Review of Gengo, Remote Job Site

Gengo Review

Gengo is a translation services company offering opportunities for translators. If you are proficient in more than one language, you can apply for a job at the platform. Once you get accepted, you’ll have access to translation projects based on a schedule that best suits you.

Jobs Available on Gengo

Since Gengo is a niche site that focuses on translation, all of its jobs are in translation. The available languages on the site include;

English
Arabic
Bulgarian
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English (British
Finnish
French
French (Canada)
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese

Korean
Malay
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese (Brazil)
Portuguese (Europe)
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Slovak
Spanish (Latin America)
Spanish (Spain)
Swedish
Tagalog
Thai
Turkish
Ukranian
Vietnamese

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Language Translation Remote Jobs

The most popular remote job category on Gengo is Translation. Right now, they are currently in need if translators in the following language pairs:

English to German
English to Portuguese
English to Chinese

Japanese to English
English to Japanese

*This is only a small sample of remote jobs available in this category. Visit their website to see if there’s remote work available that best suits your skill set.

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Gengo Pricing & Plans

Gengo is a free to apply for translators.

Gengo charges the following fees to businesses who would like to have their documents translated:

Standard Translator: $0.06 per word
Business Translator: $0.12 per word

Is Gengo a Scam?

Our readers have not indicated that Gengo is a scam or conducts business unfairly. You’re invited to share your experience about Gengo in the comments below.

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This Gengo review was updated May 2017.

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