Since approx. 70% of the world's population does not speak English adding multilingual capability to the site would make it easier for others to share information.
A list of the world's most spoken languages:
Chinese (937,132,000)
Spanish (332,000,000)
English (322,000,000)
Bengali (189,000,000)
Hindi/Urdu (182,000,000)
Arabic (174,950,000)
Portuguese (170,000,000)
Russian (170,000,000)
Japanese (125,000,000)
German (98,000,000)
French (79,572,000)
One option for reaching non-English speaking people:
Automatically translate your web pages
Enable visitors to read your content in their language
Here's a way for site visitors to see your Web pages in their own language, without having to go to a separate translation site.
Free translation widget
Instant in-place translation
Support for over 30 languages
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