One Hour Translation (LLC)

One Hour Translation
LLC
Industry Translation
Founded 2008
Founder Ofer Shoshan, Yaron Kaufman, Lior Libman, Oren Yagev[1]
Headquarters Washington, D.C.
Services Translation, Crowdsourcing, API
Website https://www.onehourtranslation.com/

One Hour Translation is an international web-based human translation platform headquartered in Washington, D.C. The company handles over 50,000 translation projects per month according to Forbes USA.[2] The company currently draws from a network of approximately 15,000 certified Translators from over 100 different countries working across 75 languages.[3][4][5][6]

History

One Hour Translation was founded in 2008 by Ofer Shoshan, Yaron Kaufman, Lior Libman and Oren Yagev. The company provides traditional human translation services across the world.[7][8]

As a promotion the company started a free on-demand Twitter translation services campaign in real time during the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.[9][10]

Funding

Private equity group Fortissimo Capital invested $10 million in One Hour Translation.[11]

Patents

References

  1. ↑ "One Hour Translation | Crunchbase". Crunchbase.
  2. ↑ Strauss, Karsten. "Want People To Download Your App? Translate It Into Chinese". Forbes.
  3. ↑ "Mobile App Users Want Apps in Their Native Language". eWeek.
  4. ↑ "One Hour Translation sees jump in China-related translations". Reuters. 2014.
  5. ↑ "Israeli App 'One Hour Translation' Proves Popular at Sochi Olympics (VIDEO)". Algemeiner Journal.
  6. ↑ Reed, Eric (13 March 2015). "How That Magical Universal Translator Technology Works on Our Real Travels". TheStreet.com.
  7. ↑ Shu, Catherine. "One Hour Translation's Patented Tech Enables Speedy And Accurate Real-Time Translation Of Online Content". TechCrunch.
  8. ↑ Herald, Karissa Neely Daily. "One Hour Translation expands to Lehi; Vivint Solar closes tax equity investment fund; Solutionreach a Red Herring finalist". Daily Herald.
  9. ↑ ROPPOLO, MICHAEL. "Top translation apps for real-time help in dozens of languages". CBS News.
  10. ↑ Jolly, Jennifer (13 June 2014). "Couch surfing and more: Tech to keep up with World Cup". USA Today.
  11. ↑ "Fortissimo takes one-third stake in One Hour Translation". Reuters. 2014.
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