Happy National Kiss Day: Kissing Customs around the World13 Apr 2012

Kissing is more common amongst people nowadays than ever before, with people celebrating images like the below being shown and celebrated all over the world. Kissing is now one of the most common forms of affection worldwide and dates all the way ba...

The Apprentice – Megan’s Blog (week #1)21 Mar 2012

‘You don’t have to go to university to succeed.’ My name is Megan Elliott and I’ve recently started an apprenticeship at Kwintessential. I’ve been an apprentice for a week now and I can honestly say leaving university was the best thing th...

British….what is it?1 Mar 2012

Louise Bawden asks the people of London (and from abroad) what they define as quintessentially British.     What is British? Let us know what you think: 1) Leave a comment below 2) Tweet us @_kwintessential 3) Post a comment on our Faceboo...

The NHS: Shocking Cost of Poor Translations21 Feb 2012

It’s always shocking to hear of taxpayers’ money going to waste in vast quantities: especially when it’s easily avoidable. Likewise, it’s always shocking to hear of suffering or death where this is easily avoidable. One of the key concerns f...

How to say “I Love You” in a Foreign Language14 Feb 2012

Happy Valentine’s Day from all at Kwintessential. Here’s a small multilingual guide to saying those 3 magic words in another language! No related posts....

Somaliland media: Spreading the word - SomalilandPress18 May 2012

Somaliland media: Spreading the wordSomalilandPressIn an age of globalisation with ever shrinking physical borders and greater intercultural communication, the media has become a source of information, entertainment and education for a global audience made up of tourists, investors, researchers and ...

Preparing for the AEC Era - The Nation13 May 2012

Preparing for the AEC EraThe NationThough Thailand now offers 981 international programs, in the Thai curriculum at any level there is little coverage of developing crosscultural communication skills and intercultural competency. Such skills are essential to interact effectively with ...and more »

Knight Foundation And Mozilla Invest 1 Million Dollars In Amara - Portfolio.com (blog)10 May 2012

Knight Foundation And Mozilla Invest 1 Million Dollars In AmaraPortfolio.com (blog)What's happening: The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Mozilla today announced they funded the crowdsourced video translation site Amara with $1 million. Why it's of interest: With nearly 170000 videos translated since its founding in 2010, ...and more »

Androulla VASSILIOU can help to fight the crisis Conference on the 25th ... - eGov monitor10 May 2012

Androulla VASSILIOU can help to fight the crisis Conference on the 25th ...eGov monitorIt teaches them a foreign language, it hones their communication skills, it improves their interpersonal and intercultural abilities. And we know that these are all skills that employers value greatly. And students seem to share our belief: for the ...and more »

Language Services Associates and Action Deafness Communications Join Forces to ... - EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)5 May 2012

Language Services Associates and Action Deafness Communications Join Forces to ...EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)LSA offers a full range of multicultural solutions, including Translation and Localisation, Video Remote Interpreting, INTERPRETALK ® Interpreting by Telephone, Face-to-Face Interpreting, American Sign Language and Intercultural Consulting.and more »