Sometimes, it’s the smallest things that mean the most. We built Gengo to help the world communicate freely, to help people connect and share special moments together. This year, in place of a year-end company report, we asked our global translator community to share, in ten words or less, ...

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Alex grew up in what she describes as a “world of her own” in Russia and later moved to London, where she still resides. A Russian to English translator, this Face of Gengo is a self-professed diehard introvert but is in her element when learning languages. What languages do you speak? How do you...

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Olga, our Senior Translator Coordinator Intern, started her adventures at Gengo as a Russian to English translator. She quickly moved on to become a Senior Translator in the pair, and is now working with our translator team in the Tokyo office. Born in Riga, Latvia, Olga moved with her family to ...

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Meet Adrián a Gengo translator across two language pairs (English to Spanish and Japanese to Spanish), who is also studying for his Master's degree in Mathematics at the University of Tokyo.

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Acting on a whim, Justin started taking Japanese classes while at university. His teacher encouraged him to spend one year in Japan, and now, many years later and fluent in the language, this Face of Gengo translates from Japanese to English to help maintain proficiency. Hailing from the US, Just...

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Sarah, our latest Face of Gengo, first dipped her toes into the translation world seven years ago when she started translating for friends after moving from her native England to Germany. Now a regular German to English translator and part-time English teacher, Sarah loves the diverse subject mat...

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