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   by vasco_ 13y ago

   That is good point. We are in the process of refining the user experience and especially making that much more transparent. Initially we thought that having a stream of tasks would be more efficient. If we have paid tasks we always put that
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   by vasco_ 13y ago

   Thanks! :)
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   by vasco_ 13y ago

   USP? But yeah, first we do machine and then the crowd edits the output to fix any mistakes.
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   by vasco_ 13y ago

   We are combining a lot of technology with human work and we think we can make this so efficient that even if we charge this kind of prices we will be able to pay editors a decent amount per hour. We might need to raises prices, but right no
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   by vasco_ 13y ago

   Really interesting use case. To be honest I don't know if it would work well, I don't think anyone has used for that purpose, but I would certainly love to try. If you are not satisfied, we can always return your money :) Also, pl
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   by vasco_ 13y ago

   right now we do facebook ads, post on job boards, try the usual things. We have some interesting ideas on how to tap to the bilingual community, which hopefully will do soon. So far our clients have been really happy with the results. I wou
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   by vasco_ 13y ago

   You almost nailed it. It is pretty much like that but there is more than one person editing. It is a chain of editors that work in sequence.
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   by vasco_ 13y ago

   Thank you, more languages should be coming soon.
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   by vasco_ 13y ago

   Thanks, sorry about the mistakes. One good thing is that we can actually handle mistakes for the translation :)
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    Show HN: Simple translation by email(blog.unbabel.com)

    59 points by vasco_ 13y ago|26 comments
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    by vasco_ 13y ago

    Awesome product.
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    by vasco_ 13y ago

    Thank you, we are working hard to keep improving. Keep in mind that the news is done by the whole community, while paid tasks are only done by the best editors.
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    by vasco_ 13y ago

    Thank you for your comment. There is a lot of variation depending on the language. In Turkish, that tends to happen, a lot of times the translation needs to be redone, but in EN-SP it is surprisingly good. The crowd aspect of it tends to he
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    by vasco_ 13y ago

    Thank you. We are planning to add Bitcoin at some, paying our translators across the world is sometimes hard.
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    by vasco_ 13y ago

    Thank for your comments, really insightful ideas. A lot of what you say we are already seeing. For example in Turkish, where the quality of the MT output is not as good as let's say Spanish, we are already seeing our translators replac
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    by vasco_ 13y ago

    Certainly, we started posting it there, haven't had a chance to finish it, but will certainly do so. Mashape is a great website.
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    by vasco_ 13y ago

    Good point, we are in the process of updating our homepage. Things have been moving so fast it is hard to keep up. In any case we currently offer translations in English, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, French and Turkish. More languages to c
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    by vasco_ 13y ago

    Thanks, I reached out through linked. I am looking forward to talking to you about your experience in crowdlation.
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    by vasco_ 13y ago

    Thanks for the comment, we love our customers and we hope we continue to bring value for you and your customers.
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    by vasco_ 13y ago

    Thank you for your comment, very insightful concerns and advice. We would love to chat with you about your experience with crowd translation, it would be really helpful. Would it be possible to get in touch? One thing that we could be usefu
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    by vasco_ 13y ago

    I will look at it. Thanks for the info.
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    by vasco_ 13y ago

    Hi, that is good point. It is something we are working hard on. I think that starting with machine translation helps with maintaining coherence in style. In way it is as if the first translator (the machine) translated the whole document. T
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    by vasco_ 13y ago

    There is already a way to send comments to the translator, Thank you for your comment. When you send the message you can define the tone and give specific instructions. We also have an beta version of the android app and are almost ready to
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    by vasco_ 13y ago

    Ah, thanks, sorry, bug on our part, being corrected right now, thank you for pointing it out.
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    by vasco_ 13y ago

    Thank you for your comment, that is exactly where are trying to get to.
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    by vasco_ 13y ago

    Both recaptcha and duolingo were started by the brilliant Louis Von Ahn. I am a big fan of his work. He was the inspiration for my first startup, while at CMU.
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    by vasco_ 13y ago

    Why should it not be available?
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    by vasco_ 13y ago

    Also, you are correct, one of the things we are noticing is that requiring that the translator be native in the target language provides significant quality. As we increase the community, we will optimize for that. Thanks for commenting.
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    by vasco_ 13y ago

    Thanks! :) I guess that one we could do pretty much instantaneously. Thank you for pointing out.
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    by vasco_ 13y ago

    Thanks Trey. Our goal is to get to 15 minutes of translation time. That would make it usable for email and customer service messages. Right now it depends on when our users are awake and which language pair. Faster time has been a few minut