Blogger web-logging service, which was acquired by Google Inc. last year when it bought the service’s creator, Pyra Labs Inc., has broken away from its English-only status. Blogger is now available in nine other languages: Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, French, Italian, Spanish, German and Brazilian Portuguese. This first phase of the service’s internationalization involves key Blogger sections, such as its sign-in and account pages. Translation of the Blogger posting interface is to follow.

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