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thebigword – the global, technology-enabled language solution provider – is supporting the British Military cultural advice and training for those travelling to Sierra Leone to combat the Ebola virus. thebigwords Defence, Justice and International Security division is providing a Sierra Leone national who is a teacher, speaker of Krio and a specialist in the region’s…
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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…
thebigword – a global technology-enabled language solutions provider – has bolstered its commitment to supporting the armed forces community by signing the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. The covenant is a voluntary pledge of support from businesses and charities to the armed forces community, and includes two key principles: * No member of the armed forces…
Business Secretary Vince Cable has visited global technology-enabled language solution provider, thebigword, at its Leeds HQ. Dr Cable’s visit to Leeds coincided with the latest campaign to promote Apprenticeships and the next phase of the Apprenticeship Standards. During his visit, he toured thebigword global hub which manages worldwide language projects from 13 offices in 12 countries,…
Rachel Reeves, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and MP for Leeds West, has visited the global HQ of technology-enabled language solution provider thebigword to see the company’s award-winning apprenticeship scheme in action. Rachel Reeves was joined by Lucinda Yeadon, Councillor for Kirkstall Ward and executive member for leisure and skills on Leeds…
The Ministry of Defence has appointed the technology-enabled language solution provider, “thebigword”:https://en-us.thebigword.com, to deliver interpreting for its training of the Libyan military. Under the contract, awarded following a competitive tendering process, thebigword will provide up to 55 interpreters a day who will work intensively alongside the UK and Libyan troops covering everything from classroom learning…
With 12 – 15% of the 3m people due to visit the region for the world’s most famous cycling race coming from overseas, thebigword has identified some distinctly Yorkshire phrases that foreign language speakers might struggle to understand. Commonly used Yorkshire phrases* like “She’s bonny – what do they call ‘er?”, “They’ll be here while…
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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thebigword has been shortlisted as a finalist in the inaugural Investors in People Awards ‘Best School and Business Partnership’ category, thanks to its work with Roundhay School, Leeds, through the Ahead Partnership’s ‘Make the Grade’ programme. The Awards, which received more than 500 entries from all over the UK and different sectors, will celebrate the…
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Staff from global, technology-enabled language solution provider thebigword will be putting their best feet forward to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity next month. The organisation has been selected as the preferred charity for thebigword’s London office and members of staff will be taking part in the RBC Race for the Kids…
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Technology-enabled language services provider focuses on place in top five. thebigword, the global technology-enabled language service provider, has announced that Michael Ridgway has become Global Sales Director and SVP Global Sales. Michael takes up his new position from his previous role as EVP Sales, US. Michael, who is based at thebigword’s New York office, joined…
– Ninety-four per cent of thebigword’s customers value its services so highly that they’d recommend it to other companies, a survey has found, and their decision is based on quality of product and service. thebigword, the global technology-enabled language service provider, approached more than 4,000 of its customers to ask what influenced their decisions when…
