Facebook is using artificial intelligence to allow users to compose one post in multiple languages. The issue is critical given that half of Facebook's customer base doesn't speak English.
The social networking giant said it will begin testing an in-house tool called the "multiligual composer." Using the composer, Facebook customer can write one post and viewers will see it in their preferred language.
For Facebook, its scale will improve its machine translation models for less common languages.
According to Facebook, the multilingual composer is already being used on its Pages feature and receive about 70 million daily views.
The tools for breaking down the language barriers include:
For Facebook, breaking down language barriers can boost engagement as well as make its advertising more global. Google has had a translate feature for years that has some flaws, but is fairly handy.