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Which languages each generator says it supports, and where

Same-host rule: counting only what the host being read serves

The same-host rule counts a language alternate only when it is served from the host being read. Alternates pointing at subdomains, national domains or separate brands are recorded and not counted, for every vendor alike. As of 2026-09-22.

Three possible rules, and what each one would measureCounting only the host being read measures how much of its own site a vendor translated. Counting any host in a cluster measures how many properties a company runs. Choosing per vendor measures nothing at all, because no reader could reproduce it.Which alternates should count?Same host onlyPages a vendortranslatedUnderstates companiesorganised by subdomain.Applied here toeveryone.Any host in the clusterDomains a companyownsRewards a portfolio overtranslation work.Whatever seems fairNothing comparableChoices would land onwhichever readingflattered the vendor.It costs two vendors here almost everything, and both raw figures are printed
Fig. 1 Two of the three are defensible and only one of them can be applied without judgement, which is the whole argument.
Three possible counting rules, and what each one would measure. Recorded 2026-09-22.
RuleWhat it measuresWhere it breaks
Same host onlyHow much of its own site a vendor translatedUnderstates companies organised by subdomain
Any host in the clusterHow many properties a company runsRewards owning domains over translating pages
Whatever seems fair per vendorNothing comparableCannot be reproduced by a reader

Inclusion rule. The counting rules available for this column. The first is applied here to every vendor without exception. Order. The rule in use first.

1The narrow rule is chosen for reproducibility

Both of the first two rules are defensible. Counting other hosts is arguably fairer to a company with regional offices; counting only one host is arguably fairer to a company that translated its own pages.

What is not defensible is the third option. A rule chosen per vendor produces a column nobody can re-derive, and the choices would land on whichever reading flattered the vendor being written about that day.

2It costs two vendors here almost everything

Two vendors declare twelve and sixteen alternates and serve nearly all of them from language subdomains. Both are counted at one. Those subdomains are real pages and real work.

So the raw declaration is printed on both of their pages beside the counted figure. A reader who prefers the broader rule has the numbers to apply it and can disagree with the step rather than with the table.

3It also hides one market twice

Two further vendors declare a Chinese alternate that resolves to a separate domain, and the rule discards both. Companies selling into mainland China commonly run a separate domain for it.

That is a real limitation, recorded on both vendor pages. A rule visible only where it helps somebody would not be a rule, and a rule with no stated cost would not be honest.

A definition, not a measurement: no vendor figure appears here that is not also in the register. The rule and its two discards are set out in full on the how counted page.

Nearby terms: Declaration, Unit mismatch. The whole vocabulary is at terms; nothing on this page is a claim about a named product.