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Learn a new language at Babbel, por favor

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If you can't get enough of the English-language Weblogs, Inc. blogs, you can always check out some of the ones we serve up in other languages -- Autoblog Chinese or Engadget Spanish, for example. What? You don't know any other languages? Well, it's time you learned.

Babbel is a well-designed Web site designed to teach you a foreign language. It's part instruction, part wiki, and part social (isn't everything these days? What's next? A social network for wood stork enthusiasts? But we digress). Babbel incorporates a few different methods to facilitate learning one of the five languages they offer: Spanish, French, Italian, English, and German.

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Facebook: now in Spanish too!

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There was a time when Facebook only came in one flavor: English. Well, no longer; there is now an option under "Languages," which you can get to via "Account," to change Facebook's primary language to Spanish.

Currently, there are about 2.8 million registered Facebook users in Latin America and Spain. Both regions will begin to load the Spanish version of Facebook by default starting on Monday, but users will have the option to change the default language back to English should the change be considered bothersome.

Though critics are weary of Facebook's ability to maintain itself and its large social-networking market-share, the company is now destined to grow internationally. Good luck, Mr. Zuckerberg.

Craigslist learns Spanish

Craigslist en EspanolOne of the best sources for minimalist classifieds, Craigslist has decided to branch out and learn Spanish. The new feature is still rather limited, as the new language toggle is only available for select cities and areas: namely those located in Central and South America.

Considering the large number of Spanish speakers in the U.S., it would be nice to see the feature spread to those cities and areas as well. We love convenience, and language adaptation is one of the best ways to open sites up to new groups of users.

Interestingly enough however, the classifieds themselves remain "unclassified" as far as languages go. So even though you are able to modify the parameters of a classified search in Spanish, there are no filters that allow you to only view Spanish classifieds.

The update will probably matter more once Craigslist makes the language options global for all its pages and allows for language filters for the classifieds as well.

[via Mashable]

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