BuzzFeed is Crowdsourcing Translation with Language Learning Startup Duolingo

By: Laura Hazard Owen | GigaOM

Viral content site BuzzFeed plans to launch French, Spanish and Portuguese homepages this month — but to do so, it won’t rely solely on traditional translation or regional editors. Instead, BuzzFeed will use language-learning site Duolingo to translate some of its most popular content.

Duolingo has about 10 million users and has raised over $18 million from investors including Union Square Ventures.