Category: News
Why we’re closing String
String, our app for localization, is shutting down on August 30, 2013. Why are we shutting down String? In short: Startups have to focus, and String was always a second priority. It didn’t receive the resources and love that it needed to succeed. Additionally, there are now new, better solution...
Gengo integrates with Magento to localize ecommerce websites
If you run an online store, there’s a good chance you’re using Magento. There are currently over 150,000 websites that use Magento’s powerful open-source ecommerce solutions, including brands like The North Face, Olympus and Nike. By integrating with mega ecommerce channels like Amazon, Rakuten a...
New Gengo plugin powers Drupal websites in 36 languages
With about 1,000,000 installations, including Twitter, The Economist, and even the White House, Drupal has become an extremely popular CMS, especially with global audiences. So we’re very happy to announce that there’s now a way to translate content within Drupal. The TMGMT plugin built by MD Sys...
Easy and powerful localization via Phrase
Phrase is a new translation management system for developers, founded in 2012 and based in Hamburg, Germany. Their aim is to make it simple, fast and reliable to localize an app or website into multiple languages. We love seeing innovative startups in the translation space like Phrase, and now th...
Gengo raises $12M led by Intel Capital
I’m very happy to announce that Gengo has recently raised a Series B investment of US$12 million. The investment was led by Intel Capital, included our Series A investors Atomico, and also included Iris Capital, Singapore-based Infocomm, Japan’s NTT-IP, and STCV (Saudi Telecom). Gengo enjoy...
Webinar: Best practices for video translation
Last month we announced our partnership with 3Play Media, the video caption and transcription specialists. Today we want to share a webinar we co-hosted with 3Play Media on the Best Practices for Video Translation. This webinar covers how to translate your video, engage with an international audi...