Windows 7 and Office 2010 in Local Languages

Monday, November 23, 2009 - 18:39
Microsoft South Africa releases of 10 African language packs for the Windows 7 and Office 2010 suite of products
Microsoft South Africa is going local, with its release of 10 African language packs for the Windows 7 and Office 2010 suite of products.

The company has pulled translation teams from South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Ethiopia to translate the company's new products for release on the continent.

According to Vis Naidoo, the citizenship lead at Microsoft South Africa, the company plans to have Sesotho sa Leboa, Setswana, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Afrikaans, Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, kiSwahili and Amharic versions of its software up and running by the end of 2011.

To read the article titled, “Microsoft SA releases 10 African language packs for Windows 7 and Office 2010,” click here.
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