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Lingo24 Solutions:We really can help you do more effective business internationally - and if we can't, you'll know this within 30 seconds of speaking to us on the 'phone. Lingo24 Company BlogArchive for December, 2007Get a grip on translationsFriday, December 7th, 2007A few days ago, I read with some interest, of the expenditure of Birmingham City Council on translation services within their Ward. It seems that local residents are up In arms because the amount spent by the council totals some £1 million of council tax payer’s money. Learning conundrumWednesday, December 5th, 2007Whenever people are asked, what in their opinion the most difficult languages to learn are, some old favourites invariably pop up. Many people list Japanese, Chinese and Arabic as a matter of course and with a little more though, add Finnish and Hungarian too. It is worth noting though, that for many non native speakers, English ranks very highly amongst the most difficult languages listed. Taking it all too far?Tuesday, December 4th, 2007Birmingham City Council came under fire and was accused of wasting public money yesterday for spending £1 million on translators for immigrants and asylum seekers within their Ward. The Council, whose area contains a large ethnic population, stated that they had a statutory duty to provide services for asylum seekers and immigrants and thus to provide translation services as part and parcel of that package as many of the aforementioned, did not speak English. Bric by bricMonday, December 3rd, 2007That’s right…it’s not a misspelling but the acronym for the upcoming economic powerhouse countries that are set fair to surpass America to become the drivers of the world economy within a decade. The acronym stands for; Brazil, Russia, India and China. |