Human Based Translation API

#1

Post by franze » Mon, May 30, 2011, 9:24 AM UTC

Re: Human Based Translation API

#2

Post by robert_mygengo » Mon, May 30, 2011, 9:48 AM UTC

(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-shuttin...

Re: Human Based Translation API

#3

Post by franze » Mon, May 30, 2011, 10:40 AM UTC

robert_mygengo wrote: post #2

(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-shuttin...

i submitted the link, because the answers by your team http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2592690 for "Why should anyone ever use a Google API again?" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2592399 were awesome.

Re: Human Based Translation API

#4

Post by steilpass » Mon, May 30, 2011, 12:10 PM UTC

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

Re: Human Based Translation API

#5

Post by bastiat » Mon, May 30, 2011, 12:26 PM UTC

robert_mygengo wrote: post #2

(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-shuttin...

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?

Re: Human Based Translation API

#6

Post by mromaine » Mon, May 30, 2011, 2:21 PM UTC

steilpass wrote: post #4

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

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: Human Based Translation API

#7

Post by steilpass » Mon, May 30, 2011, 2:32 PM UTC

mromaine wrote: post #6

steilpass wrote: post #4

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

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.

Just to confirm: My fail. Sorry about that. BTW: Great response from you guys at MyGengo.

Re: Human Based Translation API

#8

Post by [deleted] » Mon, May 30, 2011, 3:07 PM UTC

franze wrote: post #3

robert_mygengo wrote: post #2

(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-shuttin...

i submitted the link, because the answers by your team http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2592690 for "Why should anyone ever use a Google API again?" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2592399 were awesome.

[deleted]

Re: Human Based Translation API

#9

Post by tomjen3 » Mon, May 30, 2011, 3:33 PM UTC

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).

Re: Human Based Translation API

#10

Post by joshzayin » Mon, May 30, 2011, 4:25 PM UTC

FYI to the dev: There's an extra > on 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.> "