Introducing Ben Lewis

Dear blog-reading enthusiasts, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself… I am a football fan, fitness fanatic (although I don’t look like it), lover of travel, food, drink and riding roller-coasters. However most importantly, I am a Relationship Manager at Kwintessential having started at the very beginning of January. My job is […]

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Somerset Firm’s Passion Translates into Success

Monday 19th September 2011: Expanding firm Kwintessential have further tied the company’s future to Somerset with an investment in new offices. Now based in Crewkerne, the once one-man operation has grown to become a global player with offices in London, California, Buenos Aires, Cape Town and Dubai.  Passionate about Somerset, the Managing Director, Neil Payne, […]

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Kwintessential’s Fashion page?

We thought we would clear up a small issue that has come to light over the past week. Despite our credentials as being the fashionistas of the translation & intepreting sector   we can’t lay claim to the Kwintessential tumblr page. Now, we would love to have the time to write on Courtside Chic and […]

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Execs don’t get the need for Website Translations

According to the world’s biggest provider of language and translation services (TransPerfect) there is a large disparity between the importance that consumers and companies place on the translation of retail websites. It seems that customers who shop online attribute a lot of weight to the website that they are using having the correct translation, whereas […]

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Police Translation Costs Soar

A new report has highlighted the fact that the police force across the UK has spent over £82 million over the last three years on translation services. It is thought that the police have had to fork out such a large chunk of their budget so that they can effectively communicate with migrant criminals, victims […]

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Language Crucial for Global Online Business

At the last estimate it was thought that there are around five hundred and thirty seven million users who make use of the internet in the English language, on top of this around 445 million people use the web in the Chinese language. These are the two main languages that the public use in order […]

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New Translation Service for Holidaymakers

If you have ever been abroad and come across a problem that has meant that you are in need of some help then you might have found that the language barriers can cause issues. However, now a new telephone service has been launched that aims to help out British travellers who find themselves in a […]

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Film Studios and Translation

Movie studios are no strangers to putting out their films in many different languages in order to maximise box office revenue from as many different countries as possible. In fact one recent example, Pixar Animation’s “Cars 2″, was sent out to 44 countries when it was released this summer. However as many translators have found […]

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Chinese Translation is Big Business

If you are going to do a job then you need to make sure that you do it properly and this is what many translators already know. If you are going to translate anything whether it be a document or a speech for your business then you will need to make sure that it is […]

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Translation and the Millennial Generation

The web is navigated in English by 537 million users who choose to use the English language as the primary way in which they conduct their business on the internet. 445 million users do the majority of their transactions over the internet in Chinese. However on top of these two main languages that are used, […]

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