Translation Startup Ideas

2 years ago

A system for helping people learn Spanish that isn’t a language app. The startup currently has about 1,000 users, who pay $39 a month for a subscription that provides translation and Spanish classes.

501

3 years ago

A real-time translation app that takes the place of traditional translation apps. It works by pulling in translated text from multiple sources in real-time.

170

4 years ago

This startup is building a content-management system for translations. The platform allows for faster and more accurate translations.

168

5 years ago

A crowdsourced translation app that lets you leave a comment to help an Italian native translate an English text into Italian.

164

3 years ago

A location-based, trusted system for crowdsourcing translation and translation services

164

4 years ago

A new approach to translation with machine learning.

162

3 years ago

A real-time translation app that allows people to quickly and easily translate text between more than 50 languages.

145

3 years ago

Get a real-time translation of a conversation into the language you’re speaking.

141

5 years ago

An online translation service that enables online support and communication with patients. Pronix has raised over $4 million to date and has clients in the UK, Canada, and the US.

139

5 years ago

A tool to help connect students with secondary education with students in a similar grade at a university. The startup helps with translation and registration, and says it has successfully helped one student find a roommate for her roommate’s apartment.

139

5 years ago

A text messaging service that uses automated language translation to translate the words of a conversation between two people in real time. It was started in 2012 by a group of PhD students and has raised just under $5 million in funding.

139

5 years ago

A platform that integrates translations into a contact form. They are also working on a social integration for translation between users.

135

4 years ago

A platform for automated, multilingual automatic translation.

122

4 years ago

A cloud-based platform that leverages crowdsourced content to improve translation services for businesses and organizations.

119

5 years ago

A tool that helps people who are blind or have low vision with the step-by-step process of braille translation. The company has raised $1.7M and is a Y Combinator participant.

116

5 years ago

A “dynamic” service that allows customers to take a picture of a receipt and have it automatically translated to 10 other languages. It also provides translation services for non-English speaking customers.

102

4 years ago

An online, crowdsourced language translation platform.

83

4 years ago

A new way to communicate in foreign languages, with a built-in translator. The product, called Translator, is being pitched as an easy way to communicate with people from other countries, offering a voice and text translation service.

76

3 years ago

An AI-powered machine translation app that converts text from one language to another, with built-in grammar and pronunciation.

75

4 years ago

A company that wants to bring AI into the world of translation and translation AI.

74

3 years ago

The company's platform will allow any employer to hire and manage an army of freelance workers, and run jobs like marketing, PR, social media, and translation.

73

4 years ago

An online platform that allows for the creation and development of bespoke, custom language translations

72

4 years ago

A tool for crowd-sourcing the translation of books.

70

3 years ago

A startup that is building spoken translations of text from languages using machine learning and a live audience.

69

2 years ago

A tool for online translation that allows users to translate text by dragging and dropping from their browser to a language-specific translating tool.

64

4 years ago

This startup, focused on Latinos, began as a translation tool for web and mobile applications and has since expanded to other services. It employs over 100 translators and has over 200,000 active users.

62

4 years ago

A platform for hiring consultants and freelancers who can do tasks like translation, data analysis and proofreading.

61

3 years ago

SaaS for companies that internationalize their websites. It helps companies with everything from translation to the process of internationalizing their websites to the legal and regulatory implications of internationalizing their websites.

60

3 years ago

A messaging platform for people who are deaf and hard of hearing, with text-to-speech translation and closed captioning.

60

3 years ago

A chatbot designed to help with the problem of translation between English and Japanese.

59

3 years ago

A textual language translation app for the deaf and hard of hearing.

54

4 years ago

A startup called Vostu is building a tool that helps users translate and interpret data into more accessible formats. The current service runs on Slack, but is also available as a standalone product. Vostu also offers a translator for users to translate into other languages, and plans to launch an AI-powered translation service in the future.

53

5 years ago

Idea: Use crowdsourced data to build a universal language translation app for developers

40

2 years ago

A platform for Swiss-German-English-French-Japanese-Mandarin-English (SGEJEF) translation, aiming to bring “a new level of human factor to AI” for voice interfaces.

37

2 years ago

An Arabic-language startup that’s attempting to build a crowdsourced translation app for Arabic speakers that translates Arabic texts and translates them into English.

36

2 years ago

A software company making digital tools for handling multiple languages and formats for translation.

35

5 years ago

Idea: A B2B company that helps companies deal with the complexity of managing multiple languages, and the translation of content.

34

2 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier to do translations online with their translation app and platform.

34

2 years ago

A cloud-based platform for ad-hoc translation. The company currently supports the meeting of business and translators but plans to expand to other areas of translation. The founders are also working on translation startups in Russia and Thailand.

32

2 years ago

Unbabel is the startup that wants to help people make money through machine translation. The company has made it possible for users to translate ads with Latin phrases that might otherwise be inaccessible to a global audience.

28

2 years ago

A real-time translation service for ride-hailing drivers in Southeast Asia.

27

2 years ago

A Dutch startup is bringing the power of translation into video games. The company’s video game APIs let developers build virtual objects that can be controlled by players.

26

2 years ago

This is a touchscreen device that allows a “real-time, hands-free” translation of text into multiple languages.

26

2 years ago

This startup is building a real-time translation layer for companies that want to build applications that work across different languages. They’re building a platform that helps developers translate their applications into any language, so that the experience is exactly the same for people everywhere.

22

2 years ago

A company that crowdsources translations of non-English languages for corporations. They’ve already signed up Y Combinator, and their clients include Slack, Stripe, and others.

17

2 years ago

A translation tool for machine learning applications that allows developers to specify a language and get a translation in it.

14

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Translation Startup Ideas

A system for helping people learn Spanish that isn’t a language app. The startup currently has about 1,000 users, who pay $39 a month for a subscription that provides translation and Spanish classes.

A real-time translation app that takes the place of traditional translation apps. It works by pulling in translated text from multiple sources in real-time.

This startup is building a content-management system for translations. The platform allows for faster and more accurate translations.

A crowdsourced translation app that lets you leave a comment to help an Italian native translate an English text into Italian.

A location-based, trusted system for crowdsourcing translation and translation services

A new approach to translation with machine learning.

A real-time translation app that allows people to quickly and easily translate text between more than 50 languages.

Get a real-time translation of a conversation into the language you’re speaking.

An online translation service that enables online support and communication with patients. Pronix has raised over $4 million to date and has clients in the UK, Canada, and the US.

A tool to help connect students with secondary education with students in a similar grade at a university. The startup helps with translation and registration, and says it has successfully helped one student find a roommate for her roommate’s apartment.

A text messaging service that uses automated language translation to translate the words of a conversation between two people in real time. It was started in 2012 by a group of PhD students and has raised just under $5 million in funding.

A platform that integrates translations into a contact form. They are also working on a social integration for translation between users.

A platform for automated, multilingual automatic translation.

A cloud-based platform that leverages crowdsourced content to improve translation services for businesses and organizations.

A tool that helps people who are blind or have low vision with the step-by-step process of braille translation. The company has raised $1.7M and is a Y Combinator participant.

A “dynamic” service that allows customers to take a picture of a receipt and have it automatically translated to 10 other languages. It also provides translation services for non-English speaking customers.

An online, crowdsourced language translation platform.

A new way to communicate in foreign languages, with a built-in translator. The product, called Translator, is being pitched as an easy way to communicate with people from other countries, offering a voice and text translation service.

An AI-powered machine translation app that converts text from one language to another, with built-in grammar and pronunciation.

A company that wants to bring AI into the world of translation and translation AI.

The company's platform will allow any employer to hire and manage an army of freelance workers, and run jobs like marketing, PR, social media, and translation.

An online platform that allows for the creation and development of bespoke, custom language translations

A tool for crowd-sourcing the translation of books.

A startup that is building spoken translations of text from languages using machine learning and a live audience.

A tool for online translation that allows users to translate text by dragging and dropping from their browser to a language-specific translating tool.

This startup, focused on Latinos, began as a translation tool for web and mobile applications and has since expanded to other services. It employs over 100 translators and has over 200,000 active users.

A platform for hiring consultants and freelancers who can do tasks like translation, data analysis and proofreading.

SaaS for companies that internationalize their websites. It helps companies with everything from translation to the process of internationalizing their websites to the legal and regulatory implications of internationalizing their websites.

A messaging platform for people who are deaf and hard of hearing, with text-to-speech translation and closed captioning.

A chatbot designed to help with the problem of translation between English and Japanese.

A textual language translation app for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Idea: Use crowdsourced data to build a universal language translation app for developers

A platform for Swiss-German-English-French-Japanese-Mandarin-English (SGEJEF) translation, aiming to bring “a new level of human factor to AI” for voice interfaces.

An Arabic-language startup that’s attempting to build a crowdsourced translation app for Arabic speakers that translates Arabic texts and translates them into English.

A software company making digital tools for handling multiple languages and formats for translation.

Idea: A B2B company that helps companies deal with the complexity of managing multiple languages, and the translation of content.

A startup that wants to make it easier to do translations online with their translation app and platform.

A cloud-based platform for ad-hoc translation. The company currently supports the meeting of business and translators but plans to expand to other areas of translation. The founders are also working on translation startups in Russia and Thailand.

Unbabel is the startup that wants to help people make money through machine translation. The company has made it possible for users to translate ads with Latin phrases that might otherwise be inaccessible to a global audience.

A real-time translation service for ride-hailing drivers in Southeast Asia.

A Dutch startup is bringing the power of translation into video games. The company’s video game APIs let developers build virtual objects that can be controlled by players.

This is a touchscreen device that allows a “real-time, hands-free” translation of text into multiple languages.

A company that crowdsources translations of non-English languages for corporations. They’ve already signed up Y Combinator, and their clients include Slack, Stripe, and others.

A translation tool for machine learning applications that allows developers to specify a language and get a translation in it.