We live multilingualism
Internal Study documenting eurocom’s language skills
The American language philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson conceived that “Language
is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.” It’s of
course the idea of Babel to which he refers, but it’s a perception of Babel put
in a very positive and modern way. It is also the way we perceive our work and
the process of translation - as an important element within a global world
which is full of permanent exchange and communication and which we enhance by
speaking different languages. Our project managers are not only trained on managing
and optimizing processes but also passionate language learners. All of them
have a linguistic background and huge cross-cultural competence. Some of them
were born outside Austria, some of them are bilingual, and every one of them
has lived abroad and studied languages, and therefore has a huge savoir faire
in linguistic issues from very different angles.
We conducted a small internal study to document our language skills and
the results are astonishing!
Our team of currently 16 project managers actively speaks 18 different
languages.
We cover:
- 7 Slavic languages: CS, HR, PL, RU, SRB, SK, SL
- 4 Romance languages: ES, FR, IT, PT
- 3 Germanic languages: DE, EN, SV
- 3 non Indo-European languages: HU, JA, ZH
- 1 Hellenic language: EL
Resulting from this:
- The number of possible translation combinations resulting from our skills is 306.
- We have 5 different mother tongues and each of us speaks an average of 3.5 languages.
- In terms of their written records we speak two of the three oldest languages of the world: EL, ZH.
- We are very proud to cover 5 of the 7 Austrian minority languages with official status: CS, HR, SK, SL, HU (we do not cover –yet!– Romani and the Austrian Sign Language).
- We are able to communicate in 13 of the 24 official EU languages.
- And we have of course a regional linguistic focus covering every language of Austria’s neighbour states.
Thus, our project management team is also working in a personal field of
passion.
We are definitely not lost in translation!
Project management
At eurocom, project managers will take care of all aspects of the project,
from selecting the best translator – depending on language combination and
subject area – and preparing the documents through to the final verification
checks on the translation. They are responsible for bringing all the different
aspects together. All project managers follow clear, standardized procedures in
order to maximize traceability.
Unique and irreplaceable
Our project managers are key to our long-term success. Their combination
of linguistic training and project management expertise makes them unique. They
are dedicated and friendly, and quite simply irreplaceable and the central
point of contact. Or, in the spirit of Ralph Waldo Emerson, all eurocom project managers are cornerstones!
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