23 April 2009
Thatcham-based language services company Prestige Network is celebrating financial success with the announcement that the family-run business’s turnover has soared 65% in the last 12 months.
Shohreh Fleming, Chief Executive Officer, and Shawn Khorassani, Business Development Director
They now employ 25 staff and 5,000 specialist language freelancers based all over the UK, who speak and translate more than 400 languages. Prestige Network caters for language and communications needs in the private and public sector (including the NHS, local government departments, charities, the police and other public organisations).
Despite worldwide economic gloom and doom, the company – run by brother and sister Shohreh Fleming and Shawn Khorassani, along with Shohreh’s husband Anthony – has seen its turnover to the end of the last financial year soar to a phenomenal £3 million.
Shohreh said: “Our staff are invaluable to us, so we ensure it’s a happy place to work. It’s a great pleasure to ensure employment during difficult economic times.”
Read more about the success of Prestige Network’s language services.
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17 February 2009
Shohreh is passionate about business and properties and is a genius with figures. She started her own language translation services company – Prestige Network – with her brother Shawn in 1991. As the CEO, she has literally performed miracles managing and growing the company. In terms of risk-taking, she is in a league of her own.
Her leadership style is very much by example and often her humility can deceive people at their peril. She has a hugely philanthropic side to her nature and this characteristic of her is so strong that colleagues are frequently amazed by her generosity. This comes as a breath of fresh air, especially for someone in charge of finances.
Some of these characteristics are probably inherited from her late father Mansour, who ran a multi-million pound business empire in the haulage industry. Her solid foundation in terms of her character is clear for all who come across her.
Shohreh was born in Iran and has lived in the UK since the mid 1970s. She loves travelling and has been to around 30 countries.
She bought her first property at the age of 19 in a foreign country. She now has a nice collection and enjoys visiting them all every few years!
Shohreh is a graduate of Business Studies from Leeds Metropolitan University and prior to starting Prestige Network she held senior roles, the last of which was for a financial company in Surrey.
She is married to Anthony Fleming, whose arrival at Prestige Network created a virtual management triangle (including Shohreh’s brother Shawn), out of which the company has expanded by leaps and bounds. It is now a successful, multi-million pound business.
Shohreh is a great believer in self-development. As an advocate of spiritual and self healing, personal development and as an NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) practitioner, she is aware that people have the power to influence their own well-being and to a great extent their destiny.
In her spare time, Shohreh loves reading and attending seminars on self development and healing. She loves the sun, is a keen swimmer and enjoys playing the piano.
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11 June 2009
Colin Dudley, Local Authority Business Development Manager at language services provider Prestige Network has written an article for the www.foreignersinuk.co.uk website calling on London Councils to take their responsibilities of communicating with ethnic minorities seriously.
Colin Dudley Local Authority Business Development Manager, Prestige Network
Mr Dudley said: “Being able to communicate with staff is crucial for everyone using council services: it enables people to say what they want, to understand what is going on around them and feel connected to others. Translation and interpreting services give people access to support.
“The increased demand for language services by public sector organisations and commercial companies alike is symptomatic of the need to meet the country’s continually expanding and diversifying language base.”
The full article about London Council’s need for translation services can also be viewed here.
Prestige Network caters for language and communications needs in the private and public sector (including the NHS, local government departments, charities, the police and other public organisations). It is continuing to build on its successful delivery to over 1,000 clients and recently announced a 65 per cent growth in 2008/2009. It is run by brother and sister Shawn Khorassani and Shohreh Fleming and her husband Anthony.
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9 June 2009
By Shawn Khorassani, Business Development Director of language services provider Prestige Network
Language services for the legal profession is a growing market, with the UK’s increasingly litigious society impacting on the provision of translation and interpreting. Here, we take a broad look at language services in action
Supporting the legal sector with language services takes many forms – from working with litigation attorneys and solicitors at court hearings, patent hearings, and fraud cases, to helping out in personal injury claims and matrimonial arbitration to legal document translating services and court transcripts.
Meryem Skinner, Operations Manager at Berkshire-based Prestige Network (with specific responsibility for the legal division), said: “We have always seen the provision of our services to the legal profession as a very important part of what we do. Different skills are employed in the translation of a legal document to those used in supporting an international arbitration case and we ensure that translators and interpreters are hand picked to suit specific tasks.
Read the full article as featured in the Norfolk Law Society Journal, Spring 2009 edition on our translation services website.
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5 May 2009
Legal language is by its very nature riddled with complex expressions and terminology so providing accurate legal translations requires a skilled and expericanced legal interpreter or legal translator. For example, the demands and rigors of courtroom interpreting are particularly complex – few bilingual speakers can accurately and comprehensively interpret legal language flowing at 150 or more words a minute.
At Prestige, our professional Legal Interpreters and Legal Translators have extensive industry experience, native fluency in the target language and dialect, linguistics or translation degrees from a major university or language school and relevant experience translating legal documents and materials.
Prestige Network has been providing Legal Translation and Legal Interpreting Services for leading law firms, judicial systems including law courts, UK and global companies, and government agencies for almost 20 years.
- Prestige works with many Solicitors around the UK providing interpreters for interviews and court and high quality, professional translations.
- Prestige also works closely with Courts providing experienced interpreters.
- Prestige works closely with many Police Forces throughout the UK. We understand and address their future interpreting requirements tailoring our services to their exact needs, whilst ensuring our language specialists receive job-specific briefs.
- Prestige provides a professional translation and certification service for legal documents including birth certificates, marriage certificates and property documents.
Prestige Network provides you with a simple way to break the legal language barrier with our range of Legal Language services – from Court interpreters to translation of legal documents.
Call now on 01635 866 888 for a professional and friendly legal language service – nationwide!
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28 April 2009
The Polish Language Facts
Polish (Polski) is the official language of Poland and is spoken by most of the 38 million inhabitants of Poland (census 2002). Whilst most Poles speak standard Polish, there are several dialects within the Polish language. These are easily understandable to native Polish speakers as they are based mostly on regional pronunciation and vocabulary changes.
Native speakers of Polish can also be found in Western Belarus, Ukraine and Eastern Lithuania and because of emigration various periods, millions of Polish-speakers can also be found in countries such as Ireland, Australia, Israel, Brazil, Canada, the United Kingdom, United States, etc. The estimated number of Poles who live beyond the borders of Poland is 10 million; with about 50 million people worldwide naming Polish as their mother tongue.
Understanding Polish
Prestige Network is a leading provider of Polish translation and Polish Interpreting services in the UK. Our Polish Translators and Polish interpreters regularly provide services to many organizations and institutes in both the Public and Private Sectors.
Each and every Polish Translator working for Prestige Network has native language fluency in Polish and our Polish Translator(s) are familiar with the cultural aspects and make sure that all Polish translations are communicating the right message, both in meaning and content. In other words, our Polish Translator(s) are also cultural translators that make your communication truly effective.
Find out about our FREE Polish (Polski) Phrase Card
Our Polish Translators and Interpreters
Prestige recognizes the growing need to communicate in Polish in the UK and offers a wide range of services from legal translation to web-site localization in the Polish language. A Polish Translator who is employed by Prestige will be a native Polish speaker experienced in specific fields of expertise and will always follows a strict confidentiality policy and adheres to a code of conduct that is a trademark of our reliable, high quality and professionalism.
Prestige has access to an extensive resource of Polish Translators and Polish Interpreters and we pride ourselves in our ability to provide our clients with a Polish Translator that has the experience and knowledge of the area relevant to the client’s needs.
Polish Newspaper and Web Site Translation
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31 March 2009
Fabio Capello – Prestige offer to help with an English/Italian Interpreter
Prestige Network, the Berkshire based language services company, has offered Fabio Capello the services of one of its Italian/English interpreters for tomorrow evening’s England game at Wembley.
Colin Dudley, Business Development Manager, said: “The 2010 World Cup Qualifier against Ukraine is an important match and the team here at Prestige Network are keen football fans. Providing an interpreter for Fabio Capello’s pre-match or half-time pep talk is the least we can do.”
See full report here: Fabio Capello
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30 March 2009
End of Year Discounts
Did you know that the current financial year ends this Tuesday (31 March 09) at midnight?
If you still have a budget for language or training services we can help you.
Call or email NOW for a special end of year discount of 10%. Just quote: ‘EOY09′
Contact the Sales Department directly on 01635 292 789 or email: salesuk@prestigenetwork.com
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