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Mai 22, 2014
Gengo cracks 200 million mark for words translated
Tokyo-based translation platform Gengo revealed earlier today that it has translated over 200 million words to date. It also boasts a network of 10,822 translators across 114 countries, who are translating at a rate of four words per second, or 240 words per minute. “Gengo can translate twice as fast as a live translator can […]
April 16, 2014
Why Translation Innovation Starts in Japan
It takes just a day of wandering in Tokyo as a non-Japanese speaker to understand why translation innovation starts in Japan, and much less so in other places of the world. Both visitor and host are totally helpless and hopeless when trying to talk to each other. That is much less the case in Europe […]
März 19, 2014
Why this startup is better off in Tokyo than in Silicon Valley
The story of Gengo’s Robert Laing and Matthew Romaine is a source of inspiration for many gaijin (foreigners) building a tech startup in Japan. As I sipped my green tea, Laing and Romaine told me how Gengo started. Their story is nothing short of amazing for a Tokyo-based startup. While Silicon Valley is great, Tokyo […]
März 12, 2014
Sprachübersetzung: Was globale Unternehmen wissen sollten
Stellen Sie sich vor, Sie könnten die Pressemitteilungen Ihres Unternehmens weltweit lesen oder Geschäfte mit renommierten Kunden aus Übersee abwickeln. Ihr kleines Unternehmen mag noch nicht soweit sein, aber dank einer zunehmend globalen Wirtschaft sind solche Träume für viele Unternehmen auf dem Weg zur Wirklichkeit. Da die Geschäftswelt weiterhin auf globaler Ebene tätig sein wird, […]
März 10, 2014
Gengo API Lets Developers Enter New Markets and Monetize
Translation service Gengo is seeing increased global uptake, according to cofounder and CTO Matt Romaine, who spoke about Gengo’s successes recently at the Small Business Web Summit for SaaS vendors, held in San Jose. As a language translation service powered by human translators and accessed via an API, Gengo has a fairly unique business model. […]
Februar 2, 2014
Übersetzen von Tweets in über 30 Sprachen: CEO Robert Laing von Gengo
Die Übersetzung von E-Mails und Tweets aus dem Japanischen in eine Vielzahl von Sprachen über das Internet: Das ist die Mission von Gengo (Tokio/Shibuya), dem Übersetzungsdienst, der einen großen Bekanntheitsgrad gewonnen hat. Seine Vorteile sind die niedrigen Preise, die nur das Internet und ein globales Netzwerk von mehr als 10.000 Übersetzern bieten können. Neben der […]
November 27, 2013
Tokyo Office Tour: Gengo’s Matthew Romaine talks translation
Back in July we mentioned that Tokyo-based translation startup Gengo would be relocating its head office to Shibuya. Today we were lucky enough to have the company’s CTO Matthew Romaine give us a brief tour of the place, as well as provide some brief updates on how business is going recently. So far Gengo has […]
April 22, 2013
Translation Platform Gengo Raises $12M Funding Round Led By Intel Capital
Gengo, an increasingly popular online translation service that uses a network of more than 7,500 pre-screened and rated translators to provide high-quality translations in 33 languages, announced that it has raised a $12 million funding round. The round was led byIntel Capital, with participation from Iris Capital, Infocomm, NTT-IP and Saudi Telecom Ventures, as well as returning investor Atomico. The service previously […]
Februar 22, 2013
YouTube Partners With Gengo And Translated.net To Make Ordering Paid Caption Translations Easier
YouTube just announced that it has partnered with Gengo and Translated.net, two popular translation services, to give its users a more streamlined process to get their video captions translated by professionals. Publishers can start the translation process from the YouTube interface, get estimates for how long the translation will take and how much it will cost, but they will still […]
Februar 20, 2013
YouTube just made it way easier to get your videos international attention
Trying to get your amazing video more views in other countries? YouTube can help with that, thanks to a new partnership to get your video captions professionally translated. YouTube has already offered caption translations for more than 300 languages using its Google Translate service since September. But if you’ve got a killer video and need people to understand what the dialog […]