mromaine

Japan - only the 3rd largest economy in the world, gets grouped with "(Rest of) Asia/Pacific", while India, Africa, UK and Canada get their own spots ...? :)

Re:Human Based Translation API on Monday May 30, 2011 @10:21AM (#2599448)

Hi - are you sure about not receiving a reply? I'm looking at the Zendesk ticket and it shows that we've responded within 8 hours. Update: Now I see why - you mistyped your email address.

Re:Why should anyone ever use a Google API again? on Saturday May 28, 2011 @08:16AM (#2594321)

Full disclosure: I'm the CTO of myGengo

I would also add that because translation is core to our business, we would never deprecate the translation API :)

Geeks on a Plane South America - You can't go wrong, so go now

Posted by mromaine on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @10:26PM
from the mygengo.com dept.

http://mygengo.com/talk/blog/geeks-on-a-plane-south-america-you-cant-go-wrong-so-go-now/

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Importance of regular, consistent release schedules in webdev.

Posted by mromaine on Friday February 18, 2011 @06:14AM
from the mygengo.com dept.

http://mygengo.com/talk/blog/release-schedules/

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How myGengo Scaled Up Their Servers (a real startup's story)

Posted by mromaine on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @06:33PM
from the mygengo.com dept.

http://mygengo.com/talk/blog/server-power-ups-that-worked-for-us-handling-10x-traffic

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Re:Web Services Our Startup Relies On Every Day on Tuesday January 18, 2011 @10:00AM (#2115991)

two words - "opportunity cost".

Re:Kickstartup: Successful fundraising with Kickstarter on Tuesday July 27, 2010 @07:05PM (#1553029)

this has got to be one of the most beautifully set blog posts I've read recently.

Just launched: myGengo Translate API. Plug human translation into your app

Posted by mromaine on Monday April 26, 2010 @12:26AM
from the mygengo.com dept.

http://mygengo.com/services/api

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Re:Tell HN: I made a freelance translation site in only 5 months on Thursday April 15, 2010 @04:02AM (#1267261)

(full disclaimer - I work at myGengo) myGengo (http://mygengo.com) tests translators and does quality-checking for multiple levels to ensure customers are happy with the output. We also allow customers to rate translators and - I'm trying to be honest here - we're almost embarrassed to show the feedback comments because they sound too good (http://mygengo.com/talk/customers/testimonials).

Customers also have the option to request changes / corrections, and even to reject if they are not fully satisfied.

Anyways, just an alternative solution. The online-translation market gets interesting by the day :)

Re:Tell HN: I made a freelance translation site in only 5 months on Thursday April 15, 2010 @03:51AM (#1267249)

Funny - why do you expose all emails on your site?

Re:How I reduced translation costs of 200 articles from $9000 to $46 on Sunday February 28, 2010 @11:38PM (#1158056)

If you're dissatisfied by machine translation, you might consider myGengo - http://mygengo.com - billed as "Mechanical Turk for Translations" - http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/01/11/mygengo-is-mechanical-t... (disclaimer: I'm a co-founder).

Many translation services don't qualify their translators, often accepting them after a CV submission. At myGengo we qualify them through tests, and maintain quality control through regular spot-checks. We're based in Tokyo atm, so we're pretty good at Asian ⇄ European language pairs. You can check out an unsolicited 3rd-party review by a translator here: http://drane.it/2010/01/mygengo-fills-a-niche-and-does-what-...