Blog

Keep up to date with the most recent news relating to One Global. We also take a look at the latest developments in everything related to translation, localization, transcreation and interpreting, sharing our own perspective on developments.

National Limerick Day

Many people would say that poetry is the highest form of language...

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Re-Tour de Yorkshire

Although shamefully missed out of the last two years’ routes, One Global’s home town of Leeds will once again be welcoming the cyclists of the Tour de Yorkshire in 2018...

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Linguist Of The Month - April

Here at One Global, we appreciate and value the work our linguists’ do and recognise how vital they are to our business.

Remembering Shakespeare

On 23rd April, people all over the world will be celebrating the life of William Shakespeare...

Why Do Languages Die?

The world of language is a fascinating one: there are around 6,900 living languages, and many more dialects, all constantly changing and evolving...

Smile…be happy!

What is true happiness? One of the biggest questions in human history has drawn answers from all fields – from theology and medicine to literature and anthropology – and obsesses the media...

We swear it’s good for you!

Words have power! They can end wars, start relationships, make you happy or seal a deal...

Language Variations Part 2 – Spanish

With over 400 million native speakers worldwide it is the 2nd largest native language in the world...

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One Global joins the ATC

In addition to our recent ISO 17100 certification, One Global is now a member of the Association of Translation Companies (ATC)...

Cutting down on turnaround times

Every day we as project managers face tighter and tighter pressures on the turnaround of translation projects and it occurred to me the other day that maybe this is representative of the world we live in.

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Falling is as easy as… falling!

Having jumped out of a plane for charity last year to celebrate my 40th birthday and to raise some much needed funds for St Gemma’s Hospice...

Language Variations Part 1 – German

This is the first in a series of blogs looking at regional variations in languages. We understand that moving into new markets can be daunting...

Multilingual SEO – getting your keywords right

So you have a shiny new website ready to launch! Fully loaded up with videos, SEO and everything else that is going to help you climb up the Google rankings in no time...

One Global achieves ISO 17100 : 2015

One Global is proud to announce that we have recently been awarded certification of the BS EN ISO 17100 : 2015 standard.

Chinese characters are never round (except for Po in Kung Foo Panda)

It’s a guessing game many of our clients play quite often, with limited success. “I’ve got this document in erm, Japanese. Can you translate it into English?”

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Life begins at 40?

It’s 19 days until I jump out of a plane to raise some much needed funds for St Gemma’s Hospice (http://www.st-gemma.co.uk/) and 23 days until I make it to 40.