Translators for the unemployed

News has emerged that the Department for Work and Pensions has hired a translator who speaks Nigerian Pidgin – an English-based creole language spoken across Nigeria – drawing attention back to the millions spent by the government on paying interpreters to help...

An Insight into De Tour De France

Even though glimpses of the Olympics, Wimbledon and even the last of the French Open have been gracing our TVs, computer screens, websites and ads, you would be hard pressed to forget the Tour de France; one of the biggest cycling events that started way back in 1903!...

Kurdish Language Needs Standardisation!

Translation services are easily accessible in just about any language these days – including Kurdish. For a language hindered by numerous factors, you might find this some how surprising. For a start, Kurdish obviously isn’t a main language in any country that it’s...

Bengali Alphabet, Scripts & Dialects

The Bengali alphabet is culled from the Brahmi alphabet and is closely related to the Devanagari alphabet, from which it started to diverge in the 11th Century AD. The current printed form of Bengali alphabet first appeared in 1778 when Charles Wilkins developed...

Business Adventures

With the UK economy in stormy waters and the growing uncertainty around the EU growth forecasts, business owners need to perhaps think of testing the relatively stable (and growing) markets beyond Europe. Of course this does not apply to all businesses but perhaps...