Right-to-Left languages on Twitter

With over half a billion native speakers of Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew, and Urdu worldwide, we knew how important it was to make Twitter accessible to speakers of these languages, many of whom don’t speak English. Not to mention, we kept hearing requests from those users who were eager to have Twitter in their language.

Internationalizing Dates, Numbers, Plurals, and More

by Cameron Dutro

"You have kept London time, which is two hours behind that of Suez. You ought to regulate your watch at noon in each country."

- Jules Verne, Around the World in 80 Days

Here’s a test. Say this date out loud: 2/1/2012. If you said, “February first, 2012”, you’re probably an American. If you said, “January second, 2012”, you’re probably of European or possibly Asian descent. If you said, “January 12, 1902”, you’re probably a computer.