Jollo was an online

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service where users could instantly translate texts into 23 languages, request human translations from a community of

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s around the world and compare the correctness of several leading

websites. It was discontinued sometime in 2012.

System

Jollo was a free

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website that attempted to improve the way in which people translate online through the use of existing

websites and a community of volunteers who correct and rate translations. The system relied on a similar methodology as

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to ensure translation quality, and featured a public

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that records past translations. Jollo received some notable media attention, including in

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. According to the popular blog KillerStartups Jollo combined the best of two worlds - the speed of machine translations plus the benefit of human reviews to ensure translation quality. According to blogger Jeffrey Hill from The English Blog "Jollo - Online Translation Community, The English Blog, http://jeffreyhill.typepad.com/english/2008/12/jollo-online-translation-community.html, Dec 4, 2008. Accessed Dec 8, 2008. the community features made Jollo an interesting alternative to other online translation services.

Development

The Jollo website was classified as

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. Jollo was developed using

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and had been praised for its colorful graphics and simple user interface. Jollo offered a simple web-based API that could be used for translations. For example, the URL: http://www.jollo.com/translate.php?st=I%20love%20you&sl=en&tl=zh was used to translate the sentence "I love you" from English into Chinese.

References

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External links

Archive of the Jollo page
Machine translation Internet properties disestablished in 2012