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Translation Services Borders
High-quality, fast-response language translation
Our network of translation associates are based across the UK and the translators come from all around the world - they only translate into their mother tongue. They are carefully selected based on their qualifications and experience, and their translation work is constantly monitored, so we are able to select the best partner for your job. All translations are proofread by a second, independent linguist before undergoing further quality assessment.
We work with small and medium-sized companies, covering the Borders area and surrounding regions, providing quality language translation services combined with very competitive fees. Long-term translation services clients include some of the world’s leading brands, from L’Oréal and Bosch in Europe to local, British organisations such as The Business Link.
We work with all major file types and formats including websites, technical manuals, legal contracts, marketing literature, medical and pharmaceutical texts, financial documents, training manuals, patents, telecommunications, IT, engineering and construction material, into and from all the major world languages.
These languages include: Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovakian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, US English, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh and Zulu.
Clients rely on us to provide accurate and responsive language services. We have a team of qualified and experienced associates, providing coverage in the Borders area and internationally. We operate to the highest translation services industry standards. Each language translation project is designed to meet the clients’ needs, budget and timescale. We have a flexible approach to providing language translation services and a passion for delivering quality language projects.
All translation work is checked very carefully and our Borders clients comment that they would not hesitate to recommend our translation services to other businesses. Our associates have helped companies break down language and cultural barriers and support businesses and professionals in the Borders area and around the world.
Through our associates, we provide the full range of language services including translation, interpreting, language and cultural training, typesetting, proofreading, voiceovers, foreign telemarketing and language consultancy. We have succeeded by listening to and working with our translation clients, who increasingly demand the quality, responsiveness, professionalism and support that only a major business translation services provider can supply.
The long-term relationships we've established with our Borders and international clients clearly indicates our ability to provide the language translation service and quality they require - and we are grateful that they are telling others about what we can offer.
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THE FRENCH LANGUAGE
French (français) is today spoken in 54 countries by 76 million people as a native language, and by about 280 million people as a second or third language. Most native speakers of the language live in France, where the language originated, Canada, Belgium and Switzerland. French is an official language in 31 countries and is the official language of all United Nations agencies and a large number of international organisations.
THE GERMAN LANGUAGE
The German language (Deutsch) is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. German is closely related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. Around the world, German is spoken by approximately 100 million native speakers and by about 80 million non-native speakers, and Standard German is widely taught in schools and universities worldwide.
THE GREEK LANGUAGE
Greek (ελληνική γλώσσα) is one of the earliest attested Indo-European languages (with fragmentary records in Mycenaean dating back to the 15th or 14th century BC), spoken today by 15-22 million people, mainly in Greece and Cyprus but also by minority and emigrant communities in numerous other countries.
THE HEBREW LANGUAGE
Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and used for prayer or study in Jewish communities around the world. In Israel, it is the de facto language of the state and the people, as well as being one of the two official languages (together with Arabic), and it is spoken by the majority of the population. As a foreign language it is studied mostly by Jews and students of Judaism and Israel, archeologists and linguists specializing in the Middle East and its civilisations and by theologians.
THE HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE
Hungarian (magyar nyelv) is a Uralic language unrelated to most other languages in Europe. It is commonly considered to be one of the most difficult languages for speakers of English to learn well.
Hungarian is spoken in Hungary and by the Hungarian minorities in seven neighbouring countries. There are about 14.5 million native speakers, of whom 9.5-10 million live in modern-day Hungary.
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Some additional language facts and mistakes
• In the translation business, American English is treated as a foreign language, and it is only the brave who assume that Americans will understand everything we write over here, and vice versa.
• A truly severe lesson was learned sometime ago by The Swedish Manufacturer, Electrolux, when the Company launched their ad campaign in the US for the then latest top of the range of vacuum cleaners using a successful English slogan "Nothing sucks like an Electrolux".
• When the BBC sold the US rights of "Eastenders" to the ABC television network, they found it necessary to publish a glossary of terms and phrases to "assist" the comprehension of its US viewing audience.
The dictionary ran to 635 entries!
• J F Kennedy when famously and publicly addressing a large crowd of Germans in Berlin close to the infamous wall, closed his speech with the statement "Ich bin ein Berliner". Unfortunately, rather than closely associating himself with the locals, which was his obvious intention, he told everyone that he was a doughnut!
• There are strict rules in France governing the use of words which emanate from outside the country. Whilst the rest of the world is happy to use the generic word for everyday objects, the French insist that their words must be used. The penalty for misuse can result in a large fine.
• Maltese is one of the world's most unusual languages. Its foundations are a combination of Arabic and European constructions, a very complex relationship since Arabic has nothing in common with any European language. However, Maltese has evolved defying all linguistic logic into an effective and workable language. The fact that it is very difficult to learn is not a problem since English is widely spoken and understood and is regarded as the island's main language.
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French, German, US English, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Welsh, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian, Turkish, Polish, Czech, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Greek, Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian, Arabic, Korean, Farsi, Urdu, Gujarati, Hindi, Bengali, Malay, Vietnamese, Thai, Punjabi, Slovakian, Croatian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Albanian, Serbian, Hebrew, Kurdish, Latvian, Icelandic, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Afrikaans, Somali, Swahili, Tagalog, Tamil and Zulu.
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