Legal Account Manager Appointed

May 14th, 2009

Language services company Prestige Network has appointed Salome Wagh as their Legal Account Manager, to specialise in providing language services to the legal sector.

salome-waghSalome came to the UK in 2003 to do an MA and Media and Communications. She joined Prestige Network in 2006 and has worked in the operations and sales teams. She speaks French, Italian, Hindi, Marathi and English, is originally from Poona in India.

Salome will be working with solicitors providing business law and assistance in child-custody court proceeding. She said: “I am delighted to be given the opportunity to work with solicitors throughout the south. Our work with personal injury solicitors in particular is a growing market, especially with more and more disputes.”

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British Sign Language (BSL) / English Interpreting

May 5th, 2009

Clients may commonly refer to a BSL linguist as a sign language interpreter, but the more accurate term is a British Sign Language (BSL) / English Interpreter, i.e. an interpreter who works in both BSL and English who can assist in communication between Deaf and hearing people.

At Prestige Network, we understand the crucial role that a sign language interpreter plays in bridging the communication barrier between Deaf* and hearing people.

*The use of the word ‘Deaf’ (with a capital ‘D’) refers to a person whose preferred language is BSL whereas ‘deaf’ (with a lowercase ‘d’) refers to any person with a significant hearing loss.

British Sign Language is the first or preferred language of around 70,000 people in the UK and was recognised by the UK government as a minority language in March 2003. With the services of a sign language interpreter, proficient in both BSL and English, Deaf and hearing people can communicate with each other.

Our British Sign Language (BSL) / English Interpreters,  have the essential skills and expertise to provide sign language translation that conveys the words, the meaning and feelings behind the words, which are so often vital when interacting. The friendly and efficient service provided by our experienced and bilingual staff and having access to a database of over 5000 language and BSL/English Interpreters will ensure that you get an experienced interpreter who can address your specific needs whether you are an individual or an organisation in the commercial, public or private sector.

Find out more about our British Sign Language (BSL) / English Interpreting service.

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Police Language Needs

May 5th, 2009

policewomanbackPrestige Network has established very strong links with many Police Forces around the UK by providing them with the first class translation services. Our Police language and interpreting team have been able to assist the non-English speaking public when reporting a crime, attending at a police station front desk, during police interviews and dealing with general queries about the police service.

Our professional linguists support the Police through face-to-face and telephone interpreting and document translations. Furthermore, Prestige Network’s Police Translation team provide their services at legal assignments and court hearings on daily basis throughout the whole country – for example see our article Prestige Network Solves Cheshire Constabulary’s Language Headache.

Every linguist we use is CRB verified and is bound by a strict code of conduct. Many are on the National Register and are DPSI qualified. They are experienced in Police practice and procedures raging from arrest and detention to statement taking and interpreting recorded interviews.

We work closely with Police Forces, as well as the Legal Profession (solicitors, courts, fraud, etc.) in general, and we understand their specific needs. And by ensuring that our linguists receive job-specific briefs, we can ensure that the we meet the language needs of the UKs Police Forces.

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Legal Translation and Legal Interpreting Services

April 28th, 2009
Legal Translation Services

Prestige Network has been providing Legal Translation and Legal Interpreting Services for for almost 20 years.

Prestige Network works closely with the Police forces leading law firms, solicitors, law courts, UK and global companies, and government agencies throughout the UK.

We offer any legal language services from legal document translating service to professional and qualified Court Interpreters.

With a resource of over 5000 professional linguists, we provide the highest quality professional language translation services in  more than 400 languages, including Polish and British Sign Language (BSL), in all UK regions.

All our language specialists are CRB verified and adhere to a strict code of conduct. Many are also listed on the National Register and are DPSI qualified. We use only native speakers who are professionals and can completely understand your target audiences and important cultural and linguistic nuances.

Call 01635 866 888 or email salesuk@prestigenetwork.com to find out more.

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Prestige Network Received an Award

April 28th, 2009

Language and Translation Services company Prestige Network received an Award at the Thames Valley Business 2008 Award Ceremony in November.

CEO of Prestige Network Shohreh Fleming said: “We are proud to receive this Business Award. It is great news for us to be recognised as leaders in the Thames Valley Business Community.”


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Health Care – the Importance of Language Solutions

April 24th, 2009

Thousands of people from different countries have migrated to the UK; often with their loved ones.  Some come with family members hoping that the move will give their children a brighter and happier future, while others come with friends exploring the world.

Many immigrants grow up in countries with a different language as a means of communication. Only a lucky few have a good grasp of the English language.

In the Healthcare Sector many immigrant patients have difficulty understanding and speaking English. Often the patient is elderly and either partially or fully dependent on others for their needs.  A bridge has to be made to overcome the communication gap.

Communication is the key to a successful recovery. Obviously it is important for the patient to communicate their needs, feelings and concerns for the care givers to ascertain and find an answer to their problems. On the other side the carer needs to express and also keep not only the patient but also the family members informed. This aids recovery and reduces stress on both sides. Also legal and ethical obligations need to be considered. If misinterpretation of prescriptive drugs occurred then this could be fatal to the patient. This is where the number one Public Sector language provider Prestige Network can help. With the aid of professional interpreters, the gap of communication between the patient and the medical professional is successfully bridged.

Prestige Network has a national reach with a local focus. Contact us today as see what we can do for you. Phone: 01635 292 789 ; Email: salesuk@prestigenetwork.com

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Family business turnover soars 65%

April 23rd, 2009

Despite worldwide economic gloom and doom Thatcham-based family business language services company Prestige Network is celebrating financial success with the announcement that its turnover has soared 65% in the last 12 months.

Shohreh Fleming, Chief Executive Officer, and Shawn Khorassani, Business Development Director

Shohreh Fleming, Chief Executive Officer, and Shawn Khorassani, Business Development Director

Prestige Network caters for language and communications needs in the private andpublic sector (including the NHS, local government departments, charities, the police and other public organisations).

The company – run by brother and sister Shohreh Fleming and Shawn Khorassani, along with Shohreh’s husband Anthony – has seen its turnover to the end of the last financial year soar to a phenomenal £3 million.

They now employ 25 staff and 5,000 specialist language freelancers based all over the UK, who speak and translate more than 400 languages.

The trio feel optimistic about their future and are confident that they can carry on growing, despite the recession. Shohreh said: “Our staff are invaluable to us, so we ensure it’s a happy place to work. It’s a great pleasure to ensure employment during difficult economic times.”

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Professional and Friendly Interpreting Services – National Reach; Local Focus!

April 9th, 2009

Introduction

Prestige Network is one of the best and one of the most professional interpreting services provider available.  Prestige Network is one of the UK’s leading in translation and interpreting services.

Route To

Translation is your route to success.  Prestige Network works with you, choosing the right words, native phrases and symbolism correctly with attention to detail.

Legal Translation

One of the most important interpreting service offered by Prestige Network is legal translation services. If a legal document is translated incorrectly, there could be dire consequences for all involved. If you need any language translated then we can help you.

The types of Legal Translation Services offered by Prestige Network is court transcripts, legal contracts, employment contracts and title deeds. Prestige Network will always have a specialist to suit your area of business and they will be able to assist you.

Audio & Video Transcription

Prestige Network also offer Medical translation services. People like Cardiologists, anaesthesiologists, dentists, doctors, surgeons, chiropractors and many other professionals may require documents for a patient transfer to be translated.

Foreign Languages On The Internet and Websites

At Prestige Network, we appreciate that over one hundred million people who use the Internet do not speak English as a first language. The most intelligent thing you can do is have multiple instances of the same website, translated into the different languages in the international pool.

Website Interpreting Services

When it comes to marketing and creative translation, everyone at Prestige Network understands there is no way words, metaphors or symbolism are going to be translated directly. Say you own a website that is marketing products to an international client base. Your site is ranked number one on every search engine in the world, and the orders are still not coming through. This is why we have a developed website interpreting servicesteam dedicated to translating every word on your site fluently and correctly.

You now don’t need to spend anymore time trying to translate your site, All you need to do is send us the raw source, and we will return the translated media professionally and quickly

Various Formats

Prestige Network can use almost any format – CD, DVD, VHS, tape, Mp3, WAV and many more.  We can provide the most highly skilled, professionally adept and courteous medical translators that are always accurate.

Ensuring Your Translation Is Accurate

Whether you need a technical instruction manual, medical document or building plans, Prestige Network has a specialist in your trade that understands the nuances and industrial terminology needed to ensure your translation is completely correct.  Prestige Network offer an inexpensive and enjoyable business experience.

The Translation Process and Technical Translation Services

Whether you need healthcare, engineering, architectural, or any other specialized or technical translation and interpreting services, your results need to be perfect, first time, every time.  This is followed by the translation process ensuring a clear and understandable paraphrasing.

The Best and Most Efficiant Language Company

With our expertise in multilingual translation, telephone and face to face interpreting, and niche market experience, you will find us the best and most efficient language translation company around.  So whether you are a paralegal or a Judge you will find the interpreting services offered by us, an invaluable business tool.

Interpreting services are provided all across the UK and overseas.

Example Of Failed Translation

An example of failed marketing copy that meant no harm was Kentucky Fried Chicken’s campaign that launched the fast food chain in China.  “Eat your fingers off” did not seem like a good slogan or payoff line. With us, there is no chance this will ever happen. If we think there is the slightest chance your copy will not work, we will tell you, and together we can come up with a solution.

Privacy

Remember too that our service is guaranteed along with the privacy of your information.  We know you work for your brands, choosing your customers, products and strategies correctly and with exactitude. All documents, tapes, videos and anything else will be treated under our customer privacy agreement; we pride ourselves in being trustworthy – one of our pillars of success.

Confidentiality Procedures

As with the doctor-patient privacy agreement, we enter into a doctor-translator-patient agreement wherein all information translated, and indeed disclosed in the process, is kept under our strict privacy and confidentiality procedures.

Prestige Networks Interpreting Service

An Example of why you would need interpreting services is for certain things such as Prestige Network understands that medicine is a highly specialised field of industry with many unique terms that cannot be translated literally. Prestige Network’s interpreting services are what you need.

Services You Can Rely On

Prestige Network interpreting services are services you can rely on. This is why we try to include you in our dedicated translation process, in order to understand your brand and better further your marketing strategies.

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Call 01635 292 789 or email salesuk@prestigenetwork.com

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What The Future Holds For Human Translators?

April 7th, 2009

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The Future of Human Translators

With ever more sophisticated machine translation tools available, will human translators be rendered obsolete in the near future?

Issues for Translation Services

There are a number of issues that come to light with the increasing need for translation services in the modern commercial world. Or, put more specifically: the need for quality translation services in the modern commercial world. This issue has been highlighted, in part, by the advent, development and popularity of machine translation on the internet.

Machine Translator Advantages

A debate has sparked up around the question of whether we will actually need human translators in the near future. Online, automated and most often free, machine translation tools are seen as a marvel of modern technology; a time saving shortcut to translating text.

Why Machine Translation will never be as Effective as Human Translation

High levels of economic migration to the UK over the past few years drew attention to a real need for language services. Of course, it would be far simpler and more cost effective for a stretched public sector organisation to rely solely on machine translation, but there is a very good reason why this doesn’t happen. The fact remains that, in many cases, machine translation fails due to its inability to take into account contextual issues and cultural nuances. The issue then spreads globally as we begin to see the new challenges faced by the web as we head into a more diverse information age.

Increased Web Usage Around the World

For an example of this we can look towards Asia where, in recent years, we have seen massive increases in the number of web users across the continent. And, according to many sources, China has now overtaken the US in its number of internet users; with a reported 253 million people with web access. This fact is made more pertinent when you consider that there are significantly fewer sites available in Chinese than in English.

Expansion of the Internet

If we look towards the expansion of the web, we see the demand for information in languages other than English escalate. Particularly when economically emergent nations add new users and therefore new voices and perspectives to the medium, changing the texture and flavour of the web.

Why Human Translation Is Essential in the Current Times

All this points to the need for information to be made available to the portion of the world community that will benefit most by gaining access to it. Of course, to make this information available you will need good quality translation so that your audience will understand essence and the context of what is being said. In cases like these, machine translation would be practically useless. As need increases, so does the requirement to fulfil that need.

Why Translation Services Will Always Grow

It is not improbable to consider the prospect that translation services will continue to flourish as more and more organisations begin to realise just how valuable it is to offer multilingual content and/or media to their audiences.

Intergration Among Existing and Emerging Communities

Back in the UK, many government initiatives have been put into place to promote integration among existing and emerging communities. Literature, road signage and local government web content have all been revised and republished in languages other than English. And, like the world community, this requirement is constantly evolving in terms of scale and complexity.

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Offer to Fabio Capello

April 3rd, 2009

Fabio Capello Offered Interpreting Services
Prestige Network, the language specialist, has offered Fabio Capello the services of one of its English/Italian interpreters for tomorrow evening’s England game at Wembley.

World Cup Qualifier
Business Development Manager, Colin Dudley, said: “The 2010 World Cup Qualifier against Ukraine is a very important match and the whole team here at Prestige Network are keen football fans. Providing an interpreter for Fabio Capello’s pre-match or half-time pep talk is the very least we can do.”Colin went on to comment: “Fabio is doing a wonderful job and we all want the England team to continue to do well under his management.  Providing an interpreter to help communicate any last minute stratagies is our contribution to the side.”

Challenging Game For England?
The Ukraine team is ranked 14th in the world and is undefeated in Group Six, so might be the most challenging game the England squad has faced so far in the qualifiers. The match kicks off at 8.00pm on Wednesday 1 April.

Former Chelsea Boss Offered A Role At Prestige Network
The company offered Jose Mourinho a job back in 2007 after he left Chelsea – they found out he had worked as an interpreter for Bobby Robson, the former England manager, in 1992 before he took on various coaching positions.

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