hi5 Networks, Inc. is a privately-held firm headquartered in San Francisco, CA. Its flagship service, hi5, was launched in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing social networks — ranked by Alexa® as a top 20 website globally and the #1 social network in 25 countries across Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa (the #3 social network worldwide). More than 80 million people in over 200 nations are currently registered for hi5, which is available in 23 language options (with more to come). Individuals use hi5 to stay connected and share information with friends and family around the world, meet new people, express themselves, and discover social linkages throughout their lives. For more information, please visit http://www.hi5.com or http://www.hi5networks.com. 

• Bambi Francisco September 25, 2008

  according to mashable - Hi5 launched a translation tool to make it easy for developers to localize their applications, while the users will be able to communicate in their language of choice not only on hi5, but also when using third-party applications available on the hi5 Platform. Developers who don’t have translators of their own can also leverage hi5’s community of professional and crowdsourced translators. http://mashable.com/2008/09/25/hi5-translation-developers/