Lingo24 Website Detective competition
Our Lingo24 'website detective' contest offered you the chance to win two tickets to see the world's longest-running play "The Mousetrap" in the heart of London's West End plus bed and breakfast for two at the chic Guesthouse West in London's trendy Notting Hill. The competition has now closed, and we are pleased to give the answers.
To stand a chance of winning, you had to find the correct answers to 6 questions about Lingo24 - luckily, all the answers were to be found on our website www.lingo24.com, so wise Lingo-sleuths made that their first port of call! The winner will be drawn from all the correct entries received.
Good luck to everyone who entered!
Competition Answers
Q1: How many central offices does Lingo24 have around the world?
A1: 0 - A trick question! Lingo24's 45 employees all work from home - no matter where they live around the globe.
Q2: What is the most common mother tongue of Lingo24 staff?
A2: Romanian - The majority of our staff live in and around Timisoara, Romania
Q3: In how many languages is the Lingo24 website available?
A3: 7 - We try to practice what we preach, and multi-lingual international sales are as important to us as any business.
Q4: Which charity received Lingo24's Christmas donation in 2005?
A4: Cancer Research - Closely followed by Rachel House and Save the Children
Q5: Who is the tallest member of staff at Lingo24?
A5: Jos Shepherd - At 6'7" (or 200.5cm) he is literally head and shoulders above the rest of the company!
Q6: What is Lingo24's preferred file format for translation, as written about by the company's translation technology expert Christof Schneider?
A6: XML - As regular readers of our newsletter The Lingo-ist will know, he is passionate about the benefits of this format
Of course! The questions are so easy when you know the answers...!