Author Archives: Editor

Happy Baba Marta Day – Have you got your red & white wool ready?

Posted By : Editor Posted Time : 01/03/2016 No Comment

I love March. There is something about it that makes it one of the most positive months of the year for me. It marks the end of winter and beginning of spring and fills me with fresh enthusiasm about that lies ahead. (And as you’ve ...

Culture, Language, localisation, Translation Baba Marta, Bulgaria, culture, Languages, Spring, translation

We’ve got news! Cintra buys First Edition

Posted By : Editor Posted Time : 15/02/2016 No Comment

L-R Jeremy and Sheila Waller of First Edition with Cintra CEO Jerry Froggett. Growth found in translation Cintra Translation, a leading East of England language services agency, today signalled its growing strength in the commercial translation and interpreting sector with the announcement that it has purchased ...

company news commercial, East Anglia, East of England, First Edition, life sciences, medical, pharmaceutical, professional development, public sector, publishing, training

Interpreting the fun on Transfer Deadline Day

Posted By : Editor Posted Time : 20/01/2016 No Comment

I love January! It’s the much anticipated opening of football’s transfer window, culminating in the fun that is #TransferDeadlineDay! I’m a huge Luton Town fan and already have loads of questions for our newly appointed manager, Nathan Jones. Will he work with the squad already ...

Interpreting business case, football management, transfer deadline day, translation

The do’s and don’ts of localising your app. Top reasons to build translation into app design

Posted By : Editor Posted Time : 14/01/2016 No Comment

“When you’re localising your app for users around the world,“ says John Harper, Managing Director of specialist app marketing agency App Shine and today’s guest blogger, “don’t disappoint your customers by just translating your app store description. It’s vital to translate the app itself!” I come ...

Translation app design, app development, app localisation, app search functionality, Customer satisfaction, reputation, target markets, usability, user experience, user interface

Expert translation supports company expansion

Posted By : Editor Posted Time : 08/01/2016 No Comment

How do clients use our translation services in the real world? Meet Alistair Hollington, Managing Director of Lazarus Training. This Essex-based company has a core team of 24 trainers whose focus is providing practical, hands-on safety and first aid training. In line with his background as ...

case studies, localisation, Translation Alistair Hollington, case studies, communication, Essex, Lazarus Training, pronunciation, supporting growth

Sing along with Google Translate

Posted By : Editor Posted Time : 15/12/2015 No Comment

Google Translate Sings creator Malinda Kathleen Reese caused a sensation in 2014 with her YouTube parody of Let It Go, the hit song from Disney’s Frozen. If you’ve seen the video, you’ll remember that Malinda Kathleen, Vassar student and quite a voice herself, put the ...

Language, Translation 12 Days of Christmas, Christmas, Google Translate Sings, Malinda Kathleen Reese, pop parody, song lyrics, songs

Best evidence, child protection, ethical conduct and CPD – all on our AGM agenda

Posted By : Editor Posted Time : 17/11/2015 No Comment

The interpreter’s there in the interview room at the dead of night, with the suspect and the interviewing police officer. What’s the interpreter's role in ensuring best evidence? In child protection cases the interpreter’s Code of Practice advocates impartiality and objectivity. Coming at it from a different perspective, ...

child protection, Interpreting, Professional development, public services, social services best evidence, Code of Practice, competencies, Diploma of Police Interpreting, domestic abuse, Dr Rebecca Tipton, ethics, front line, police, professional standards, service providers, trust

Translate Hallowe’en into spirited retail performance

Posted By : Editor Posted Time : 27/10/2015 No Comment

UK consumers will spend around £400 million celebrating Hallowe'en this weekend. American Trick or Treaters are set to spend close to $7 billion on sweets, costumes and party paraphernalia, celebrating what’s become the western world's second biggest party of the year after New Year’s Eve. As ...

Language, Translation celebrations, Halloween, Indonesian, jokes, Portuguese, untranslatable words, untranslatables

Translating and interpreting in Turkish

Posted By : Editor Posted Time : 29/09/2015 No Comment

Hi, I’m Serap and I am DPSI LAW qualified Turkish interpreter. I live in the UK and work regularly for Cintra, interpreting and translating Turkish to English and vice versa. I like and enjoy my job - let me give you an idea of a typical ...

Interpreting, Language, police interpreting services, Translation Diploma of Police Interpreting, East of England, English to Turkish, Midlands, police, Turkish to English