by the LKTeam | Jun 12, 2019 | CPD, LKT, Team, Training, Translation
To round off her 15 useful tips for new translators – tying in with our 15th anniversary – our Trainee Translator Hollie shares some more insights into what she’s learned in her career so far. Visit here for the first half of her tips! 9. Having...
by the LKTeam | May 15, 2019 | CPD, LKT, Team, Training, Translation
Hollie, one of our newest recruits to LKT, has now been with the team for several months and gained an excellent insight into all aspects of a career in translation, working closely alongside Catherine, her Senior Translator mentor. In this first part of a two-part...
by the LKTeam | Jan 16, 2019 | British culture, Language, LKT, Switzerland, Trilingualism
Type “trilingual families” in Google today, and you hit about 1,320,000 results (thank you, Google). But growing up as a child in a trilingual family thirty-odd years ago, I am sure that there was not this abundance of research articles, books and blog posts regarding...
by the LKTeam | Nov 21, 2018 | CPD, Language, LKT
Localisation is an important part of our work at LKT, whether it’s adapting an existing text for a specific English-speaking target audience or translating directly into another variant of English. One of these variants is American English, enabling our customers to...
by the LKTeam | Oct 5, 2018 | Language, LKT, Team, Travel
“The invention of languages is the foundation. The ‘stories’ were made rather to provide a world for the languages than the reverse.” – J. R. R. Tolkien While most of us use language in some form every single day, it’s relatively rare that we consciously decide to...
by the LKTeam | Oct 1, 2018 | CPD, LKT, Team, Training
LKT’s commitment to CPD is something we’re incredibly proud of, and we tap into a variety of resources – in-house and external, national and international – to ensure that we are always at the cutting edge of developments, helping to shape the future of our industry....
