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It’s that time of year again! Valentine’s Day arrives on February 14th and it’s time to start booking in your restaurant for the evening. If you are looking for something culturally stimulating this year, check out our top 5 suggestions for restaurants in Bristol we believe will give you a taste of something different. All the restaurants offer to stimulate your senses through the food and ambience that represent their cultures. Shanghai Nights Style: Chinese Address: Nelson Street... Read Full Story

It’s that time of year again! Valentine’s Day arrives on February 14th and it’s time to start booking in your restaurant for the evening. If you are looking for something culturally stimulating this year, check out our top 5 restaurants in London we believe will spice up your night. All the restaurants offer to stimulate your senses through the food and ambience that represent their cultures. Shaka Zulu Style: South African Address: Stables Market, Camden, London, NW1 8AB Tel... Read Full Story

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. However, Di Canio clearly feels that he can’t help but express his Italian culture , of which a large part is to be expressive vocally and... Read Full Story

If you need a translation doing there are two ways of going about it. You can go online and ask a robot to firstly understand your language and secondly, translate it into a different language. Or you can use a company of human translators to do the work for you. Some say that the online way is the way of the future; personally, I believe that the world we live in relies on technology, to give them the answer, far too much. Online translation could be the answer to all your problems… or it... Read Full Story

Translators (freelancers anyway) need to find work. How can they find work? Through developing contacts. Today social networking sites are one of the best means of developing these contacts. There are many social networking sites that you could join to promote your translation business; these include sites like Twitter, Facebook and Flixter. However, there is only one social networking site which stands out for business use and that is LinkedIn. LinkedIn is the only social networking site... Read Full Story

29th October 2011 – University of the West of England, Bristol 10 AM, 29th October 2011 Day Event hosted by SIETAR UK and University of the West of England, Bristol Venue: University of the West of England, Bristol, Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS16 1QY In recognition of the significance of efficient communication in modern complex workplaces there has been an explosion of interest in cultural diversity and intercultural (IC) facilitation and training. Leading training... Read Full Story

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 , is proud the company’s HQ still remains in the county and contributes to its economic development. Established in 2004... Read Full Story

Interesting to read about Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke’s speech at Clifford Chance earlier this week. It is clear the government has to get the UK exporting in order to get us all out of the current slump. UKT&I continue to do great work and now the government has launched the ‘Legal Services Action plan’ which aims to promote London as the legal capital of the world. Clarke hailed the UK’s legal services industry as ‘world-class’ and gave an overview of initiatives the Government is... Read Full Story

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 it proves challenging to completely capture colloquialisms that do not transfer into other languages. If the main character in the film has a very distinct dialect... Read Full Story

During the month of Ramadan Muslim followers are expected to not eat, drink, smoke or have any intimate relations between the hours of sunrise and sunset. As many Gulf countries are now popular holiday destinations for many western tourists, people who are not observing this holy time are being requested to be respectful to those who are marking Ramadan and to behave accordingly. Of course it is not only holidaymakers who find that they stumble across holy festivals such as Ramadan when they... Read Full Story