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Does the number 38 ring a bell? Any gambler knows there are 38 slots on a roulette wheel. Sci-fi geeks will quickly point out the fact that a Stargate will only stay open for 38 seconds. But if you’re a translator, without a doubt you must be thinking "The number of language pairs supported by myGengo!"  ...And as of yesterday, you'd be correct.   Available Now! For the uninitiated, that’s 38 different combinations of languages, completely supported by qualified human translators, available for immediate ordering. Heck, if you’re a translator yourself, that could even mean... ›Read more

UPDATE: We’ve reactivated our Jobs RSS. More information about this service and other job notification tools can be found in the Translator Forums.   We've recently been experiencing severe downtime issues, which have affected many translators.  Week commencing 5th March: 68 minutes downtime Week commencing 12th March: 135 minutes downtime Some translators have been unable to access the site to pick up jobs, others have lost connection during a job, and others have been unable to submit their jobs or been 'timed out' by the system while the site was down. ... ›Read more

Back in January, we were contacted by MD Systems about a hackathon they were putting on in Zurich, Switzerland, to enhance internationalization and localization tools for the Drupal Content Management System (CMS). Drupal, one of the most widely deployed CMS, is regularly employed by Sony, Warner Brothers, Fast Company, The Economist and more. At myGengo, we think our API and focus on quality, affordable human translation would be a great fit for any Drupal site that's looking to localize into another language, so we made an effort to get out to Zurich to support the cause. Fo... ›Read more

Tokyo native Hiroto Tokusei joins us as our new marketing director, bringing his experience as a product manager for YouTube's Asia-Pacific division. As product manager for YouTube, Hiroto was responsible for ensuring that the popular video-sharing site saw success in its localization into the Asia-Pacific, implementing auto-translations and auto-captioning to make user-created videos accessible and enjoyable for people worldwide. He'll be helping myGengo further enrich its marketing approach through identifying user needs, providing feedback to product developers and helping u... ›Read more

Lloyd comes to us via Toronto, where he worked as a healthcare application developer, solving problems and generally making the world a better place before relocating to Tokyo to work with the myGengo team. He'll be working closely with the rest of the dev team as our new Sales and Technical Support Engineer, providing insight and support for technical inquiries from clients and customers. In between fixing bugs and demystifying technical issues, you can find Lloyd geeking out on consumer tech, building his own apps and playing his PS3. ›Read more

Meet Miki Nakata, one of the newest members of our Japanese corporate salesforce. Miki comes to us after working as a freelance copywriter, interpreter and translator in New York and her hometown of New Jersey. As a member of the Japanese sales team, Miki will serve as the in-between for customers and myGengo, in order to help us better integrate into the local business environment. Come say hi to her at myGengo's Tokyo office, where you can find her working with myGengo's Japanese corporate clients (and mourning Japan's sad lack of honeycrisp apples). ›Read more

The Crunchies Awards are hosted by TechCrunch every year, and focus on spotlighting startups that shine in a variety of categories. We're up for the Best International Startup award, but in order to win it, we need your help. It would make our year to win — the Crunchies are like the Oscars of the tech industry.  So if you think we're awesome, vote here and tell all your friends. Voting closes in just a couple of hours, so be sure to vote now! Thanks for all your support! ›Read more

We don't know if you've heard the news, but myGengo has been growing quite rapidly. From acquiring more office space, introducing new languages and hiring new staff, we've tripled our size over the past year. We'll be introducing some of our newest team members over the next couple of weeks, so stay tuned. We hope you'll join us in welcoming Natalia Manidis, who joined last week as our new Translator Community Manager. Natalia hails from Australia, where she worked with Oxfam as a coordinator for Straight Talk, before traveling throughout Central and North America for six months.... ›Read more

Kenji Yamamoto, the former VP of Apple Japan and our current CRO, wrote an article remembering his experiences with Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO, who passed away on October 5. Originally published on Yamamoto's personal website, this is our translation of his post, which originally appeared here. This is the second of two parts — this first part is here. At the time, I was trying to decide whether to accept a job offer to become a COO of a large public company. Unquestionably, this offer was for a prestigious position. It was an excellent B2B company, but on the inside, I simply did n... ›Read more

Last May, we traveled to Chile as part of the Geeks on a Plane South America event, and had some great experiences and met some amazing people.  In case you aren't familiar with it, Geeks on a Plane is a seasonal tour organized by 500 Startups that brings investors and startups on tours of areas that are rapidly becoming technology hotspots. They just wrapped up an East Asia tour, and they'll be hitting the roads again in December for a tour of India. We'll be posting a recap of our CEO Robert Laing's trip to China with the GOAP crew shortly. But for now, check out our CTO Matt... ›Read more