Deciding on one binding language for international business contracts is essential.In international business, companies typically sign their contracts in one language only. When a language is set as the contractual language, the version of the contract…

Ian McGarry and Mark Chapman, hosts of the Culture Club programme on 5 live Sport, were recently tackling the issue of cultural differences and foreign players settling into life in the UK. At one point in the show ex-footballer Vincent Pericard was sharing his own personal experiences which included a comment that if he had […]

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Culture is a buzzword in football circles at the moment. The topic was brought to the fore through the comments of Liverpool’s Luis Suarez. Found guilty of racist language against Patrice Evra, Suarez blamed cultural differences and claimed people had misunderstood. Swindon boss Di Canio, who was sent to the stands for overzealous body language […]

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Swindon Manager Paoloa Di Canio was sent to the stands during their match against Macclesfield on January 21st 2012. His post-match reaction was typically Di Canio. Interestingly though he was very passionate about his right to express his culture. His use of body language and gestures were interpreted as being somewhat overzealous by match officials. […]

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Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands? Some of the questions a business traveller to a new country may be asking prior to landing. Making a good impression is important however is it all about etiquette? Kwintessential have today released a new App based on the research of Professor Hofstede which takes a more behavioural view of […]

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A story from India shows us how even local elected officials can find themselves in need of language services.India is one of the world’s most complex linguistic patchworks. According to the 2001 census, 30 languages are spoken by more than a mil…

The more people you can reach out to through social media networks, the better. That’s where foreign languages come in.I just ran across an article entitled “Secrets to Social Media Success in Foreign Languages.” (The link will be include…

Language interpreters can help athletes play their game. Language interpretation holds down a key role in many sectors: medicine, law, and business, to name a few.  Although we don’t know of any language service providers specialized in t…

In the last of a 3-blog series, we’ll pull up a few of our most interesting posts from our “Language and Culture” blog.As a language service provider, the heart of our business is, of course, languages. And whether we are working in translation, …