Tag: "mygengo"

We are happy to welcome Seiya Vogt, the newest member of our Sales/Marketing staff, to the team! Seiya was raised in the States, went to college here in Japan, and has previously interned at Smart.fm, another  Japanese startup. We are very fortunate to have him aboard, and also to have him contributing his very first article to our blog. Let’s hope he goes easy on us...   Demo Day myGengo is not what I’d previously thought of as a “normal” company. People don’t wear suits, there is no rigid corporate structure, and the friendly relaxed atmosphere belies the professionalism de... ›Read more

When myGengo launched, its founders each had their own translation itches to scratch.  One founder - who was not bilingual - was frequently tapping friends and family for help on translating short snippets of text.  Another founder who was bilingual was often asked by friends and colleagues for translation assistance.  In both cases, the content to translate was often under 300 - 400 words, not much longer than this blog post!  So it didn't make sense - financially and time-wise - to find, explain, evaluate, and negotiate with a traditional translation firm.  In fact, the requests would often be turned down because the overhead for the trad... ›Read more

myGengo is looking for a bilingual Intern! This is your chance to be part of an exciting Internet startup in Tokyo. If you're into languages, communication, and technology and seek a challenging environment with a mission to breakdown online communication barriers, there's really no hotter place to be than at myGengo. We're still very small, very influential, and we want your help in getting the whole world talking. Here's the link to send in your application: https://www.survs.com/survey/EQTM1D7NG9 You are: A college student or recent graduate Native and Fluent in English (and proficient in Japanese) Punctual, reliable, confid... ›Read more

Since October 2009, myGengo has been translating celebrity tweets and as of March 2010, we have thousands of followers reading and tweeting about our Twitter Translations. For your convenience, I thought I would take this opportunity to put together a list of our twitter translation accounts so that you can access them readily: @HatoyamaYukio English: @hatoyama_y_en @BarackObama Japanese: @BarackObama_ja @aplusk Japanese: @aplusk_ja @cnnbrk Japanese: @cnnbrk_ja @kazuyo_k English: @kazuyo_k_en @ParisHilton Japanese: @ParisHilton_ja If you happen to follow any of our twitter translation accounts, why not RT... ›Read more

Application closes Feb 3rd 2010, at 5pm JST We're looking for a mid-level web designer. You'll be creating new areas of the site that complement the existing design, working on special microsites, emails, iconography and illustration to help people learn about us. This is a freelance project initially, but it is likely a permanent position will become available. If you are good, we'll find a solution that suits us all. Sound like you? - You have a portfolio of beautiful, simple, effective web design for well-known clients. - You have experience working in a web agency setting, either in Japan or overseas, for 2+ years. - You ha... ›Read more

Regular users of myGengo have probably noticed, but we have a brand new website! This is Phase 2 of our redesign (for Phase 1, click here) and there's tons more to see, do and be excited about. Here's the rundown: Translate We have a brand new order form to make it easier for you to place an order. You can also easily check how much your translation will cost using our 10-second quote. The biggest addition to Translate is Doc Uploads - you can now upload MS Office, Acrobat, Rich Text Format, Plain text files of up to 2Mb and receive your translation without the loss of formatting. String String. has been in beta for awhile no... ›Read more

myGengo is a new web startup that is shaking up the translation industry. Our vision is to get the whole world talking, by making it easier than ever to publish and read content in any language. We're growing, and we've got an exciting opportunity in Tokyo for a native Japanese speaker to work with us as an intern to help us get to the next stage. You are: A college student or recent graduate (degree in Journalism, Japanese or anything related to writing) Native and Fluent in Japanese (and some English would be a plus) Punctual, reliable, confident, positive, proactive and organized Excited about a career in the web... ›Read more

Maybe you've noticed...but things look a tad different around myGengo, don't they? Redesign, Phase 1 This is phase 1 of our website redesign and it's mostly little tweaks and improvements to our system to make the overall experience at myGengo for our customers and translators a pleasant one. But there's some important ones that I wanted to specifically mention: When placing an order, you can now exclude words from the word count (URLs, company/product names you don't want translated) by placing "[[[ ]]]" around the words. This also means that you won't be charged for these words. Added job/discussion notes (in addition to the... ›Read more

We are pleased to announce the launch of our Twitter translation service into Spanish! A couple of weeks ago we started English and Japanese translations of top Twitterers like Britney Spears, Ashton Kutcher, Kazuyo Katsuma, and Barack Obama...and we're exciting to start providing this service to the millions of Spanish speakers out there. Here are the people we're translating into Spanish right now: Britney Spears @britney_s_es Ashton Kutcher @aplus_k_es CNN Breaking News @cnn_brk_es Barack Obama @barack_obama_es TechCrunch @tech_crunch_es Lady GaGa @lady_gaga_es Oprah Winfrey @oprahwinfrey_es Coldpl... ›Read more

myGengo is pleased to announce the release of our first annual "State of the Translation Industry 2009" Report! Please download the report here. Everyone here worked really hard to put this report together and present it in a way that's informative and easy to understand. Because let's face it, the translation business can be a complicated and intimidating industry for outsiders - it's hard to keep up with the latest trends and services and the process can be confusing for some people. However it's important to help each other understand it, and break down language barriers to bring the world closer together. This is exactly why we wrot... ›Read more