Localizing your Windows 8 apps: Multilingual App Toolkit released

Building a Windows 8 app and want to make it available internationally?

It's now easy to get your app translated into multiple languages with the release of the  Multilingual App Toolkit.

This kit is a free download that allows you to set up a localization project and send the files for translation - or get your app automatically translated using the almost 40 languages available from Microsoft Translator.

Take a quick tour of the kit in this 3-minute video from the Windows International team:

The kit works with the free Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows 8 edition.

For full instrucitons on globalizing your Windows 8 app, have a look at the MSDN Globalization pages.