(Wired)
Multiplayer online games face a barrier in Europe and Asia: many people who live in the same time zone don’t speak the same language, so it’s hard for them to interact with each other. A universal translator may be the solution. (I linked to this article mostly because I was amused that, this article about online pidgin English quotes an analyst named Billy Pidgeon. –DGJ) —Online Games Go Multicultural
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