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This is a guest post written by Deborah Cornwell-Kelly, a myGengo Senior Translator in the Italian to English language pair. Learn more about Deborah at her translation website. There is a recurrent conversation I have always found difficult to handle. It’s one that threatens my sense of identity––one that happens more often than not. Whether it takes place at the playground after picking up the kids, over an aperitif in a trendy bar in Milan or at a dinner party with newly acquainted friends––it’s inevitable. Sooner or later, the conversation shifts and somewhat hesitantly the... ›Read more

Ever wanted to set a Guinness World Record? At myGengo, we believe we’re on track to becoming the largest team of translators worldwide, and when it happens we'll be sure to tell you. In the meantime, check out our language edition of Guinness World Records. We've sorted through all 30,000 of the official records to bring to you the top 5 we think are the most impressive and interesting.  1. Shortest Word in the English Language That Contains All Five Main Vowels Next time you’re playing English Scrabble and you find yourself with nothing left but the five main vowels—tha... ›Read more

This is part one of a two-part post written by Thaís Castanheira, a myGengo Senior Translator in the English to Brazilian Portuguese language pair. Learn more about Thais by checking out her translation website. When people ask what I do for a living, I usually tell them I’m a translator. The fun part is when they ask what kind of translation and I get to say “I localize games.” Of course, anytime I share my secret with kids (especially young boys), their response is always the same. They light up and marvel with envy, “wooow! She translates video games!” Yes, localizing game... ›Read more

At myGengo, we know an opportunity when we see one. That’s why we weren’t about to miss out on attending CeBIT 2012—the world’s largest computer and IT-trade show—an annual event held in Hanover, Germany that spans 5 days and attracts industry representatives from 100 countries worldwide. During the event, our German team was hard at work (and at play) meeting existing partners, networking with potential clients and most importantly, making new connections in order to land even more jobs for our talented team of translators. The History of CeBIT The first independently organi... ›Read more

Here's a riddle for you. What’s something that can be borrowed, but never has to be returned? And no, it’s not my Roll n’ Pour! (Which I want back by the way, you know who you are!) Give up? The answer is loanwords—or words that have been adopted by speakers of a language different than the language in which they originated. Chances are you didn't even realize some of the words you've been using all this time weren't actually English in the first place. What do you say we take a look at a few of them right now? The Low Down on Loanwords Today, we're going to reveal 5 words... ›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

We’ve had some really awesome plugins come in from third-party developers working in our API Lab. These plugins make it convenient to order professional-quality translations from within the platform or content management system of your choice, allowing anyone to grow their audience and reach. The next plugin we are covering is G-Gengo by Josh Chia, which allows you to order human translations from within Google’s Gmail. Gmail is one of the most popular Web mail services in the world and, by a recent count, boasts over 260 million users worldwide. Installing the Plugin Before... ›Read more

In addition to our Express and String products, we offer a full-fledged Translation API to any developers and companies interested in integrating with our systems. We’ve seen some great plugins and applications get built on top of this platform, but one of the chief questions we’ve been getting from customers is, “what is my API key?” A little back-story is probably in order: API keys are a little bit like IDs that plugins and applications rely on to tell myGengo that you’re, well, you. Without it, we’d have no way to say, “all right, this translation is done, let’s return it for this user." These keys aren’t exactly user-friendly, appare... ›Read more

For translators without a technical background, dealing with HTML tags within source texts can be tricky. Knowing a few of the basics can help to eliminate mistakes almost entirely, so we thought we'd post a quick tutorial. I'll explain both the basics of translating a source text that has HTML tags as well as give a quick overview of the technical solutions we are working on to make dealing with HTML easier, and to prevent these mistakes from happening. What is HTML? For those new to HTML, HTML is a language used to describe a website to your web browser. It consists of a se... ›Read more

We’ve been highlighting some of the customers we’ve helped go global with our translation services. For part three of this mini-series, we’ll be focusing on Evernote, a incredibly portable note-taking application that works with and syncs to pretty much every platform imaginable.  Installing the program was easy: I just had to download, sign up and then I was ready to go. With its simple but well-executed concept and a plethora of apps built specifically to highlight this note-taking program's best features, it's no surprise that Evernote has been so successful.  So when the aw... ›Read more