Localising Election 2015 messages

Posted By : Posted Time : 05/05/2015 Topic : English Language No Comment
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Speculation about the role of the Scottish National Party after Election Day on 7 May has got me thinking about how a higher profile for Scottish MPs at Westminster might just benefit the translation and interpreting sector. For a start, we might find some new ...

17 ways to slip up on health and safety

Posted By : Posted Time : 15/04/2015 Topic : Corporate Responsibility No Comment
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Let’s imagine we’ve had a busy morning and are on our way to grab a cup of coffee together. With us is a colleague who speaks three European languages, including English, but is a native Russian speaker. We’re doing what you do in narrow corridor: walking ...

Planning to export? Financial help for new exporters

Posted By : Posted Time : 24/03/2015 Topic : Exporting No Comment
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Fiona Tester, International Trade Manager, Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce, with Cintra Translation Business Development Manager, Anthony Gray Planning to export? Read the Cintra Translations’ how-to on researching new customers and markets abroad For the fourth and final blog in our Planning to export series, we’re answering ...

Planning to export? Using – and affording – commercially available sector-specific market research

Posted By : Posted Time : 17/03/2015 Topic : Exporting No Comment
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The third in the Cintra Translation Planning to export? series focuses on finding and affording relevant commercially available sector-specific market research. Hot drinks, cold drinks, men’s grooming products, cold and cough remedies, small appliances, medical appliances. Whatever market you’re in, and wherever you want to export, commercially ...

Planning to export? Here’s how to go global

Posted By : Posted Time : 04/03/2015 Topic : Exporting No Comment
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Planning to export? Read the Cintra Translations’ how-to on researching new customers and markets abroad Today on the Cintra blog we’re kicking off a four-part mini series that will help you find, research and compare potential new markets for export. We’ll also point you to sources of ...

Penalties, prevention and ISO 45001: three reasons to translate health and safety policies for your migrant workforce

Posted By : Posted Time : 20/02/2015 Topic : Corporate Responsibility No Comment
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We’re working with an increasing number of companies to translate their Health and Safety policies and procedures into the languages their factory workers, warehouse staff and field hands speak and read fluently. In a sector where margins are slim and employers and recruiters are traditionally ...

Minding the gaffe in a global business world

Posted By : Posted Time : 13/02/2015 Topic : Exporting No Comment
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A great article in yesterday’s Times from Jenni Russell, talking about social norms now that we live in a world where we need to work with and understand people from so many different cultures. She says that the Foreign Office is launching the Diplomatic Academy, essentially ...
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