From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Minute taking service

April 28, 2009

I thought I’d briefly enlighten those who may read this blog about one of our more original service offerings – minute taking. Minutes are defined in Wikipedia as “the instant written record of a meeting or a hearing”. This is not entirely correct; Minutes do not have to be instaneous. Sometimes the person holding or [...]

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Lost in Translation

April 23, 2009

Today’s blog consists of some examples of how not to translate things into English. Sign outside a Mexican bar Sorry we’re open. Caption from the Soviet Union, under a picture of a dance evening. Young mens balls in full swing. France: Nut of Holy Jacques jumped, guinea fowl stinks to it and its farce with [...]

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Languages of the world

April 20, 2009

Global Lingo has two seperate departments; one specialising in English transcription and minute taking, and one dedicated to translation and interpretation services. We claim to translate virtually all world languages. In practice this would be a very hard thing, as there are literally thousands of world languages. Should one of our clients have a specific [...]

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10 Downing Street Supplier

April 20, 2009

Global Lingo is very proud to say it is now the supplier of transcription services to the press office of Number 10 Downing Street, as off March 2009. For the last 3 years we have been providing high end and fast transcriptions to both public and private bodies, and it seems now that all our [...]

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Welcome to the first Global Lingo Blog

April 3, 2009

Welcome to the all new Global Lingo blog posted from Mayfair, London on a weekly basis. We shall be discussing themes from the world of translation, interpretation, minute taking and transcription, our 4 core services. At this early stage I would like to mention that I am not a professional writer or translator, merely a [...]

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