Media
Skřivánek among the 35 largest language agencies in the world
22. srpna 2011
This year, as every year, the independent research and consultancy organisation Common Sense Advisory (CSA) has published the rankings of the top language service providers. This time the project has been expanded to include 15 new positions, which is why it rated 50 companies for the fiscal year of…
Czech translating guru launches entirely new business
27. října 2010
The founder of the Skřivánek agency has begun to offer investment consulting services and stock market trading. Pavel Skřivánek, owner of the largest Central European translating agency, Skřivánek, has gone into a new branch of business. He has founded Dreams Financial, which obtained an investment…
Learning languages through VOIP technology
27. října 2010
Skype – a technological innovation now also being used for language tuition A whole range of innovations have recently appeared in the field of language tuition and so, as well as e-learning in many forms, companies now offer new products based on internet technologies. This includes tuition…
Language schools find their way in recession
27. října 2010
Business for Czech language schools has decelerated due to the economic slowdown. Yet Czechs remain eager to improve their languages to further their careers. As a result, Czech language schools are developing innovative strategies to attract students and take advantage of opportunities offered…
The translation market in ten years’ time – a forecast
27. října 2010
The analysts agree: the volume of documents for translation will increase within the next ten years, even if opinions differ as to the extent to which this will happen. The language variety created by the expansion of the EU, for example, not only leads to a larger translation volume within the…
TAUS Data Association Incorporated by Group of 40 Founding Members
27. října 2010
Amsterdam, June 30, 2008: Forty organizations active in buying and supplying translation services and technologies have jointly established a new industry association aimed at sharing parallel language data with the objective to stimulate innovation and automation of translation activities. The…
The fateful year 2008
26. října 2010
The New Year’s revelries ended this year not just with the president’s speech but also with a new departure. UNESCO, which is part of the United Nations (UN), has declared 2008 to be the International Year of Languages. Its motto is “Languages Matter!” For all of this year, UNESCO will be championing…
Skrivanek – An Equal Opportunities Company
26. října 2010
Interview with Skrivanek Poland Development Manager Agata Rybacka on TV Dzien Dobry. TV Dzien Dobry, 13.02.2008,
Unpronounceable Name Rules Over Languages
26. října 2010
“In the United States they call us ‘Skraivenek’, in Hungary “Skrivvanek’, in Germany ‘Skrifvanek’. In some other countries they barely pronounce our brand name, yet even in such territories we have kept it since they will at least remember us as the firm with an unpronounceable name,” says …
Chinese is not all Greek to Skrivanek at all! – Skrivanek can already be found in China too!
26. října 2010
What would be one of the very things you would pack when leaving, ok, not for a lonely island but to a country you do not know? A dictionary, right? Or, rather somebody who not only speaks the language of the natives but understands the local customs and culture, knows the tricks of both…
Lingala Express
26. října 2010
Translators from Albanian and Estonian Required Jitka Steinmetzová was one of the founders of the Skřivánek translation agency 13 years ago. "We execute Orders for Brussels in the Czech Republic; it is cheaper," she says, now the General Manager of the international company. In 1994…
Translation market waits for ‘official’ liberalization
26. října 2010
According to industry analysts, clients of Hungarian translation agencies are growing more and more demanding – a development that is forcing competing agencies to invest in sector-related technology. The more cost-conscious segments of the market, however, remain focused on price, which is forcing…
Czech translation prices flat, agencies earn more
26. října 2010
Czech translation agencies have an increasing amount of work, but their sales grow mainly owing to a higher number of clients from abroad and permanent clients from large companies, a CTK poll has shown. Translation prices grow very slowly and translators' wages are way below the European…
Language Instruction Industry Booming
26. října 2010
Language schools face increased demand for new and varied services Companies these days want more from the language schools charged with training their staffs, and this is raising the stakes for professional teachers to get creative in how they meet this demand. “It’s a big challenge for language…
