From the monthly archives:

April 2010

BBC World Service is to extend its UK election coverage across its 32 language services

April 30, 2010

BBC World Service is to extend its UK election coverage across its 32 language services, with its international correspondents reporting campaign developments. The multimedia coverage will examine the implications of the possible election outcome on countries including China, Ukraine, Burma, India, Albania, Indonesia, Russia, Iran, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Bangladesh. “The British general election is of [...]

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How many official languages are spoken in the EU?

April 30, 2010

The European Union has 23 official and working languages: Bulgarian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Finnish French German Greek Hungarian Irish Italian Latvian Lithuanian Maltese Polish Portuguese Romanian Slovak Slovene Spanish Swedish. In addition to the official languages, there are more than 60 regional or minority language communities, which vary from ancient Celtic tongues in [...]

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Our translators love us on Proz

April 29, 2010

We really like to look after our suppliers, you know the essentials: Pay them on time and the price we agreed Treat them like human beings Be loyal to the ones who deliver high quality projects for us Help them out if they have a problem In essence we like to treat them as part [...]

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How much does it cost to translate a…?

April 27, 2010

One of the first questions we are asked is “How much does it cost to translate a (website, book, document, PowerPoint, CMS, birth certificate, user manual, magazine, newsletter etc.)?” The answer is sometimes very easy. At the most basic level our costs are calculated per thousands of words. So, if you need a website translated [...]

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Transcription from the Gunfight at the OK Corral

April 22, 2010

A transcript of one of the most famous events of the Wild West period in American history has been re-discovered – The Gun Fight at the OK Corral. The handwritten transcript completed after the coroner’s inquest was last seen in the 1960s when it was photocopied. It resurfaced in pile of dusty files 125 years [...]

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Global Ladies Race for Life Training update

April 19, 2010

The Global Lingo team have now commenced training for the 5k race in July.  Each Wednesday night after work, Marian, Ana and Beatriz are taking a run around Green Park in the hope of actually being able to run the 5k with some kind of ease. Marian says: ‘The first night was pretty hard, we [...]

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Global ladies racing for life

April 15, 2010

Marian, Beatriz and Ana have decided to take part in this years Race for life for Cancer Research on 18th July in London’s Hyde Park. By completing the 5k run they aim to raise over £500 for the charity. Now we know it may not sound far, but the girls aren’t that used to running. [...]

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How many types of Chinese are there?

April 14, 2010

One of the most common mistakes people make when asking for Chinese translation is that they get dialects mixed up with written forms of language. When we get a request for Chinese translation and we ask which kind the customer would like, the answer we often are given is “Mandarin”. While Mandarin is most definitely [...]

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Free Minutes Template

April 8, 2010

Writing minutes can be a tough job, keeping track of all the points in the meeting and then getting all that down into a concise record is difficult. Which is why our minutes and summary services are so valued by our clients. However, we understand that bringing in one of our professional summary and minute [...]

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How language services will help Travel and Tourism

April 6, 2010

There’s a travel and tourism boom coming to the UK. Are you ready for it? There really is an explosion in the travel and tourism industry coming especially for tourists, businesses and organisations coming into the UK. The reason is simple 2010 is the decade of sport in the UK. Just look at all the [...]

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