Earlier this month, Gengo attended the annual Tech in Asia Tokyo 2015 conference at Shibuya Hikarie. More than 1,500 participants from Japan, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and beyond gathered at the two-day event to discuss Asia’s startup scene and rub shoulders with fellow entrepreneurs a...

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Gengo customers can now order translation in our newest language pair, Dutch to English, both online and through our API. We also offer translation from English to Dutch, as well as many other languages—see the full list here. Looking for a particular pair? We consider all requests and can craft ...

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At Gengo, our goal has always been to provide hassle-free human translation, accessible to all. We’ve just introduced a streamlined payment process that provides direct credit card payments in addition to PayPal. Payments for orders or credit top-ups can now be made worldwide by Visa, MasterCard,...

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Last year Gengo launched a new initiative called dogfooding, where every member of our team regularly tests and uses our own platform. While most of our teams already use Gengo daily, including Marketing, Ops, Engineering and Support, we wanted for everyone to have the chance to test and try out ...

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We’re excited to announce that we recently closed our Series C funding round of $5.4M led by Recruit of Japan. Recruit are an international leader in supporting diverse aspects of global companies from Japan, and we’re excited to have them join our team of investors. Also participating in t...

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Spring is here in Japan! Sakura (桜), or cherry blossoms, are now in full bloom around the world, prompting sakura viewing parties and excursions known as hanami (花見) here in Japan and abroad. To celebrate, Japanese residents head to the closest park, lay down a blanket and spend the day enjoyi...

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