Yappn Awarded a Contract with Reebonz Limited : Yappn Canada Inc.
NEW YORK, NY – January 17, 2017 – Yappn Corp. ("Yappn" or "Company") (OCTQB: YPPN), a real-time innovative language solutions Company is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract for eCommerce Translation with Reebonz Limited ("Reebonz"), one of the most established online luxury companies in Southeast Asia.
Over the summer, Yappn worked on a successful pilot project with Reebonz that included Arabic translation for a number of Reebonz sites in that region. After the successful pilot project, Yappn was awarded a contract to support real-time eCommerce translation on their newly launched global website. Yappn will initially support four languages with an additional seven languages to be added at a later time.
The annual contract includes eCommerce translation for the Reebonz.com main site as well as their marketplace site. Yappn has initially translated over 130,000 products and will continue to translate additional products as they are added on a daily basis to the Reebonz site.
Yappn's translation solutions dramatically improve upon traditional translation methods by translating context and syntax along with words, preserving accuracy, meaning and relevance from one language to another. These solutions are hosted on Microsoft Azure, an open and flexible cloud platform allowing Yappn to build applications using multiple languages, tools and framework to deliver Reebonz and all its clients, a dependable offering with a scalable solution that addresses a global marketplace, all in real-time.
Reebonz is one of the most established online luxury sales companies in Southeast Asia. Modelled around the concept of "accessible luxury", members can shop on web or mobile for an exciting collection on new and pre-owned luxury merchandise. Reebonz targets customers in the Asia-Pacific region with business operations in eight countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Australia and South Korea.