Amazon to Underwrite Translation of Books into English

Amazon commits $10M over the next 5 years to help translate books into English

Paul Sawers | October 13, 2015

Amazon has announced it will invest $10 million over the next five years into translating more books into English.

Source: http://www.buchreport.de/nachrichten/verlage/verlage_nachricht/datum/2012/11/22/deutsch-ist-im-kommen.htm

AmazonCrossing, the translation imprint of Amazon Publishing, has helped translate 200 titles in 19 languages from authors in 29 countries since it launched back in 2010. The fresh $10 million in funding will boost its translation and help increase the number of languages and countries it currently caters to.

<more at http://venturebeat.com/2015/10/13/amazon-commits-10m-over-the-next-5-years-to-help-translate-books-into-english/; http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2096520 (AmazonCrossing Announces $10 Million Commitment to Translating Books into English. Investment to increase the number and diversity of books in translation. New website open for proposals at translation.amazon.com/submissions. October 13, 2015)>