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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 […]
February 20, 2013
Google partners with Gengo and Translated.net for professional YouTube captioning in 36 languages
Google has added some new functionality to YouTube’s Video Manager today in the form of translation vendors, giving any user access to professional translators for quick captioning in 36 different languages. The video sharing service released a Request Translation button last September, giving channel owners an easy way to create caption translation documents and share them with […]
February 20, 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 […]
February 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 […]
October 3, 2012
Japan’s New Tech Generation
TOKYO — Every Wednesday, a bar in central Tokyo hosts an unusual speed-dating event. There are drinks and plenty of coy looks. But the young people at the bar aren’t here for romance. “I want to meet like-minded people — basically, people who get the Internet,” said Shingo Hiranuma, 29, a former smartphone engineer at […]
September 27, 2011
Human Translation Platform Gengo Raises $5.25 Million From Atomico, 500 Startups
Tokyo-based human translation service Gengo(“Mechanical Turk for translations”) has raised a Series A Round of funding. The US$5.25 million round was led by Atomico, the London-based VC firm headed by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström, and existing investor 500 Startups. Atomico partner Hiro Tamurawill join Gengo’s board of directors. This capital injection follows the US$1.75 million in seed funding the company raised […]
September 26, 2011
Gengo lands $5.25M for online translation that really works
Gengo, a startup that provides customized language-translation services, has taken on $5.25 million in Series A funding from London-based venture capital firm Atomico and 500 Startups. Right now, the translation market has two main segments: a high-end market dominated by full-time in-house translators, and a low-end market dominated by Google Translate. myGengo’s service aims to occupy […]
March 2, 2011
10 Ways to Turn Your Local Business Into a Global Success
Today’s Internet represents a momentous age in the history of global commerce. Never before have so many people met in one, international marketplace. It has never been so easy to reach so many people. Yet, as tantalizing as a market of billions sounds, surprisingly few brands make the effort to seriously compete on a global […]