Foursquare’s website now available in six languages
Foursquare’s website has taken on a new international focus today. It’s now available in all six languages supported by the apps: English, Spanish, German, French, Japanese and Italian.
They’ve translated everything, from the terms of use to the buttons to the badge names. Interestingly, “Douchebag” is the same in every language except French, where it becomes Beauf. Venue names and tips remain in the language in which they were originally added.
You can change your preferred language by clicking “English” in the bottom bar of the site. A pop-up will appear with a list of the language choices.
To make this possible, they had to remove the words from every graphic on the site. A few things (ie., buttons and the logged-out homepage graphic) have a slightly different look, but they’ve done a great job keeping the design consistent with the old look and across the different languages.
With the apps available in the same languages, the website now offers a convenient way for international users to access their accounts from the website and still understand what’s going on. It can only help increase foursquare’s adoption around the world.
