Creating a Global Internet

Google’s new translation tools are helping to make a truly universal Internet by translating pages into 57 different languages; the company is developing photo and voice recognition, too. “Those who can only read in their native language are ‘missing this extraordinary opportunity to get much, much better at understanding what people around the world are thinking and saying and feeling,’ says Ethan Zuckerman, cofounder of Global Voices, a community of more than 300 bloggers and translators around the world who seek out voices that are not ordinarily heard in the mainstream news media.”