Language sensitive electronic mail generation and associated applications

A method comprising:

• receiving, as part of an electronic mail generation system, at least one instruction to automatically generate a set of language-specific electronic mail messages including content associated with marketing research, wherein the at least one instruction includes an indication of a list of recipients and an indication of a pre-assembled content set for use in automatically generating the set of language-specific electronic mail messages containing the content associated with marketing research, the pre-assembled content set including at least a first version of the content in a first language and a second version of the content in a second language;
• determining, as part of the electronic mail generation system, a preferred language of an electronic mail recipient from the list of recipients, wherein the electronic mail generation system is a part of a market research system;
• selecting and writing header information to an electronic mail message based on the preferred language;
• based on the preferred language, selecting from the pre-assembled content set, a language-appropriate version of the content and writing a body to the electronic mail message, wherein the body includes the selected language-appropriate version of the content;
• and
• sending the electronic mail message to the electronic mail recipient.

An apparatus comprising:

• a storage medium having stored therein a plurality of programming instructions designed to perform a plurality of operations, including
• a first operation to determine, as part of an electronic mail generation system, a preferred language of an electronic mail recipient,
• a second operation to write header information to an electronic mail message based on the preferred language,
• a third operation to select, based on the preferred language, a version of content for writing to the body of the electronic mail message, wherein the version of content is selected from a collection of content that includes multiple versions of the content, including a first version of the content that has been pre-translated into a first language and a second version of the content that has been pre-translated into a second language;
• a fourth operation to write a body to the electronic mail message, wherein the writing includes inserting the selected version of content;
• and
• a fifth operation to send the electronic mail message to the electronic mail recipient;
• and
• a processor coupled to the storage medium to execute the programming instructions.

An apparatus comprising:

• a storage medium having stored therein a plurality of programming instructions designed to perform a plurality of operations, including
• a first operation to determine, as part of an electronic mail generation system, a preferred language of an electronic mail recipient,
• a second operation to write header information to an electronic mail message based on the preferred language,
• a third operation to select, based on the preferred language, a version of content for writing to the body of the electronic mail message, wherein the version of content is selected from a collection of content that includes multiple versions of the content, including a first version of the content that has been pre-translated into a first language and a second version of the content that has been pre-translated into a second language;
• a fourth operation to write a body to the electronic mail message;
• and
• a fifth operation to send the electronic mail message to the electronic mail recipient;
• and
• a processor coupled to the storage medium to execute the programming instructions, wherein the electronic mail generation system is a market research system, and the programming instructions further implement the market research system.