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Gengo

Short Description
Founded in 2008. Japan-origin translation marketplace (acquired by Lionbridge in 2019). Crowdsourced translators; chronic low-pay complaints. Not CJIS; court-certifiable transcripts typically no.

Physical Address: Yokohama Landmark Tower 42F, 2-2-1-1 Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 220-8142, Japan
Description

𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬: Yokohama Landmark Tower 42F, 2-2-1-1 Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 220-8142, Japan
Gengo offers on-demand human translation for websites, documents, marketing, and product content through a translator network. Founded in 2008; acquired by Lionbridge on 16 January 2019.

Human translation
API-friendly ordering for product teams
Useful for ongoing localization needs

𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞: https://gengo.com/

𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞
𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬: Yokohama Landmark Tower 42F, Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan.
𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞: Verified office
Directory research treats the Yokohama Landmark Tower address as a verified office, not a mill.

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 (𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲)
Disclaimer: counts below are LinkedIn or LeadIQ people associated with the company. Marketplace and transcription firms often mix freelance/contract transcribers with staff. These figures are not a single-office headcount.
LinkedIn ~886 people, 77 countries. As a translator marketplace, a United States count higher than Japan is expected (translators listing the platform, not HQ headcount).

United States: 47 (5%)
Brazil: 35
Spain: 35
Italy: 32
United Kingdom: 26
Japan: 25
Argentina: 22
China: 22

Source: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gengo

𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

LIONBRIDGE (UK) LIMITED — UK Companies House: Official UK company register overview for LIONBRIDGE (UK) LIMITED, company number 01295207. Status Active; Private limited Company; Incorporated 21 January 1977. Related Lionbridge group UK entity (parent ecosystem for Gengo after acquisition), not the Gengo, Inc. Delaware entity itself. Primary source: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01295207. Registered office: Town Square Office 3 Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke, Bristol, BS32 8FB.

Company claims (not independently verified):

Lionbridge press release — acquisition of Gengo: https://www.lionbridge.com/press-release/lionbridge-augments-artificial-intelligence-offering-through-acquisition-of-gengo-and-gengo-ai/ — Company press release stating Lionbridge acquired Gengo / Gengo AI. Corporate announcement, not a government registry filing for Gengo, Inc.

CBI CJIS Vendor Directory check (2026-09-11): this company does not appear among the ~619 names on Colorado’s published CBI CJIS Vendor Management Program list. CBI also states that directory listing is not itself a guarantee of full CJIS compliance.
𝐂𝐉𝐈𝐒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐬
Not CJIS compliant.
Reason: work involving people outside the U.S. is incompatible with FBI CJIS Security Policy handling of criminal justice information (personnel must be U.S.-based and background-checked for CJI). Directory workforce data for this company includes people associated outside the United States (staff and/or freelance/contract transcribers).
Court-certifiable transcripts: typically no.
Reason: these vendors generally do not certify transcripts for U.S. court use. An overseas transcriber is not available to appear in a U.S. court to authenticate the transcript.

𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
On-demand translation marketplace now under Lionbridge. Useful for product/localization teams; confirm quality tier and security for regulated content.

𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬

https://gengo.com/
LinkedIn company page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gengo

Brocato listing note: marketplace quality varies by language pair and tier — sample before large jobs.

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