The Power of Language Training: Increased effectiveness of your workforce

Q: What connects: George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde and Winston Churchill? A: They’re all supposed to have created the famous quotation along the lines of: Great Britain and America: 2 nations separated by a common language Now, if getting 2 sets of people who supposedly speak the same language to understand each other seems to …

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What to look out for when hiring a Translation Service Provider

Did you know that the Language Services market in the UK is valued at a whopping £1.75billion and there are over 1600 translation companies in the UK alone to choose from? If this sector is new to you, navigating the maze of translation providers and service options can be challenging. Here are Dialogue’s top 10 …

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The Story of our CEO at Dialogue: A History

The story of our CEO People often ask me, ‘why did you start up your own company and what has it been like?’ If you had known me as a child, I don’t think you would have pictured me as a business owner – maybe a carer of people or animals but of a business, …

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Values, Values, Values: Why Dialogue Wins Over Clients

Values, Values, Values: Why Dialogue Wins Over Clients Values, values, values, says Rob, it’s all about the values. We love them so much that we all have a nice little company mug with our values on, to remind us of them every day. Who doesn’t love a bit of company merch? But in all seriousness, …

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My Language Barrier Experience in Paris

My Trip to Paris! At the start of June, my friend and I took a trip to Paris. We were super excited! We visited the Arc de Triomphe, Notre-Dame, went up the Eiffel Tower alongside other typical touristy things. But I want to make the focus of this blog less about what we did but …

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The Language of Our Time

There are over 7,000 languages spoken world-wide, at least half of the world’s population are bilingual and countless words are being added to dictionaries across the world every year. Language is alive! Here at Dialogue, we work with over 200 languages and our in-house team are proud to be able to speak an impressive 8 …

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Why Making Mistakes is Good For Your English

While the phrase ‘if at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again’ may not apply to activities such as skydiving, it certainly is the case when learning a language. My love-hate relationship with the Russian language started when I picked it up at university in 2014. When I went out to St Petersburg on …

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The toughest parts of being a Translation Project Manager

Here at Dialogue, we take great pride in our translation and localisation work. It’s challenging and rewarding all at the same time. From legal translations to subtitles for works of fiction, translation takes precision and finesse. It also presents some unique challenges. For our Translation Project Managers, leading translation teams in various languages and locations, …

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7 reasons why learning English online is best for your team in 2022

Turns out that by 2010, more than half of the world’s population had become bilingual. While the reasons why are varied—from migration needs to the digital transformation driving globalisation—more and more people found it necessary to develop the ability to speak more than one language. After digital interconnectivity improvements allowed for a global reach, this …

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Is Social Media Changing the English Language?

The Impact of Emoji Use The rise and spread of the internet, especially social media, has changed a lot of aspects of our daily lives. The way we do business, how we interact with our family and friends, and how we use language to communicate with other people. One effect of social media is the …

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Transcreation: Your New Marketing Weapon

What is transcreation? Before we start, let’s briefly go over what transcreation is… Transcreation is the buzz word of 2022. If you sell in more than one language, it’s a powerful tool. It can really boost your sales conversion rates as it’s a whole lot more than translation… Transcreation aims to fire up the same …

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