Elanex
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| Elanex, Inc. | |
|---|---|
| Type | Private company |
| Founded | San Francisco, California, USA (2002) |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Key people | Jonathan Kirk, CEO |
| Industry | Localization Translation Interpreting Machine translation |
| Website | http://www.elanex.com |
Elanex, Inc. commonly known as Elanex, is a translation technology and services company based in San Francisco, California, USA that provides localization, translation, and interpreting services. Elanex primarily provides human translation, with only the aid of technology, but companies also request use of Elanex's machine translation technology.[1] The company, founded in 2002 by Jonathan Kirk, has operations in Silicon Valley and San Francisco, California, USA; Tokyo and Fukuoka, Japan[2][3]; and Sydney and Melbourne, Australia.[4]
In 2007, the company announced the creation of the Translation Search Engine (TSE), a new form of translation memory pre-populated with 30 million translated sentences.[5] The TSE is the first translation memory tool that allows for free use through bartering, as noted by Jost Zetzsche in his biweekly Tool Kit and the article "Are we profitable?"[6]
A significant contribution to Elanex automation technology was made by Tom Dillon[7], former COO of Netflix, who was largely responsible for Netflix's proprietary automation technologies.[8]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ About Elanex
- ^ JETRO, "Success Stories: Ideas for Potential Players" Invest Japan (October 2006)
- ^ JETRO, Case Studies (April 2005)
- ^ Elanex Locations
- ^ Translation Search Engine (TSE) Announcement
- ^ Zetzsche, Jost "Are We Not Profitable?" Tool Kit (November 20, 2007)
- ^ Depalma, Donald E. "Who’s Who? Recent Changes in Localization’s Yellow Pages" Global Watchtower (September 20, 2006)
- ^ Stevens, Larry. "Netflix IT Has to Deliver High Efficiency, Support Fast Growth". CIO Insight (October 15, 2005)
