Translation Cloud

Translation Cloud
LLC
Industry Translation
Founded 2002
Founder Alex Buran
Headquarters Jersey City
Services Translation, Crowdsourcing, API
Website http://www.translation-services-usa.com/

Translation Cloud is a translation technology company headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. The company has developed a number of popular online translation platforms such as Ackuna and TranslationCloud.net, as well as providing traditional human translation services.

History

Translation Cloud was founded in 2002 by Alex Buran in Brooklyn, New York. The company was initially founded as LeoSam, then later became Translation Services USA before shifting focus to translation technology development and finally rebranding as Translation Cloud in 2011.[1] Its headquarters were moved to a new office in Jersey City in 2012. In December 2012, Translation Cloud was awarded an Inc. 500 "Hire Power Award."

Projects

Ackuna

Ackuna is a crowdsourced translation platform that launched in 2011, targeted at mobile and desktop app developers.[2] Unlike similar platforms, Ackuna does not charge, relying on a network of freelance, volunteer translators to provide the translations. The site boasted 6,000 registered translators in April 2013.[3]

TranslationCloud.net

Translation Cloud's "sister site," TranslationCloud.net was created in 2011 to provide hybrid translation services, allowing freelance translators to work through a Facebook app to proofread machine translated text as a time- and money-saving measure. The site features an API for developers, in addition to a regular interface for front-end users.[4]

Bad Translator

A novelty website created to make light of the quality of automated translation platforms like Google Translate,[5] originally launched as "Funny Translator" and now hosted on the Ackuna website.

References

  1. ↑ "https://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/09/13/ackuna-matata-meet-the/#.tnw_zofdxBh6," The Next Web, September 13, 2013.
  2. ↑ "How Ackuna wants to fix language translation by crowdsourcing it," Wired UK, July 4, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Ackuna platform provides app developers free crowd-sourced translations," Adweek, November 7, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Translation Cloud Launches Crowdsourced Translation API," ProgrammableWeb, February 2, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Ackuna platform provides app developers free crowd-sourced translations," Adweek, November 7, 2013.
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