Crenk Technology » services http://crenk.com Web Apps, Mobile Apps and Reviews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:07:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 My Gengo – Translation by People, Not Computers http://crenk.com/2010/01/14/my-gengo-translation-by-people-not-computers/ http://crenk.com/2010/01/14/my-gengo-translation-by-people-not-computers/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:09:09 +0000 Dean Sherwin http://crenk.com/?p=7988 My Gengo – Translation by People, Not Computers originally appeared on: Crenk
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]]> mygengo_logo-215x76 One of the emerging trends in the online world is to have a translation service. Google Translate is probably the best well known with ad-ons and blog widgets to help people translate web pages, documents and the likes. However, the problem is that it’s often a little too ‘literal’ meaning some sentences don’t make sense when translated. They get ‘lost in translation’, if you will.

My Gengo allow users to upload a document, have it translated by a professional and then returned to them at a very low rate (normally 70% lower than freelance translators charge on sites like Elance). I think this is a great idea. A few times I have needed letters and documents translated for my business and have had to spend quite a lot of money to ensure they’re translated properly – especially when I’m sending them to a client or a potential one.

The site offers translation services between languages like English, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Italian and Russian. They recently received investment from tech entrepreneur Dave McClure so it looks like this start-up might just be a success in the near future.

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