January 2006 - The Translation People

Archive for January, 2006

Roevin Welcomes…Karen Rennie

January 30th, 2006

We are delighted to introduce Karen Rennie, who joined the Glasgow office as an Account Manager in December. Karen recently returned from Stuttgart where she worked for 4 years as a Senior Technical Translator for a company specialising in IT and SAP translation.

Sam Bennett, Manager of our Glasgow office commented, “Karen’s expertise in translation from German to English as well as her experience in account management make her a valuable asset to the team.”

An honours graduate from the University of Glasgow (MA in German and Russian), Karen also has a postgraduate MA (with Distinction) in Technical and Specialised Translation from the University of Westminster. Fluent in French, German and Russian, she also has a reading knowledge of Dutch and Czech.

Karen Rennie, Glasgow’s new Account Manager

Karen’s background includes full-time roles in translation and account management so she is ideally suited to her new role which will involve undertaking translations from German to English as well as her account management duties.

We wish Karen all the best in her new career with Roevin.

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Translation Team Conference 2006

January 28th, 2006

On 27th January, Roevin Translation Services’ conference took place at Salford Quays, Manchester. Opened by Alex Wright, Roevin’s Managing Director, the event brought together representatives from translation staff from Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham and The Netherlands.

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Roevin Translation Team Conference, Salford Quays.

Steve Wilde, Operations Director, commented “The day was a great success enabling the team to share good practice, to review a great set of results from 2005, to set out our Vision for 2006 and ultimately our strategy for achieving it.”

Jasmin Schneider, winner of the Account Manager of the Year award

The conference was followed by an evening awards ceremony where Jasmin Schneider from the Birmingham office took the prize for “Account Manager of the Year”.

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Record Results for Roevin Translation Services

January 26th, 2006

2005 was the most successful year ever for Roevin Translation Services with turnover and contribution up in excess of 30% on the previous year. The record sales are attributable to new contracts within the fields of aerospace and software development as well as the growth of existing contracts with clients in the fields of logistics and electronics. The division also added a sales office in Amsterdam to its existing UK locations in Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow, with the aim of expanding its client base in The Netherlands.

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Liz Athey, Operations Manager, commented “Roevin Translation Services has performed beyond expectation this year in a very competitive market and we are delighted with the results. Our ability to deliver accurate and professional translations to tight deadlines is key to our success”.

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Language Spotlight: Korean

January 15th, 2006

The Korean language belongs to the Ural-Altaic family of languages, which also includes Turkish and Mongolian. Linguistically, Korean is very similar to Japanese. Despite Korean and Chinese not being related in terms of grammatical structure, more than 50 percent of all Korean vocabulary is derived from Chinese “loanwords”.
There are 78 million Korean speakers world-wide.
The Korean alphabet is called Hangul. It was created in 1443 by Sejong, the fourth king of the Yi Dynasty. The basic Korean alphabet consists of 10 vowels and 14 consonants.
Despite its compact alphabet, the Korean language is difficult to transliterate. Hangul was designed to put an image of sound on paper, placing no emphasis on spelling, and making it very difficult to produce standardised dictionaries. The first standardised publication of Korean dictionaries did not occur until 1972.

Roevin provides high quality translations into the Korean language as well as other Far Eastern languages. For a free quotation please contact us.

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Client Focus: Xanté

January 12th, 2006

Xanté is a US-based company founded in 1989 by Robert C. Ross, Jr. whose aim was to produce high resolution laser printers at an affordable price. In 1993, a co-development agreement was signed with Adobe™ Systems, that gave Xanté source code rights to Adobe® PostScript® software. Xanté’s high quality printing products are designed for prepress, graphic, and printing professionals, as well as for general office and network environments. Its products are manufactured in Alabama and exported worldwide.

Following Xanté Europe’s relocation from Hilversum to a larger 30,000-square-metre facility in Duiven (both in The Netherlands), the company launched a search for a new translation services supplier. Martine Nieman, our Amsterdam-based representative, was able to meet with the company and arrange the submission of test translations to check that our translations met with Xanté’s high expectations. Happily, Roevin passed the tests with flying colours and was approved as the supplier of user documentation for a brand new digital colour printer into four European languages.

“As a company known for its quality products, it was important that we chose a translation supplier which also places a high value on quality. In addition, Roevin was able to offer a competitive price and to work to our deadline.”
Marc Verbeem, Product Manager, Xanté Europe

In October 2005, Xanté was presented with an Innovation Award by the German Printing Industry. The awards provide recognition for outstanding, innovative, printed products and technological solutions.

Scott Reese, Managing Director Xanté Europe, (2nd from left), Marc Verbeem, Product Manager (2nd from right) and Birgit Eissing, Head of Dealer Development (right) receiving the Innovation Award 2005 for Xanté’s Impressia Metal Platesetter.

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Roevin Says Goodbye to…Lorna Higgins

January 4th, 2006

Lorna Higgins left us for pastures new in December. Lorna was a highly regarded member of staff and will be very much missed. Her new position within a training company starts off with an induction course in the USA and we wish her all the best in her future career.