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Human Based Translation API

28 points by franze 15y ago

robert_mygengo 15y ago
(Disclosure, I'm the CEO of myGengo) We just this damn second announced a special offer whereby you can switch to our translation API and get $25 free credits (AND you'll continue to get free machine translation). Bit ironic that you posted your link just now. Check it out: http://mygengo.com/talk/blog/translation-apis-google-shutting-down-but-are-there-alternatives/ http://mygengo.com/talk/blog/translation-apis-google-shuttin...
- franze 15y ago
  i submitted the link, because the answers by your team http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2592690 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2592690 for "Why should anyone ever use a Google API again?" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2592399 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2592399 were awesome.
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- bastiat 15y ago
  We are using pootle internally to manage our l18n, the corporate belief is that we need to use internal translators on these strings because they understand the context. How do we reduce or remove this barrier to using external resources?
steilpass 15y ago
I was actually looking into mygengo as a translation service. Asked a question, didn't get an answer, went to toptranslation.com
- mromaine 15y ago
  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.
  - steilpass 15y ago
    Just to confirm: My fail. Sorry about that. BTW: Great response from you guys at MyGengo.
tomjen3 15y ago
This seems pretty nice, but I am wondering why they charge $249 to translate an iPhone app description (at most 300 words) when the level normally cost 12c/word (it would cost $33 to have it translated at the normal price).
joshzayin 15y ago
FYI to the dev: There's an extra > on http://mygengo.com/translator/ http://mygengo.com/translator/ : "Simply sign up here and take a test to get started. Your test will be reviewed within 30 days by a Senior Translator who is native in the language. If you pass the test, you can then browse and work on jobs.> "
- holdupadam 15y ago
  Cheers

28 points by franze 15y ago

(Disclosure, I'm the CEO of myGengo) We just this damn second announced a special offer whereby you can switch to our translation API and get $25 free credits (AND you'll continue to get free machine translation). Bit ironic that you posted your link just now. Check it out: http://mygengo.com/talk/blog/translation-apis-google-shutting-down-but-are-there-alternatives/ http://mygengo.com/talk/blog/translation-apis-google-shuttin...

franze 15y ago
i submitted the link, because the answers by your team http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2592690 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2592690 for "Why should anyone ever use a Google API again?" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2592399 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2592399 were awesome.
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bastiat 15y ago
We are using pootle internally to manage our l18n, the corporate belief is that we need to use internal translators on these strings because they understand the context. How do we reduce or remove this barrier to using external resources?

steilpass 15y ago

I was actually looking into mygengo as a translation service. Asked a question, didn't get an answer, went to toptranslation.com

mromaine 15y ago
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.
- steilpass 15y ago
  Just to confirm: My fail. Sorry about that. BTW: Great response from you guys at MyGengo.

tomjen3 15y ago

This seems pretty nice, but I am wondering why they charge $249 to translate an iPhone app description (at most 300 words) when the level normally cost 12c/word (it would cost $33 to have it translated at the normal price).

joshzayin 15y ago

FYI to the dev: There's an extra > on http://mygengo.com/translator/ http://mygengo.com/translator/ : "Simply sign up here and take a test to get started. Your test will be reviewed within 30 days by a Senior Translator who is native in the language. If you pass the test, you can then browse and work on jobs.> "

holdupadam 15y ago
Cheers