OpenFlights has just added over one billion potential users, thanks to a Chinese translation by sscat. This means that OpenFlights is now available in 12 different languages, and we’re still looking for more — if you can help, take a look at the instructions! It’s easy and no programming skills are needed. You can also use the same instructions to edit existing translations if you find something that looks a bit funny.
And if you’re curious, here’s a breakdown of the current user base by language, with an estimate of the language’s share of Internet users in 2011 in parentheses:
- English 75.7% (26.8%)
- German 8.1% (3.6%)
- Russian 8.0% (3.0%)
- French 3.4% (3.0%)
- Portuguese 1.1% (3.9%)
- Spanish 0.9% (7.8%)
- Finnish 0.9% (n/a)
- Swedish 0.4% (n/a)
- Japanese 0.2% (4.7%)
- Chinese 0.1% (24.2%) — but hey, it’s only been a few days!
- Lithuanian 0.03% (n/a)
As it turns out, the only top 10 languages not supported by OpenFlights yet are Arabic (#7) and Korean (#10). Help us fill these gaps!
Polyglottally yours,
-j.