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The United States Navy’s engineering command, which is committed to the combat readiness of the world’s largest naval force, has awarded thebigword a contract with Naval Facilities Engineering Command Europe Africa Southwest Asia (NAVFAC EURAFSWA), headquartered in Naples, Italy. As a supporting command of the US Navy, NAVFAC manages facility project planning and design for…
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Global Language Service provider thebigword has announced ambitious plans to grow the business and enter the top 5 language companies in the world. The ability to deliver a quality service at speed is absolutely essential to this goal and so thebigword has invested £7million in technology over the last three years. The company has already…
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Finnish technology company HMD Global, the new home of Nokia, is teaming up with global language services company thebigword to translate its digital media content for consumers around the world. The Finnish economy is experiencing something of a revival following a sharp decline in productivity during the financial crisis of 2007-08 and the fall in…
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Editing, proofreading and copyediting are often used interchangeably — but they’re not the same thing. To help clarify things, we have created this helpful guide to explain the difference. Editing Editing is the reviewing and changing of text to improve the flow and overall quality of the writing. An editor has the freedom to remove…
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The company has commissioned the International School of Linguists to produce a series of short educational videos for legal professionals so they can get the best out of interpreters. The ISL already delivers an acclaimed training programme for its expert linguists who play a vital role in the smooth running of court cases involving limited…
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Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is teaming up with global language services firm thebigword to improve the patient experience for Deaf and hard of hearing patients. The Trust, which runs the Royal Victoria and Freeman Hospitals as well as the Great North Children’s Hospital, Newcastle Dental Hospital, Centre for Ageing and Vitality and Community Services…
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Provider of translation and interpreting services thebigword has been awarded a major contract with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). The large five-year framework contract means thebigword linguists will provide troops language support using a mix of local Afghan and US staff. The unique nature of NATO operations means all linguists are required to be…
Conventional wisdom has it that English has won the race to be the new “lingua-franca” for international business and communication. To some extent that’s right. English is by far the most widely spoken language in the world with over 400 million native speakers and an estimated 1.1 billion second language speakers spread over every continent,…
Thebigword team has met with more than 300 people from across the justice sector to explain how they are looking to continue to improve language services when they take over the Ministry of Justice contract next month. From the end of October, thebigword will deliver all interpretation and translation services to Ministry of Justice (MoJ)…
thebigword – a global, technology-enabled language solution provider – has revealed that this year, Chinese has replaced German as 3rd in the list of languages businesses ask it to translate into. This shift reflects China’s growing influence as one of the most powerful economies in the world. But it also shows that businesses are beginning…
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‘- a global, technology-enabled language solution provider – will be one of a powerful panel of speakers sharing their insights at the Institute of Export (IOE) workshop at Gresham College, London, October 21. “£48bn in revenue lost due to bad language?” will see Bernadette offering her insights into Professor James Foreman-Peck’s recent calculation that UK…
The multinational interpreting and translation company, thebigword, plans to create up to 3,000 more jobs for linguists this year. The company’s expansion within the Interpreting industry is currently running at 20 per cent per month in the United States. It is in part driven by American businesses limiting the effects of the homeland recession by selling goods and…
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