How well do you know translation platforms?
Fees, founding years and home countries of translation platforms, plus how the work pays.
The questions
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Multiple choice
Where is Smartcat headquartered?
- India
- South Korea
- United States
- Germany
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United States
Smartcat is based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
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Estimate
In what year was Scribie founded?
Somewhere between 1990 and 2026.
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2008
Scribie was founded in 2008 and is based in San Francisco, United States.
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Multiple choice
Which is older?
- Smartcat
- Unbabel
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Unbabel
Smartcat was founded in 2016, Unbabel in 2013.
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Multiple choice
Which of these is one of the translation platforms?
- Clickworker
- Stepes
- Digistore24
- Andela
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Stepes
Stepes is one of the translation platforms in the directory; the others are listed under different types.
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Multiple choice
How long until the first payout, typically, on translation platforms?
- 1-2 weeks
- 1-3 months
- Days after the event
- 1-4 weeks
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1-4 weeks
Typical time to first pay on translation platforms: 1-4 weeks.
Source: All translation platforms Compare every platform type
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Put in order
Put these in order of founding, oldest first.
- Smartcat
- Gengo
- TranscribeMe
- ProZ
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ProZ → Gengo → TranscribeMe → Smartcat
ProZ (1999), Gengo (2008), TranscribeMe (2011), Smartcat (2016).
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Pick all that apply
Pick every platform headquartered in the United States.
- Smartcat
- Rev
- TextMaster
- Gengo
- Unbabel
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Smartcat, Rev
Smartcat: United States; Rev: United States; TextMaster: France; Gengo: Japan; Unbabel: Portugal.
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Pick all that apply
Which of these can GoTranscript pay you through? Pick all that apply.
- Gift cards
- Stripe
- Debit card
- Payoneer
- PayPal
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Payoneer, PayPal
GoTranscript pays out by: PayPal, Payoneer.
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Multiple choice
Where is TranscribeMe headquartered?
- United States
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Japan
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United States
TranscribeMe is based in Oakland, United States.
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Multiple choice
Which is older?
- ProZ
- Gengo
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ProZ
ProZ was founded in 1999, Gengo in 2008.