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thebigword’s Business Development Director attends Tekom / tcworld Conference

thebigword’s Business Development Director, Nancy Hähnel, recently attended the tcworld conference in Germany to collaborate with other international providers in the software and services industry. The tcworld conference selected international speakers to discuss and present valuable information on content strategies, management of structured information, optimisation of translation and localisation processes, language technology, neural MT, as…

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THEBIGWORD GROUP LAUNCHES BRAND NEW SPACE TO SUPPORT GROWTH AND EXPANSION

thebigword Group has launched a brand new space in a former heartland of the first industrial revolution to support growth and expansion for thebigword Group. It will house the group’s technology business GTS (Gould Tech Solutions). thebrainworks is a converted warehouse with a brand new, modern design. It has exciting, innovative features for staff including…

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thebigword presents charity fundraiser award at Radio Aire Young Hero Awards

Global translation and interpretation provider thebigword took part in Radio Aire’s Young Hero Awards evening on Friday 26th October and presented the ‘Charity Fundraiser’ award. The company supports charities working in the communities where thebigword is located through their CSR programme. In Leeds, thebigword is supporting Radio Aire’s Cash for Kids in the run up to…

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thebigword’s CEO to present session at the SME Leadership and Innovation Summit

thebigword is pleased to announce that Nihat Arkan, CEO of thebigword, will be delivering a talk at the SME Leadership and Innovation Summit in October. Nihat will be presenting an interactive talk titled ‘Global Mindset & International Expansion’, and will be answering questions surrounding the importance of localisation for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME’s) who…

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thebigword awarded substantial damages and legal cost in landmark ruling.

A court today awarded a Leeds-based translation company substantial damages after one of its competitors was found guilty of cybersquatting. Link-up Mitaka Ltd (trading as thebigword) provides translation services to many of the top 100 global brands and government organisations such as, the Police and NHS Trusts and various large UK Government contracts. In the…

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thebigword exhibit at ATA’s 59th annual conference

Global Language Service Provider thebigword is delighted to announce that it will be exhibiting its range of services at the American Translation Association (ATA) conference in New Orleans, Louisiana this October. After recently joining the ATA, thebigword is keen to raise awareness of thebigword and the opportunities it offers to the American linguist community. Our…

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thebigword teams with Google to help SMEs break down language barriers

Language services provider thebigword has teamed up with Google to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) break down language barriers and find new international customers for their goods and services. The search engine giant chose thebigword as a localisation partner for its new Market Finder tool. The service gives would-be exporters a head start on…

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thebigword take to the sky!

A team of daring skydivers from thebigword have taken to the skies over East Yorkshire to raise money for the Allied Force Foundation. This is a cause very close to the hearts of the team at thebigword, as they supply interpreters on both sides of the pond through their Defense Company TBW Global, who work…

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thebigword joins American Translation Association

  Global language services provider thebigword has joined the American Translation Association (ATA).   The ATA is a professional association founded to advance the translation and interpreting professions and foster the professional development of individual translators and interpreters. ATA has over 10,000 members and includes translators, interpreters, teachers, project managers, web and software developers, hospitals,…

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thebigword has appointed an industry leader as Chief Revenue Officer

Language services provider thebigword has appointed a proven industry leader as Chief Revenue Officer to spearhead the group’s global growth and customer success programme. Garry Levitt has significant international experience in leadership positions in the customer experience, globalisation and localisation sectors and particularly strong expertise in multilingual content services and technologies. He was formerly Vice…

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thebigword sponsor locworld 38 Seattle

  Global language service provider thebigword is proud to announce that it will again sponsor the LocWorld conference taking place in Seattle this October. LocWorld is the leading conference for international business, translation, localisation and global website management. Delegates attending the conference are responsible for communicating across the boundaries of language and culture in the…

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