In recent years, there has been an increase in research conducted on multilingual websites across various organizations, ranging from governments to multinational corporations. Kelly-Holmes (2006) conducted a study on the language practices of ten global brands by analyzing their websites, including corporate headquarters and country-specific versions. The research revealed that English had a limited hyper-central role in commercial computer-mediated communication, with the central languages of Europe posing the main challenge to this function. Tessa Carroll's study focused on the foreign-language provision on local government websites in Japan and explored broader issues of internationalization, multiculturalism, and globalization at the local level. Another area of research involved the classification of multilingual websites based on language options, country-specific versions, and other adaptation measures for local markets. Hillier's (2003) study analyzed language use on multilingual websites and categorized them into three broad groups.


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