automated translation is the biggest b***s**t.
The biggest strength of Fotolia is that they have many contributors that submit in their mother tongue therefore you find images in your mother tongue that you won't find on other sites because they use mainly automated translation and this doesn't really work, in particular for keywords.
I'm thinking more of local Symbio-networks there people put up sites completely in their mother tongue and connect with other Symbiostock-sites in the same area. The user-experience would be far ahead of any other rotten translated major site and could give a real edge in the competition.
Personally after finishing my English Symbiostock site I will put up a German Symbiostock site which only uses German including the URL of the site, I'm also thinking to make a Symbiostock Tutorial in German to encourage other people to make a Symbiostock-site. But this is all very early stage I will post this in a different thread than I have more to show.