Alexika Ltd
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Professional translation and interpreting for business and commerce. We help you to communicate across borders!
How swear words can tell us about different #languages and #cultures - lovely article in the Guardian: bit.ly/4qjMGa8
Italian blasphemy and German ingenuity: how swear words differ around the world
Once dismissed as a sign of low intelligence, researchers now argue the ‘power’ of taboo words has been overlooked
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October 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
How swear words can tell us about different #languages and #cultures - lovely article in the Guardian: bit.ly/4qjMGa8
Happy International #Translation Day! We're celebrating the feast of St. Jerome, the Bible #translator, who is considered the patron saint of translators. bit.ly/4gRoYxF
International Translation Day | United Nations
International Translation Day is meant as an opportunity to pay tribute to the work of language professionals, which plays an important role in bringing nations together, facilitating dialogue, unders...
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September 30, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Happy International #Translation Day! We're celebrating the feast of St. Jerome, the Bible #translator, who is considered the patron saint of translators. bit.ly/4gRoYxF
Over on the Alexika Blog - thinking about the evolution of our #alphabet and #language - from the Etruscans of ancient Tuscany to modern day #translation helping to shape our world ..: bit.ly/3In1tzN
From Tuscany to the World: How the Etruscans Shaped Our Alphabet - Alexika
From Tuscany to the World: How the Etruscans Shaped Our Alphabet - Insights and Industry News from Alexika
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September 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Over on the Alexika Blog - thinking about the evolution of our #alphabet and #language - from the Etruscans of ancient Tuscany to modern day #translation helping to shape our world ..: bit.ly/3In1tzN
We're proud to again sponsor the wonderful Settle Victoria Hall beer festival, this year also supporting The Principle Trust Children's Charity - who help vulnerable children make memories that last. It's on all weekend and it's great bit.ly/4m6v3Ib Cheers! 🍻
August 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
We're proud to again sponsor the wonderful Settle Victoria Hall beer festival, this year also supporting The Principle Trust Children's Charity - who help vulnerable children make memories that last. It's on all weekend and it's great bit.ly/4m6v3Ib Cheers! 🍻
Over on the Alexika Blog: The Hidden Risks of Inaccurate #Legal #Translation...Legal language leaves no room for ambiguity... bit.ly/457RRjx #LoveLanguage
The Hidden Risks of Inaccurate Legal Translation - Alexika
The Hidden Risks of Inaccurate Legal Translation - Insights and Industry News from Alexika
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July 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Over on the Alexika Blog: The Hidden Risks of Inaccurate #Legal #Translation...Legal language leaves no room for ambiguity... bit.ly/457RRjx #LoveLanguage
As English football fans celebrate with the #Lionesses today, this video from Pearson Schools features goalkeeper Hannah Hampton talking about her love of #languages, and the importance of saying Good Morning to her international club teammates in their own language...: bit.ly/4lcDy3u
Language Learning & Football: Hannah Hampton
As part of our More than Words campaign and in partnership with Mingalaba's Steve Eadon, we have interviewed a selection of different professionals within the football industry who have highlighted the countless benefits language learning has offered them in their careers. In this video, Hannah Hampton, goalkeeper for @chelseafc and @england Women's National Team, shares her experiences and how her language skills have helped her on and off the pitch. To find out more, please visit: https://www.pearson.com/en-gb/schools/subject-resources/modern-languages/2024-pearson-edexcel-gcse-mfl-qualifications.html
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July 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
As English football fans celebrate with the #Lionesses today, this video from Pearson Schools features goalkeeper Hannah Hampton talking about her love of #languages, and the importance of saying Good Morning to her international club teammates in their own language...: bit.ly/4lcDy3u
Congratulations to English footballer Trent Alexander-Arnold on his speech in fluent Spanish as he was unveiled as a Real Madrid C.F. player. Very accomplished and very well done - and you could see the joy on his hosts' faces! The power of language is such a wonderful thing... bit.ly/4mZAaef
June 13, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Congratulations to English footballer Trent Alexander-Arnold on his speech in fluent Spanish as he was unveiled as a Real Madrid C.F. player. Very accomplished and very well done - and you could see the joy on his hosts' faces! The power of language is such a wonderful thing... bit.ly/4mZAaef
Over on the Alexika Blog - we're talking about the differences between #Dutch and #Flemish languages- and why it matters if you are #exporting to Belgium and the Netherlands: bit.ly/4mTKxAr
Flemish vs Dutch: Why Getting the Language Right Matters When Exporting to Flanders - Alexika
Flemish vs Dutch: Why Getting the Language Right Matters When Exporting to Flanders - Insights and Industry News from Alexika
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May 29, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Over on the Alexika Blog - we're talking about the differences between #Dutch and #Flemish languages- and why it matters if you are #exporting to Belgium and the Netherlands: bit.ly/4mTKxAr
The Alexika Spring Newsletter is out now! We talk about CPD for professional linguists, using the internet to improve language learning, how highly we value our engineering #translators....and we're celebrating our ISO9001 audit success. We hope that you find something of interest! bit.ly/43n2tdu
Alexika Language News - Spring 2025
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May 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The Alexika Spring Newsletter is out now! We talk about CPD for professional linguists, using the internet to improve language learning, how highly we value our engineering #translators....and we're celebrating our ISO9001 audit success. We hope that you find something of interest! bit.ly/43n2tdu
We like the sound of this new Podcast from MultiLingual Media - 'Echoes of Meaning' promises philosophical conversation about #language, #translation and #interpreting...https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/echoes-of-meaning/id1814386304
Echoes of Meaning
Philosophy Podcast · Updated Monthly · Echoes of Meaning is an ongoing philosophical conversation about the world of language, translation, and interpreting. Hosted by Camila Sabogal Gómez, a linguist...
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May 15, 2025 at 7:55 AM
We like the sound of this new Podcast from MultiLingual Media - 'Echoes of Meaning' promises philosophical conversation about #language, #translation and #interpreting...https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/echoes-of-meaning/id1814386304
Our MD Mark is pleased to feature in the @ciol-linguists.bsky.social 'CIOL Voices' Blog series talking about #CPD for Professional Linguists. Keep polishing those linguistic superpowers everyone! www.ciol.org.uk/cpd-professi...
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Keep learning everyone! By Mark Robinson Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is an important subject for professional linguists – and rightly so. For translators, interpreters, project managers ...
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April 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Our MD Mark is pleased to feature in the @ciol-linguists.bsky.social 'CIOL Voices' Blog series talking about #CPD for Professional Linguists. Keep polishing those linguistic superpowers everyone! www.ciol.org.uk/cpd-professi...
We're proud to announce that Alexika Ltd has had a successful external #ISO9001 Quality Management System audit today, and we are certified for another year. Great work team! Thank you UKAS accredited audit company ISOQAR for a professional process..https://isoqar.com/iso-standards/iso-9001/
ISO 9001
Build resilience and meet regulatory requirements with ISO 9001. Get certified to the internationally recognized quality management standard.
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April 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We're proud to announce that Alexika Ltd has had a successful external #ISO9001 Quality Management System audit today, and we are certified for another year. Great work team! Thank you UKAS accredited audit company ISOQAR for a professional process..https://isoqar.com/iso-standards/iso-9001/
Over on the Alexika Blog - the importance of Continuing Professional Development for #Linguists. Keep learning everyone - we do it because we love it! alexika.com/cpd-for-prof...
CPD for Professional Linguists — Keep Learning Everyone! - Alexika
CPD for Professional Linguists — Keep Learning Everyone! - Insights and Industry News from Alexika
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April 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Over on the Alexika Blog - the importance of Continuing Professional Development for #Linguists. Keep learning everyone - we do it because we love it! alexika.com/cpd-for-prof...
Our kind of pub - from their delightful establishment in Northumberland UK to dreaming of ordering beer around the world #AppleInnLucker theappleinnlucker.com
March 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Our kind of pub - from their delightful establishment in Northumberland UK to dreaming of ordering beer around the world #AppleInnLucker theappleinnlucker.com
Well done to the Chartered Institute of Linguists for putting out another varied and thought-provoking paper on AI - and our MD Mark is delighted to have been asked to contribute...https://www.ciol.org.uk/ciol-ai-voices-2025
March 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Well done to the Chartered Institute of Linguists for putting out another varied and thought-provoking paper on AI - and our MD Mark is delighted to have been asked to contribute...https://www.ciol.org.uk/ciol-ai-voices-2025
Thoughtful and balanced article in MultiLingual Media magazine from Christopher Reid, PhD, : Is machine #translation magic? bit.ly/4k5nEsc
The Magic of Machine Translation and the Future of Translation | MultiLingual November 2022
While attending a localization conference in Warsaw a few years back, I heard the chief technology officer of a well-known machine translation (MT) company refer to the results of his engine as just t...
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February 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Thoughtful and balanced article in MultiLingual Media magazine from Christopher Reid, PhD, : Is machine #translation magic? bit.ly/4k5nEsc
Over on the Alexika Blog: How leisure #language learners can use the Internet to improve language skills - including regularly following simplified-languages news services. Plus an important thought on the academic rigour needed for future professional linguists.https://bit.ly/4jYqbUX #LoveLanguages
February 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Over on the Alexika Blog: How leisure #language learners can use the Internet to improve language skills - including regularly following simplified-languages news services. Plus an important thought on the academic rigour needed for future professional linguists.https://bit.ly/4jYqbUX #LoveLanguages
Wonderful exhibition on at The British Museum in London - 'Silk Roads'. Focusing on 500-1000 AD, language and translation is absolutely central to the flow of people, goods and ideas across vast areas of the world. Kudos to those ancient #translators and #interpreters! #LoveLanguage bit.ly/40rsTt7
Silk Roads
Go beyond sand and spices to discover how the journeys of people, objects and ideas across three continents shaped cultures and histories.
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January 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Wonderful exhibition on at The British Museum in London - 'Silk Roads'. Focusing on 500-1000 AD, language and translation is absolutely central to the flow of people, goods and ideas across vast areas of the world. Kudos to those ancient #translators and #interpreters! #LoveLanguage bit.ly/40rsTt7
Thoughtful article on Multilingual.com from Steve Yolen - Can #translators thrive in a changing world? Innovations … will create new opportunities for translators to redefine excellence #LoveLanguages multilingual.com/from-typewri...
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January 9, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Thoughtful article on Multilingual.com from Steve Yolen - Can #translators thrive in a changing world? Innovations … will create new opportunities for translators to redefine excellence #LoveLanguages multilingual.com/from-typewri...
Over on the Alexika Blog - the importance of specialised #translation in engineering, and the quite extraordinary breadth of knowledge required to be an engineering translator... #LoveLanguage bit.ly/424PSMX
The Importance of Specialised Translation in Engineering - Alexika
The Importance of Specialised Translation in Engineering - Insights and Industry News from Alexika
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January 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Over on the Alexika Blog - the importance of specialised #translation in engineering, and the quite extraordinary breadth of knowledge required to be an engineering translator... #LoveLanguage bit.ly/424PSMX
Top-ranking UK podcast 'The Rest is Politics' featuring good discussion on the skills of political #interpreters and #translators this week. Worth their weight in gold, says French/German graduate Alastair Campbell! #LoveLanguages bit.ly/40k2IpB
The Rest Is Politics | The Rest Is Politics
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January 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Top-ranking UK podcast 'The Rest is Politics' featuring good discussion on the skills of political #interpreters and #translators this week. Worth their weight in gold, says French/German graduate Alastair Campbell! #LoveLanguages bit.ly/40k2IpB
The Alexika Christmas Newsletter is out now - we close at midday on Tuesday 24th December and reopen at 9am on Tuesday 2nd January. Season's Greetings to all! bit.ly/3By8muw
December 17, 2024 at 9:38 AM
The Alexika Christmas Newsletter is out now - we close at midday on Tuesday 24th December and reopen at 9am on Tuesday 2nd January. Season's Greetings to all! bit.ly/3By8muw
Thought provoking article in @economist.com as ever - from 'machine translation is almost a solved problem' ... but further down 'you also have to have human-level intelligence.' I just love this industry!! #LoveLanguages #Translation bit.ly/3ZWPazS
Machine translation is almost a solved problem
But interpreting meanings, rather than just words and sentences, will be a daunting task
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December 16, 2024 at 9:50 AM
Thought provoking article in @economist.com as ever - from 'machine translation is almost a solved problem' ... but further down 'you also have to have human-level intelligence.' I just love this industry!! #LoveLanguages #Translation bit.ly/3ZWPazS
Instead of sending Christmas cards, we're proud to support CLEAR Global - this year with a focus on working to ensure that women and children around the world can access critical information in their own languages. #LanguageInclusion #DonateNow bit.ly/3ZH5apN
The safety of many women and children depends on language inclusion - CLEAR Global
The safety of women and children depends on language inclusion. Four billion people in the world speak a marginalized language – a language that […]
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December 11, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Instead of sending Christmas cards, we're proud to support CLEAR Global - this year with a focus on working to ensure that women and children around the world can access critical information in their own languages. #LanguageInclusion #DonateNow bit.ly/3ZH5apN