Web-based Translation Start-up myGengo Fundraises USD585,000 From Ten Angel Investors

myGengo, a web-based multilingual human translation service start-up in Japan, announced convertible note fundraising of approximately 50 million yen from ten angel investors including: Felix Miller, Last.fm co-founder Brian Nelson, Japan’s affiliate provider Value Commerce CEO Dave McClure, 500 Startups Christoph Janz, Deal Pilot and Page Flakes founder Benjamin Joffe, Plus 8 Star founder Joshua… Continue reading Web-based Translation Start-up myGengo Fundraises USD585,000 From Ten Angel Investors

Translation Tool: New Option Between Human Profession And Computer’s Imperfectness

Today, in Japan, it seems that there is a boom in launching a new business category called “Social Translation”. Last week a Tokyo-based tech start-up Anydoor[J] launched a web-based new translation service, which is named Conyac, allowing participating members to do translation work. Japanese translation industry has annually USD2B worth of its market volume. Basically,… Continue reading Translation Tool: New Option Between Human Profession And Computer’s Imperfectness