London Councils ‘Could Be Compromising The Needs of Ethnic Minorities’

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

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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Presenting A Great Case For The Defence … And The Prosecution

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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