(Mannheim, December 2019) Christmas trees, nativity plays, “Silent Night, Holy Night” – in just a few days, most Germans will once again be gathering with their family or friends to celebrate what is for many the most important holiday of the year: Christmas. While Christians in Germany enjoy a few days off to relish the lebkuchen, Christmas stars and meaningful music, in many other parts of the world life goes on as usual. After all, the different cultures around the globe observe all kinds of important, festive...

NEWS RELEASE (Mannheim, February 2017) The language service provider, flexword Translators & Consultants, with headquarters in Mannheim in Southern Germany, has continued its success story this past year and can look back on an outstanding 2016. The translation specialists are among the largest providers in Germany and handle projects for a wide range of industries – from A for automotive to Z for zinc processing. 2016 saw the company take important steps to ensure further growth. In the first half of 2016, it...

NEWS RELEASE January, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Mannheim, January 2017) flexword Translators & Consultants, one of the leading language service providers in Germany, has once again been certified to two important EN standards by the German Association for Technical Inspection (TÜV) in December. The company with its headquarters in Mannheim, Germany, and offices in Great Britain, the USA and Serbia has excelled in the annual audits since 2005. flexword, with a portfolio of services including translations,...

NEWS RELEASE September, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   (Mannheim, September 2016) Everybody has heard of Alcatraz, yet the same cannot be said of the former Croatian prison island, Goli Otok. But this is now set to change.   Both the magical and dark past of this island, which was used as a prison essentially for political prisoners in the middle of the 20th century, is to be brought back to life in a dynamic and experimental short film by young, upcoming directors from London. The professional translation...

Auteur : Amélie Quasthoff Source photo: images.unsplash.com Qu’il s’agisse d’un manuel de construction, d’un rapport ou d’une fiche technique, le destinataire d’un tel texte est souvent « l’utilisateur ». Celui-ci lit le manuel d’utilisation afin de faire fonctionner la machine qu’il tient entre les mains. Pour des raisons de responsabilité il est impératif de préserver l’information du texte de départ dans le texte d’arrivée. Une traduction contenant une fausse information peut avoir des conséquences dramatiques pour...

Auteur : Amélie Quasthoff Photo source: images.unsplash.com Le travail des chercheurs de l’université de York en Angleterre intitulé « sound of future » regroupe des enregistrements de la langue anglaise effectués pendant un demi-siècle. En vue d’un multiculturalisme croissant dans la société anglaise et de l’intelligence artificielle, la langue anglaise est en train de subir une évolution intéressante. L’anglais en 2016: « mother thinks the duke of England has beautiful hair. “ L’anglais en 2066: « muvver tinks te dook...

flexword Miš-Čak & Partner is an internationally operating language service provider specialising in translating and interpreting. Since 1992 we have developed into one of the top-performing language service providers in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region. Following another sharp increase in sales in the first half of 2016 and the opening of our US office, we are continuing our strong growth trajectory. Therefore, we are looking to fill the following vacancies at our site in Mannheim as soon as possible to...