From the monthly archives:

December 2009

Why professional interpreters are vital

December 20, 2009

This interview with by BBC Scotland demonstrates perfectly why professional interpreters are vital. And why just speaking slowly or louder in never a great tactic!

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What will the 2010's be called?

December 20, 2009

We’re a language company, at our Christmas party the other night we had quite a heated debate about why certain words are seen as taboo. We’re a pretty multicultural team so there were a lot of opinions which made the discussion all the more interesting.  One of the things which we discussed was what would [...]

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Well done Ana!

December 20, 2009

We’re all really proud of Ana Rubio, Global Lingo’s Assistant Project Manager, who attended her graduation at Bath University on 16th December. Ana graduated with an MA in Interpreting and Translation (German-English, English-German). During her course she spent time on placement at the United Nations Office in Vienna as a Conference Interpreter which involved shadowing [...]

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This is why professional interpreters are so vital

December 20, 2009

I recently posted to this blog a short clip from the BBC which showed just why professional interpreters are so vital. As it turned out, in this case the outcome was pretty funny and made the interviewer rather than the football player look silly.  But in the vast majority of encounters like this it is [...]

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New Linkedin Group for Professional Transcription

December 20, 2009

We’ve launched a Transcription Linkedin Group specifically for people working in the industry. This includes professional transcribers working in English and other languages, as well as people using these vital services – Lawyers, Courts, Public Sector clients and a myriad of other organisations. It’s difficult to ascertain how many professional transcribers there are in the [...]

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Marketing Account Managers work too hard

December 20, 2009

I used to work on the agency side of marketing and one of the best things about that job is the creative meetings. Whether they’re internal ones or the more difficult ones with clients, the ideas and arguments come thick and fast. They’re a hotbed of creativity and can give you a great buzz, but [...]

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Language and the FIFA World Cup 2010

December 20, 2009

The draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup takes place today and as people from every country tune in to see who they’re drawn against, here at Global Lingo we’re wondering just how they’ll all manage to communicate. Football – soccer if you’re American – is a very fast, physical game and we’re sure that [...]

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Just what does a transcription company do?

December 20, 2009

One of the main services we offer at Global Lingo is a great professional transcription service. But what exactly are you getting when you use this service? Transcription means different things to different people, and here are just a few definitions I found after a quick Google search: Something written, especially copied from one medium [...]

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Global Lingo to create 50 new writing jobs in London

December 20, 2009

Transcription and report-writing company Global Lingo is to create 50 new jobs to support its growth over the next six months.

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Website Localisation and the Global Market Place

December 20, 2009

A new report entitled ‘Web Site Localization: Best Practices in Global Expansion’, published by JupiterResearch, argues that companies seeking to compete in the global marketplace must position themselves for global online growth.

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