partovi, CEO of iLike said they're \u201Cexcited to know that hi5\u2019s crowdsourcing service would expand iLike\u2019s reach internationally, helping music spread among fans from different languages, geographies and cultures.\u201D"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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