"The Net is inspiring a serious push in Asian language computing, " says Bala Pillai, a Malaysian-born, Sydney-based Internet strategist.

CNN: COMMUNICATION

Though the Internet boasts users from dozens of countries, the alphabet is dominant, as is the English language -- a legacy of the Net's North American origins.

CNN: COMMUNICATION

The net effect is to give the impression of a text translated from another language.

ECONOMIST: New fiction

In the short term, the newcomers may cost more than they contribute, but as their job and language skills improve and their earnings rise over time, the net lifetime impact of most immigrants is positive.

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Again the work history has an overlap: During the same time that she was working for KIT Fortis, her profile says that she had founded her current venture, Russian-language real estate listing search engine Domdot.ru (domdot.net for curious English speakers).

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The home side had Danny Seaborne sent off for foul and abusive language in the first half, but they still forced Vale defender Luke Prosser to put through his own net, an own goal which eventually settled the game.

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