Now PayPal Speaks More Languages
Filed in: Malaysia, PayPal — November 20th, 2008
After Facebook translated to Bahasa Melayu, PayPal also added more local languages for users in Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia and Malaysia.
You’ll find the new language link in the upper right corner of most pages to select your preferred language. Though large part of PayPal site has been translated, there are still some pages that remain in English.
No Bahasa Melayu?
PayPal Malaysia website in Bahasa Indonesia
Though PayPal stated users in Malaysia can choose their local language, which is Bahasa Melayu, but I don’t see the language option in the drop down list. There is only English or Bahasa Indonesia on PayPal Malaysia website (as shown in image above).
Hey, Malaysians do not speak Bahasa Indonesia! Bahasa Indonesia and Bahasa Melayu are 2 different languages! Now I don’t think PayPal really understands Malaysia. 
More Information:
- "PayPal For Dummies” listing at Amazon.com
- "Pro PayPal E-Commerce (Expert’s Voice)" listing at Amazon.com
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November 20th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Hi Liew (same surname, like calling myself),
Does PayPal allow Malaysians to transfer money out of their PayPal account to local bank savings/current account? Last I checked they could not do that, the only way was to withdraw cash using credit card which impose high charges.
November 20th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
PayPal mungkin tidak tahu bahasa utama yang dituturkan di Malaysia kerana di Malaysia terdapat masyarakat majmuk berbilang bangsa seperti Melayu, Cina, India, Kadazan, Iban dan sebagainya…
Maka mereka tidak dapat untuk ‘translate’ Malaysia kepada Bahasa Malaysia, sebagaimana Indonesia = Bahasa Indonesia, Thailand = Bahasa Thailand..
Bahasa Melayu? Sudah tentu jauh sekali, kerana tiada negara MELAYU dalam peta geografi dunia..
Maka oleh kerana Indonesia dalam rumpun MELAYU maka ditumpangkannya bahasa Indonesia untuk Malaysia
Boleh lah pakai kerana ada sedikit persamaan - bagi mereka yang betul-betul FAIL bahasa Inggeris…
November 20th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
I think it shows that Indonesia is more recognised than Malaysia.
November 20th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
this is good news for me as i rely on paypal to send and receive payment all the while…meanwhile i can teach my reader to use different language version
November 20th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Maybe because Obama, the new president elect stayed in Indonesia before - so Indonesia has higher profile than Malaysia
November 21st, 2008 at 2:26 am
paypal really dont understand malaysia, i think they better resolve this problem if not all malaysia residents will angry ^_^
November 21st, 2008 at 12:24 pm
“I don’t think PayPal really understands Malaysia.” - I don’t think they want to
November 21st, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Hi Gobala, u sound familiar.
were u at Stuart’s SMART early this month?
November 22nd, 2008 at 2:35 am
Bahasa Indonesia actually is Bahasa Melayu but using different grammar rules and slang form Riau.
Bahasa Melayu itself has almost 200 sub branches. The on spoken in Malaysia orignated form west sumatra.
Bahasa Melayu is spoken form Southern China until Java Island and South Afirica until Fiji. Of course in different slang and grammar.
November 22nd, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Hahhaah! We want Malaysia Bahasa Melayu! Please!
November 23rd, 2008 at 4:21 pm
I have speaked Indonesia and still using Indonesian Language.
But, for many blog I have, I speak english, because my visitor is really came from International. Like as my new Blog:
ingong.com
However, I only wanna said to all of Malaysian. Keep a piece with us! We are in one branches, no is the diference between all of us.
Ok, thanks. And sorry, Liew, and all of you, if I take a hurt of your feel. Sorry! Piece!
IngOng.com
November 26th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Hi LCW..
So long not visiting here about 4 month ago and the good thing about this blog is look same unique and have own principal I love that!!
erm.. not simply for others blogger like to change their theme constantly and lost identity. That make this blog special for me and it’s reflect to your identity as well.
OK related my comment to this post I see Indonesian successful make their citizen proud to their own language since Sukarnoe era until today nothing so much change. That the same grammar language they use 60 years ago after bloody fight win the WAR for independent from Dutch.
Compare to Malaysia we take for granted on how to maintain Bahasa Malaysia..I love heard Bahasa Melayu in P.Ramlee movies it’s sound so beautiful instead of Bahasa Malaysia in 2008.
That why to all my international friend I prefer they learn Bahasa Indonesia for stability because I worried another ten year “lah” slang Malay+Chinese slang whatever suddenly banned or unused anymore..to what I don’t know to new Bahasa Malaysia.
Ohh..Damm to Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka..LOL