Bianca Aguilar
@biancamikaila
designer, educator, writer, learner
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According to Britannica, language patterns in Southeast Asia are highly complex and are rooted in four major language families: Sino-Tibetan, Tai, Austro-Asiatic, and Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian). Also it must be noted that there are countless languages as well as dialects are used in the region.
Project Lima • Inclusive design in Southeast Asia
Many major non-Chinese sites are completely inaccessible. Trying to load up a blocked site usually gets you a good ol’ Page Cannot be Displayed message, and for reasons seemingly unknown to anyone, also seems to crash your browser’s ability to load anything at all for thirty seconds or so.
Kendra Schaefer • Notes From Behind the Firewall: The State of Web Design in China
There needs to be a mindful approach in treating languages. In addition to translating word by word, there is a need to understand the local nuance of the words in a specific context.
Project Lima • Inclusive design in Southeast Asia
"If you want to win an election in India or any of the developing countries, you need to win the WhatsApp war."
Payal Arora • The Next Billion Users: Digital Life Beyond the West
“We often think about the PhD as a mechanism for creating more just futures -- and a more just world,” said Rodgers, who earned her doctorate at the University of Southern California. “It’s one of the most creative and impactful fields that you can go into.”
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