UK Trade & Investment’s Language and Culture Masterclass in Manchester
On 10 February, Melanie Smith joined 20 delegates from companies across the North West at the UK Trade & Investment’s Language and Culture Masterclass in Manchester. The event sought to identify the measures that companies need to take to allow them to communicate successfully with businesses abroad and we were – unsurprisingly – delighted to […]
University of Manchester’s “Love Languages” careers panel
As a company that prides itself on supporting students as they prepare to embark upon careers in a challenging yet highly rewarding industry, it was with great pleasure that we accepted an invitation from the University of Manchester to speak at its “Love Languages” careers event on 5 March. Melanie Smith joined six other Manchester […]
A round-up of the ATC Conference
What better year for Melanie Smith to be shortlisted for the Translator of the Year award than that of the Association of Translation Companies’ 40th anniversary celebration in London? A regular attendee at the annual ATC conference, having followed the association around the country from Brighton to Manchester and now London, Head Translator Melanie Smith […]
Happy Birthday, Anglicus!
Today, we celebrate a whole year of trading at Anglicus Translations. We have all been discussing, in amazement, how far the company has come in such a short time. The accomplishments we have achieved have been phenomenal and it is not surprising considering how far our Director, Melanie Smith, has travelled in only 12 short […]
Inspiring a generation
For the second time this year, Melanie Smith was invited to join a panel of twelve alumni at the University of Manchester in order to contribute to its “Meet the Language Graduates” event earlier this month. Our company is delighted to be in a position to offer advice and guidance to future professionals that extends […]
A rundown of this year’s Language Show Live
Language Show Live is Europe’s largest exhibition for anyone with a passion for languages, so I’m almost ashamed to admit I’d never heard of it until a few weeks ago. Spanning three days, this London-based event offers over 60 CPD-certified seminars and workshops, hosts over 150 exhibitors, and welcomes thousands of language teachers, learners, translators […]
Anglicus Translations sponsors coast-to-coast challenge
You may have seen our recent spate of tweets and Facebook posts featuring two strapping fellows on road bikes modelling Anglicus t-shirts. 160 characters (the Twitter limit) didn’t really offer enough scope to cover the story in any detail, but fortunately our blogger extraordinaire has been on the case. Local boys Gary Donoghue and Gareth […]
Whisk(e)y: The water of life
You’d be forgiven for thinking we never get any translation done with all our recent adventures, but we weren’t about to pass up an opportunity to check in with one of our major European clients as they were setting up their new Scottish depot just outside of Edinburgh. In fact, the setting provided the perfect […]
Let them eat cake!
Anglicus joins in with MacMillan’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning A cup of tea and a biscuit never go amiss in the Anglicus office, and with this year’s return of The Great British Bake Off to our screens, we’ve certainly been stepping up our game when it comes to office goodies. Bad days, good days, birthdays, […]
STB annual barbecue
In an industry that can seem rather isolated, with the norm being to deal in emails rather than personal contact with clients, suppliers and often even colleagues, the opportunity to put faces (and voices!) to names is always welcome. Add the word ‘barbecue’ to the mix and that’s a sure-fire way to pique our interest […]