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News and updates for Microsoft users, customers and developers to efficiently localize software and services.
Microsoft Translator announced on November 15 that it is now powering all speech translation through...
Date: 11/18/2016
If your role involves handing off files to localization (or handing them back), the Microsoft Office...
Date: 10/04/2016
Today we are pleased to announce that the Microsoft XLIFF 2.0 Object Model has been published on...
Date: 11/11/2015
Microsoft's machine translation system Microsoft Translator has added Kiswahili as a new...
Date: 10/21/2015
Today is Customer Experience Day, a global celebration of the companies and professionals that...
Date: 10/06/2015
The Microsoft Language Portal at www.microsoft.com/language has now been updated with the official...
Date: 08/24/2015
Microsoft’s light-weight localization editor Multilingual App Toolkit (MAT) has just been...
Date: 08/18/2015
Several projects during this week’s annual Hackathon for Microsoft employees focused on using...
Date: 07/31/2015
If you didn't notice already, Windows 10 has now launched and is available as a free upgrade in...
Date: 07/31/2015
Microsoft's free machine translation system–Microsoft Translator–has been expanded...
Date: 03/19/2015
The Office for Mac 2016 Preview was announced today. It includes updated versions of Word, Excel,...
Date: 03/05/2015
February 21 is UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day, which promotes linguistic and...
Date: 02/23/2015
If you were watching the Windows 10 presentation earlier this week, you may have been wondering when...
Date: 01/23/2015
We currently make Windows Phone localization style guides available for free in almost 50 languages...
Date: 11/25/2014
If you are developing apps for Windows 8.1, Windows Phone, or traditional desktop applications, you...
Date: 10/08/2014
As a developer, there’s a bit more to localizing your app than just doing a right click | add...
Date: 09/16/2014
Microsoft's Global Readiness team is being featured in the latest edition of Brand Quarterly...
Date: 09/04/2014
Today, the Microsoft Terminology API is being expanded with a much broader set of language...
Date: 07/01/2014
At last week’s BUILD 2014 developer conference in San Francisco, Cameron Lerum did a great...
Date: 04/08/2014
February 21 is UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day, which promotes linguistic and...
Date: 02/20/2014
The new version of Visual Studio recently released with localized UI in Brazilian Portuguese,...
Date: 10/31/2013
A couple of weeks ago, I announced the new Terminology API that allows you to tap into the...
Date: 10/28/2013
You can now use Office 2013 in Central Kurdish, Odia, Punjabi and Sindhi. The “Language...
Date: 10/21/2013
Another 8 international Microsoft Style Guides for creating and localizing Windows Store and Windows...
Date: 09/09/2013
A big Thank You to everyone who replied to our survey on the international versions of our Server...
Date: 07/31/2013
You can now use Office 2013 in another 9 languages. The “Language Interface Packs” on...
Date: 07/30/2013
If you are using translated versions of Visual Studio, SQL Server, Windows Azure, Windows Server or...
Date: 07/15/2013
Avoiding parking tickets during visits to the Klingon empire just got a whole lot easier, thanks to...
Date: 06/06/2013
Another 12 "Language Interface Packs" are now available for Office 2013: Afrikaans Bosnian (Latin)...
Date: 02/27/2013
February 21 is UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day 2013, which aims to promote...
Date: 02/20/2013
Office 2013 will add 13 completely new languages as well as a fully localized experience of the User...
Date: 01/08/2013
Windows 8 became available in Cherokee this week. In the making for over 3 years, the Cherokee...
Date: 12/21/2012
If your language is not currently supported on Windows Phone, the Windows Phone Suggestion Box is a...
Date: 12/11/2012
One of the most fun apps for Windows Phone is now available for Windows Phone 8 users. The Bing...
Date: 11/28/2012
A couple of visitors to the Microsoft Language Portal contacted us via the Feedback page and wrote:...
Date: 11/27/2012
Internet Explorer 10 Release Preview for Windows 7 is now available for download in 39 languages...
Date: 11/13/2012
Fascinating talk and demo of real-time translation from spoken English into spoken Chinese. This was...
Date: 11/09/2012
Funny Microsoft Norway video from the Windows 8 launch: From Rob Margel's Windows blog. And if you...
Date: 11/06/2012
Developing an app for Windows 8 and want to make it available in multiple languages? The Microsoft...
Date: 10/29/2012
If you are developing applications or content for Office 2013, you can use this handy glossary to...
Date: 09/27/2012
Building a Windows 8 app and want to make it available internationally? It's now easy to get your...
Date: 09/20/2012
If you are developing Windows Phone apps in Simplified Chinese, Indonesian or Malay, you can now...
Date: 06/19/2012
The Windows 8 Release Preview was just announced! It's available for download in 14 languages:...
Date: 05/31/2012
The Office localization team has published the full list of spellers available for the Language...
Date: 05/17/2012