New translation feature in the Google Chrome browser helps to breakdown language barrier, as reported in The Independent. Interestingly, the article reveals that the total number of English internet users make up only 27.6 percent of internet users around the world. Time will tell if Chrome's new translation feature encourages Anglophone users to surf more foreign language web sites. A visible prompt or reminder by browsers such as Chrome that there is a non-English speaking world out there may help to encourage ultimately a greater interest in foreign language learning, particularly if English language pages continue to become a smaller proportion of the entire web.

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