Web site localization in the Chinese market

Authors

Chen Ho, Mike CHAO, Baruch College, City University of New York, United StatesFollow
Nitish SINGH, Saint Louis University, United States
Chin Chun, Vincent HSU, University of Nevada, United States
Yifeng, Nancy CHEN, Lingnan University, Hong KongFollow
Jenyi CHAO, Graduate School of Educational Communications and Technology, Taiwan

Document Type

Journal article

Source Publication

Journal of Electronic Commerce Research

Publication Date

1-1-2012

Volume

13

Issue

1

First Page

33

Last Page

49

Keywords

Chinese market, Content localization, Cultural customization, Translation quality, Website localization

Abstract

After content analyzing 100 multinational companies' webpages for American and Chinese consumers respectively, this study validates Singh et al.'s [2009] localization framework (i.e., cultural customization, content localization and translation quality) in the Chinese market and present best practices in localizing websites for the Chinese market.

Print ISSN

19389027

E-ISSN

15266133

Publisher Statement

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Full-text Version

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Language

English

Recommended Citation

Chao, M. C.-h., Singh, N., Hsu, C.-C. V., Chen, Y. N., & Chao, J. (2012). Web site localization in the Chinese market. Journal of Electronic Commerce Research, 13(1), 33-49.