Accurate, Professional, Confidential, On time translation

Clear, unambiguous translation is crucial to the quality of foreign communication. Poor quality translations can result in misunderstandings, delays, lost business and even lawsuits.

Staff or agents with a knowledge of languages can often understand the gist of a foreign text or deal with simple correspondence. However, because a person speaks a language fluently, it does not necessarily mean that he/she can translate documents into the language, especially ones of a complex legal or technical nature. We have many years experience of translating documents of all kinds, into and from all major world languages, so why not entrust our professional translators?

We provide a fast, high quality, confidential translation service at competitive rates. We will work with your staff to ensure we understand your company and its products. We will build up glossaries, both manually and with specialised software, thereby ensuring that key words and phrases are translated consistently in all your main languages, every time.

We can manage your multilingual projects, from conception and design through to delivery of the final translated documents. We will localise your software, product and sales literature to ensure that they are tailored to the relevant markets.

For a fixed-price quotation, simply send us the texts and we will get straight back to you.

Interpreting - Meeting your requirements

For meetings, works councils, exhibitions, guided tours, court work and conferences, we provide the complete interpreting service.

Our team of well-qualified interpreters comprises both experienced local linguists, who can respond quickly to provide consecutive interpreting at a meeting or for a videoconference call, and international interpreters who work worldwide to provide simultaneous interpreting at major international conferences and workshops.

We can provide all the interpreting equipment you may need, including sound-proofed booths, a full sound and amplification system, cordless
headsets, microphones, recording equipment and tour-guide systems.

Some interesting language facts

• Researchers at the MIT in America have concluded after lengthy study that in actual fact shouting louder does enhance the understanding process which obviously explains why we raise our voices when we wish "a foreigner" to understand us when we speak, or rather, shout at them in English.

• There are more than 5000 languages today however it is said that there will only be 2000 by the next decade. A recent survey showed that currently at least one language dies every two weeks.

• At present over 80% of the population speak under 8% of the world's languages.

• English is the most widely used official language with 1,750 million speakers worldwide. Chinese, Hindi and Spanish are second, third and fourth respectively. The debate as to the world's rarest language is highly contentious. However, as a contender Cornish must be in the reckoning with little more than 10 known fluent speakers.

• In an historic meeting in the USA, in the eighteenth century the senators of the then existent states of America gathered to vote on whether English or German be the national language of the country. The resolution to go for English was carried by one vote!
Spanish is now the foremost language in parts of Florida, and many public notices including road signs are printed in both English and Spanish. Recently the people of Florida were asked to vote on whether Spanish should be adopted as the language of the state. English won, being carried by a comfortable majority.