| 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. The term privately held company refers to ownership of a business company in two different ways first referring to ownership by non-governmental organizations and second The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The United States of America —commonly referred to as the See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" Translation is the interpreting of the meaning of a text and the subsequent production of an equivalent text likewise called a " translation Language interpreting or interpretation is the intellectual activity of facilitating oral and sign-language communication either simultaneously or consecutively between two Machine translation, sometimes referred to by the abbreviation A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages commonly known as Elanex, is a translation technology and services company based in San Francisco, California, USA that provides localization, translation, and interpreting services. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Translation is the interpreting of the meaning of a text and the subsequent production of an equivalent text likewise called a " translation Language interpreting or interpretation is the intellectual activity of facilitating oral and sign-language communication either simultaneously or consecutively between two Elanex primarily provides human translation, with only the aid of technology, but companies also request use of Elanex's machine translation technology. Machine translation, sometimes referred to by the abbreviation [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. For the valley nicknamed "Silicone Valley" see San Fernando Valley. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The United States of America —commonly referred to as the officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyūshū in Japan, across For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. [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. A translation memory, or TM, is a type of database that stores segments that have been previously translated [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. Netflix ( is the largest Online DVD rental service offering Flat rate rental-by-mail and online streaming to customers in the United States [8]
See also
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)
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