UK Staff Posts
See what I’m saying? Glasses that ‘translate’ for you
Ever known someone who could understand you better once they put their glasses on?
Well, thanks to a new invention, doing just that might allow one person to understand another person speaking in a different language – in the not too distant future.
NEC last week unveiled their ‘Tele Scouter‘, a pair of glasses that ‘hears’ what [...]
Free Translations for Trade Shows
Download our free trade show phrasebooks
If you’ve ever been at an international trade show or exhibition and found your language skills weren’t as good as you’d like, we thought we’d help you out.
We’ve gathered a series of questions, introductions and greetings you’ll find useful at your next event and translated them in to eight different [...]
Interpreters needed for “Glaswegian”
An unbelievable story doing the rounds today is the one about the newspaper advert from an English translation company who want to hire, wait for it… “interpreters for Glaswegian“.
In what must be the cultural faux pas of the year, the position will cater for (presumably) foreign “visitors whose business English isn’t up to managing the [...]
How to sell to non-English Speakers: Webinar
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Since selling to international markets is something we do with our customers every day (day-in, day-out), we thought it only fitting to deliver our penny’s worth on all things exporting.
So, following on from our launch of Export Box, ALS brings you
“How to sell to [...]
Spendthrift or spend-shift? Online advertising overtakes TV…for now.
As a Marketing Manager and one who is, in part, judged by my spending habits, I love online advertising, love it. LOVE IT! And why?
As many CEOs (apart from mine, of course) will eagerly warn, “marketing people will find ways to spend your money”, which may be the truth. Well, half of it anyway…
A recent [...]
Pound on the plunge again…
Looks like the pound is on the plunge again and it was welcome to hear Mervyn King joining the chorus of people calling for greater export in Britain. With massive debt both in the Government and consumer sectors, growth in the economy will not come from these areas. If we are to achieve economic growth [...]
‘Worst’ translation about, wait for it …Babel!
Liverpool and Dutch fooballer – sorry, soccer player – Ryan Babel (no joke!) has hit back at reports linking him with a move away to Ajax, stating that the English Press had sourced woeful translations (nothing to do with us, thanks) that ultimately created the unfound rumours.
When questioned about his intermittent involvement in recent Liverpool [...]
Apple need to engage with potential Safari users
Last week Apple released version 9 of their iTunes software, and they have continued to include Safari as part of the regular update. The inclusion of Safari within iTunes updates was intended to help Apple gain more market share of the Windows browser market, and they’ve been including Safari since March 2009.
With their reported iTunes [...]
Translation Webinar Video
Due to popular demand from many of the attendees (and many who couldn’t make the original broadcast) here is the recording of our Webinar from September 10th2009 “How to Maximize Translation Budget While Improving Quality”.
How to Maximize Translation Budget While Increasing Quality from Sam Philpot on Vimeo.
At the end of the Webinar US CEO Greg [...]
Exports rose by 5% in July
For a long time now we have been banging on about the fact that if Britain wants to get out of this recession and repair the big hole in the public finances, then we need to export more as a country.
The ironic thing is that for some time we’ve also had an amazingly favourable [...]
