Abu Qatada the infamous detainee currently awaiting deportation, is a prime example of how a lack of cultural and linguistic understanding can cause a mass of confusion. Forget the evidence that has been cited against him for heinous crimes of … Continue reading
Something interesting happened to me last week, I was caught up in a riot. Literally caught up, as waiting outside my hotel to meet Paola, manager of our Barcelona office. I suddenly found myself herded inside a police cordon, gas … Continue reading
In my former career, just like this one, with every new territory came new challenges. Cultural, as well as linguistic obstacles and the ability to work with international partners became key to our success or failure. In some cases this … Continue reading
I attended a fascinating breakfast seminar recently on up selling into existing customers. In truth I felt a little bit like an imposter being there as the session was exclusively for law firms, however RBS had kindly invited me and … Continue reading
For anyone who did not catch the first episode, Jeremy Paxman has an excellent new programme on the BBC on Monday nights called A taste for Power, in which he traces the story of the British Empire. Those who did … Continue reading
Following on from a previous blog there has been a lot of talk amongst the team about the best and worst codename experiences on documents. Sometimes the codename is only a single name in a document and can therefore be … Continue reading
I was delighted to hear about my involvement in Codex Global’s plans to venture into North America. I was over the moon when I was told in December that I was heading out to Chicago on a fact finder mission … Continue reading
Taking on the responsibility for translations in an organisation can be a daunting prospect, especially as the majority of translation buyers do not have any background in linguistics themselves. Outsourcing to an agency to manage translation requests on one’s behalf … Continue reading
As part of our ongoing expansion, we are currently recruiting for people to join our sales team. This started me thinking, what makes a person want to get in to sales in the first place? Strange question perhaps, particularly from … Continue reading
A recurring discussion point around our office, especially at times of mobile contract renewal, is which is the better: Blackberry or Google Android (NB: iPhones don’t figures as we won’t pay the extra premium). My answer? You guys do not … Continue reading
