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Ask HN: What business would you start, given $100K?
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Re: Ask HN: What business would you start, given $100K?
#2What business, or what tech/software business?
Software wise, I'd probably look into developing something that helps with localization management. The tools around for managing various translations of copy, images, and so on for websites at the moment are pretty terrible. Maybe one of the reasons a lot of sites are available only in one language.
A simple way to on-board a team of translators and let them manage revisions of copy, manage different variations of copy (for example singular and plural, 1 comment, 2 comments. One minute, two minutes). Then there are more complicated things like functions where you need to say something like "You have just purchased $x apples". This all needs to be wrapped in a simple UI, and then an API/export function that can export this to the WIDE range of formats people use for translation (XLIFF, po, etc to name a few).
In addition to selling the actual software, you can also sell approved translations. You offer to translate their content into another language, with accuracy, for a fee with a reasonable turnaround.
Re: Ask HN: What business would you start, given $100K?
#3What business, or what tech/software business? Software wise, I'd probably look into developing something that helps with localization management. The tools around for managing various translations of copy, images, and so on for websites at the moment are pretty terrible. Maybe one of the reasons a lot of sites are available only in one language. A simple way to on-board a team of translators and let them manage revi…
In my experience, localization is best done by referencing to indices in a key-value 'database'. So instead of saying "You have just purchased $x apples", you say $translate.instant('purchasedApples') (angular example), which references to en_US.json, which returns the English translation.
Re: Ask HN: What business would you start, given $100K?
#4What business, or what tech/software business? Software wise, I'd probably look into developing something that helps with localization management. The tools around for managing various translations of copy, images, and so on for websites at the moment are pretty terrible. Maybe one of the reasons a lot of sites are available only in one language. A simple way to on-board a team of translators and let them manage revi…
In my experience, localization is best done by referencing to indices in a key-value 'database'. So instead of saying "You have just purchased $x apples", you say $translate.instant('purchasedApples') (angular example), which references to en_US.json, which returns the English translation.
Oh I think you have misunderstood. On the code side for the website/software that is being translated that's what would happen.
This theoretical software is for gathering all of the translations, and having editors and translators (multiple) manage them with ease. Then generating all of the JSON/XML/XLIFF/Other_Format files for every language for use on the site/software. I have yet to find software that can do this well.
Re: Ask HN: What business would you start, given $100K?
#5Earlier quoted context omitted.
In my experience, localization is best done by referencing to indices in a key-value 'database'. So instead of saying "You have just purchased $x apples", you say $translate.instant('purchasedApples') (angular example), which references to en_US.json, which returns the English translation.
Oh I think you have misunderstood. On the code side for the website/software that is being translated that's what would happen. This theoretical software is for gathering all of the translations, and having editors and translators (multiple) manage them with ease. Then generating all of the JSON/XML/XLIFF/Other_Format files for every language for use on the site/software. I have yet to find software that can do this…
https://www.localeapp.com/ does a pretty go job of this for Rails apps. We used it with 13 remote translators and I can't recommend it enough.
Re: Ask HN: What business would you start, given $100K?
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
Oh I think you have misunderstood. On the code side for the website/software that is being translated that's what would happen. This theoretical software is for gathering all of the translations, and having editors and translators (multiple) manage them with ease. Then generating all of the JSON/XML/XLIFF/Other_Format files for every language for use on the site/software. I have yet to find software that can do this…
https://www.localeapp.com/ does a pretty go job of this for Rails apps. We used it with 13 remote translators and I can't recommend it enough.
Now this is a very interesting app, and is sort of almost what I would build with this theoretical 100k.
I feel like they are missing a trick with limiting themselves to just YAML/Rails though. I will keep an eye on this though, and hope they go language agnostic in the future. Seems to be a very well made product.
Re: Ask HN: What business would you start, given $100K?
#7If I had $100,000 I would select a software idea that really solves a problem and develop it open source. I would be the only developer so would probably need $2000 per month. So I would be able to program roughly 4 years with the money. Of course I would publish the code early on and when there would be enough traction I would found a non-profit organisation that would oversee the further development.
Re: Ask HN: What business would you start, given $100K?
#8What business, or what tech/software business? Software wise, I'd probably look into developing something that helps with localization management. The tools around for managing various translations of copy, images, and so on for websites at the moment are pretty terrible. Maybe one of the reasons a lot of sites are available only in one language. A simple way to on-board a team of translators and let them manage revi…
Haven't used it too much myself, but people seem to be happy with http://www.transifex.com/
Re: Ask HN: What business would you start, given $100K?
#9If I had $100,000 I would select a software idea that really solves a problem and develop it open source. I would be the only developer so would probably need $2000 per month. So I would be able to program roughly 4 years with the money. Of course I would publish the code early on and when there would be enough traction I would found a non-profit organisation that would oversee the further development.
I was thinking something along the same lines.
Re: Ask HN: What business would you start, given $100K?
#10I would not start a business with my own money :)
Shoot for business with someone paying for what you do from day 0, that's the ultimate validation of what you are doing. Keep the money to support you and your family.