Cost-effective translations: can you see the whole picture?

When looking at the cost of a translation, be sure you take into account what lies behind the price your vendor is offering. You may be surprised. Case Study Lacrosse was approached with a request from a law firm: “We have 140 pages to be translated from English into Polish in four days and our […]

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 Lacrosse welcomes memoQ Server 2015 for faster and improved translation service

In August Lacrosse invested in improving services, by upgrading its memoQ server software to the latest version. If you are not familiar with CAT tools and translation software, memoQ server is our primary CAT (Computer Assisted Translation) tool, and is designed to provide an optimal working environment for project managers, translators and reviewers who need to […]

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 ELIA members meet in Mallorca to talk business strategy and M&A

Last week I had the great pleasure of returning to the Balearic paradise of Mallorca, to attend the European Language Industry Association (ELIA) two day ND Focus meeting. The event which took place in the secluded yet sublime environment of the Hotel Formentor, was an opportunity for translation and localisation business owners from across the […]

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 Helping put Mazovia’s heritage on the International Stage

Last Friday saw the official launch at the International Travel Show TT Warsaw of three new tourist heritage trails across Poland’s Mazovian Province. The trails, which are accompanied by expertly-written guides available in four languages, a mobile app and dedicated website, are the latest in a line of initiatives of the Mazovian Regional Tourism Organisation, […]

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 Breaking Expectations! – the ATC gathers at Old Trafford this year

Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium has hosted the greats of football like Cristiano Ronaldo, Bobby Charlton and George Best. Last week the stars of the translation world took to the field at the conference centre there which hosted the Language Industry Summit of the UK Association of Translation Companies I attended last week. This year […]

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 World Bank Report rates Poland 32nd on Doing Business List

  This morning I attended a World Bank Group /British-Polish Chamber of Commerce event, launching a report entitled “Doing Business in Poland 2015 Comparing Business Regulations for Domestic Firms in 18 Cities with 188 other Economies”. The report goes beyond looking purely at Warsaw as a place to do business, as it benchmarks 17 other […]

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 Lacrosse at UK ATC Conference 2014

    Lacrosse co-founders and co-owners Tom and Lawrence Fahrenholz once again attended the annual conference of the UK Association of Translation Companies, which was held at the end of September in the charming English seaside resort of Brighton this year. Language services industry representatives and opinion leaders from over 23 countries attended the 2014 […]

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