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How can thebigword help break communication barriers with British Sign Language?

Sign Language is a visual means of communication, which can be identified using gestures, facial expressions and body language. In the UK, British Sign Language (BSL) is officially recognised as the second widest used language after English. BSL follows its own grammatical structure and syntax, which is not dependent on spoken English language. It is…

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thebigword balances its carbon footprint

Global language service provider, thebigword, has collaborated with Forest Carbon to take action on their UK Carbon Footprint. Awareness of climate change around the globe is undoubtedly increasing and many businesses are making positive changes to become more eco-friendly through a number of important initiatives, such as becoming carbon neutral. thebigword Group has an ambitious…

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thebigword successfully hosts first virtual ‘thebigleaders’ event

Global language technology company, thebigword Group, celebrates success after hosting their first virtual thebigleaders event last Thursday. thebigleaders is a community of language leaders, joining forces at a series of events and forums. Having previously hosted the events in person in London, California and Portugal this is the first time the event has been broadcast…

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Fake interpreters will be caught – Leicester Police and thebigword collaborate

Chief Constable Simon Cole who leads on Interpreter Services nationally for the police, is today making sure that those criminals who pretend to be interpreters know that they will be caught and be dealt with. Highlighting recent national cases where fraudsters have been caught red-handed and the subsequent changes in policy to bring in tighter…

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thebigword offers telephone interpreting services to Yorkshire Water

Global language technology company thebigword Group has secured a telephone interpreting contract with Yorkshire Water. Yorkshire Water is one of the largest regulated water and wastewater companies in the UK, supplying five million domestic customers in 2.1million properties and 140,000 business premises. The people within the Yorkshire County rely on Yorkshire Water for their basic health needs and lifestyles.…

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thebigword Group awarded an impressive new contract with the North West Police

The award includes seven police forces: Greater Manchester Police, Lancashire Constabulary, Merseyside Police, Cumbria Constabulary, North Wales Police, Cheshire Constabulary and Counter-Terrorism Policing. thebigword has been helping connect the Police to linguists to enable discussion with Limited English speakers. thebigword’s network of linguists is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to provide…

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thebigword Group announces partnership with Susquehanna Private Capital

Global leader in language technology and localization solutions, thebigword Group (“TBW”), has today announced a partnership with Susquehanna Private Capital (“SPC”).  SPC will help thebigword Group achieve their vision of becoming the world’s de facto multilingual localization tool with WordSynk. In 2020, the company launched WordSynk, the world’s first all-in-one localization platform. Users of the WordSynk…

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thebigword introduces exciting integration with Dropbox to their WordSynk Translation

Global Language Technology company thebigword has rolled out a new development, an integration with Dropbox which going forward will make it easier for clients using WordSynk Translation. WordSynk was introduced by thebigword to simplify both the translation and interpreting experience for their customers. With this in mind, thebigword team are excited to share that they…

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WordSynk hits 100k per month automation milestone

WordSynk, thebigword’s all-in-one language platform, has hit an automation milestone with over 100,000 Telephone interpreting calls per month now being fully automated. Fully automated calls require no human involvement in connecting a customer over the phone with an interpreter in under 30 seconds. thebigword has increased fully automated calls by over 230% from this time…

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TBW Global: Supply chain management

Through our 40+ years of providing support to our defence and security services clients, TBW Global has built a vast and valuable network of professionals and supporting corporate partners ranging from SMEs to large defence providers stationed in all our global areas of operation. Our supply chain is highly valuable to our managed service offering…

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thebigword awarded translation contract with worldwide fashion retailer PrettyLittleThing

Global language technology company thebigword has been awarded a translation contract with worldwide fashion retailer PrettyLittleThing who are based in Manchester, United Kingdom. PrettyLittleThing is a multi-million pound fashion retailer that trades online globally, mainly operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, United States, France, the Middle East and North Africa. thebigword will be translating…

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