Dúrud Teoranta helps FujiFilm allow people to print their snaps as Gaeilge around the world‏

Posted on 11. Jun, 2010 by admin in Enterprise

FujiFilm Ireland is delighted to announce that it is bringing Ireland and the Irish language to a global audience by providing an Irish language option on its digital photo kiosks.Users in many countries on four continents (Asia, Europe, Australia, North America) can now select Irish as their preferred language on the screen whilst using the photo kiosks. So now people in New Zealand, New York or New Ross and Limerick, Lisbon or Las Vegas can select Gaeilge when they go to print their snaps. FujiFilm Ireland is proud to recognise Ireland’s culture by offering the Irish language option on its photo kiosks. “With over 1,000 machines across Ireland, we felt it was important to show that Ireland is an unique and distinct market and using the Irish language on the digital photo kiosks was an ideal way of demonstrating Ireland’s distinctness” said Kyran O’Kelly, Head of Sales and Marketing.

* Irish is one of 18 languages offered worldwide on Fujifilm photo kiosks – Irish is available on the photo kiosks in North America, Australia, New Zealand and many countries in Europe.

* Irish is one of 9 official European Union languages available on the kiosks (Irish, English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish)

* Irish is the first Celtic language on the FujiFilm digital photo kiosks.

The digital photo kiosks are very easy to use. People only need to touch the Irish flag with Gaeilge written underneath on the screens and Irish will appear. They can then choose from a wide range of photographic services, print their photos from their digital cameras or mobile phones, creating photo gifts with their images and making big prints even bigger using the wide format print option. In recognition of its use of the Irish language, FujiFilm Ireland was nominated at the Barr 50 Gnó le Gaeilge (Top 50 Business using Irish awards) which were recently held in the Mansion House, Dublin. People in Maynooth can use the FujiFilm kiosks in Hickey’s pharmacy in Manor Mills Shopping Centre.

The kiosks were translated by Seanán Ó Coistín from Kilcock who is a founder and director of Dúrud Teoranta, a new company that specialises in computing and localisation into the Irish language. (http://www.durud.ie)