Icebreaker

Conference season is starting, and we’ll be there

Conference season is starting, and we’ll be there

Conference season is starting, and we’ll be there

17 September 2019

The Sandberg team

This autumn and winter, STP will be attending three exciting language industry conferences. The first, the ATC S...

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Company news: September 2019

Company news: September 2019

Company news: September 2019

13 September 2019

Max Naylor

Celebrating three years of our Varna office This August saw the celebration of the third year of our presence in...

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Q&A with Alex Stolyar, Project Coordinator

Q&A with Alex Stolyar, Project Coordinator

Q&A with Alex Stolyar, Project Coordinator

20 August 2019

Max Naylor

For our latest Q&A, I spoke to Alex Stolyar, a project coordinator who works in our Varna office. She starte...

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How the Nordics are standing up to climate change

How the Nordics are standing up to climate change

How the Nordics are standing up to climate change

16 July 2019

Max Naylor

Few areas of Europe are set to feel the effects of climate change more acutely than the Nordic countries. Indeed...

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Company news: June 2019

Company news: June 2019

Company news: June 2019

11 June 2019

The Sandberg team

Engaging with academia: Whiteley hosts interns from Agder This spring, STP welcomed a group of interns from the ...

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Myths about Nordic society

Myths about Nordic society

Myths about Nordic society

11 June 2019

Minna Helminen

Nordic – or Scandinavian – culture and society have been having a bit of a moment internationally. Entire bo...

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Transcreation – what’s in a word?

Transcreation – what’s in a word?

Transcreation – what’s in a word?

11 June 2019

Amy Cottrell

Although it feels like the term “transcreation” only made a fairly recent appearance in the vocabulary of th...

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Q&A with Amila Jasarevic, Danish Translator

Q&A with Amila Jasarevic, Danish Translator

Q&A with Amila Jasarevic, Danish Translator

6 March 2019

Minna Helminen

This time, I sat down with Amila Jasarevic, one of our Danish translators. Amila started out as a Danish transl...

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A guide to delivering quality translations

A guide to delivering quality translations

A guide to delivering quality translations

6 March 2019

Susan Hoare

Any LSP worth its salt will take pride in the quality of the translations it delivers. Quality is an essential p...

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Company news: March 2019

Company news: March 2019

Company news: March 2019

6 March 2019

The Sandberg team

A warm welcome to Leeds In early 2019, STP opened a new UK office in Leeds, which is now our fifth European bran...

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Company news: December 2018

Company news: December 2018

Company news: December 2018

13 December 2018

The Sandberg team

This autumn has seen celebrations in our Whiteley and Varna offices and virtually across the entire company and ...

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Q&A with Megan Hancock, Project Management Training Specialist

Q&A with Megan Hancock, Project Management Training ...

Q&A with Megan Hancock, Project Management Training ...

13 December 2018

Minna Helminen

This time, we sat down with Megan Hancock, a Project Management Training Specialist. Megan started as an intern ...

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Shopping for language services: key ingredients of a successful partnership

Shopping for language services: key ingredients of a...

Shopping for language services: key ingredients of a...

13 December 2018

Susan Hoare

Language provision is a service industry, and like many other services, the quality of delivery is dependent on ...

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Lucia: a light in the darkness

Lucia: a light in the darkness

Lucia: a light in the darkness

13 December 2018

The Sandberg team

In many Nordic countries, the 13th of December starts with candlelight in darkness, songs and saffron buns. It i...

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Q&A with Anna-Leena Hilli, Language Technology Specialist

Q&A with Anna-Leena Hilli, Language Technology Speci...

Q&A with Anna-Leena Hilli, Language Technology Speci...

15 October 2018

Minna Helminen

This time, the spotlight is on Anna-Leena Hilli, one of our Language Technology Specialists. A true STP stalwart...

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Company news: October 2018

Company news: October 2018

Company news: October 2018

15 October 2018

The Sandberg team

Raisa McNab new head of ATC To the outside world, Raisa McNab has been STP’s Learning and Development Manager ...

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Lean all the way

Lean all the way

Lean all the way

12 October 2018

Raisa McNab

Translation cycles are short and getting shorter, meaning work needs to be turned around quicker. A good way of ...

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Director’s Cut, take 14: Selfie

Director’s Cut, take 14: Selfie

Director’s Cut, take 14: Selfie

19 September 2018

Anu Carnegie-Brown

You have worked long and hard to build a solid reputation. You are not worried about what people say when you le...

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Making the most of Machine Translation

Making the most of Machine Translation

Making the most of Machine Translation

15 June 2018

Raisa McNab

It’s pretty much twenty years I’ve been in this industry, from when I first started a degree in translation,...

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It’ll be all right at the end…

It’ll be all right at the end…

It’ll be all right at the end…

11 June 2018

Max Naylor

You’ve heard of cosy hygge (the Danish “art of cosiness”), maybe you’ve come across the Swedish perfec...

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Ida Berntzen – Norwegian account linguist

Ida Berntzen – Norwegian account linguist

Ida Berntzen – Norwegian account linguist

26 September 2017

The Sandberg team

In this month’s Staff Spotlight, we meet one of our account linguists, Ida Berntzen. 1: Which languages can yo...

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Q&A with Amy Henderson, Production Manager

Q&A with Amy Henderson, Production Manager

Q&A with Amy Henderson, Production Manager

24 February 2017

The Sandberg team

Amy is one of STP’s two Production Managers, overseeing the project management teams and one of the Accou...

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20 questions with Igor Solunac, Senior Project Manager

20 questions with Igor Solunac, Senior Project Manager

20 questions with Igor Solunac, Senior Project Manager

22 September 2016

The Sandberg team

With eight full years in the job, Igor Solunac is the longest-serving member of STP’s project management team....

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Interview with Johanna Lindroth, Senior Swedish Translator

Interview with Johanna Lindroth, Senior Swedish Tran...

Interview with Johanna Lindroth, Senior Swedish Tran...

21 May 2016

The Sandberg team

Our employee Q&A this quarter is with Johanna Lindroth, a senior Swedish translator and language lead at STP...

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STP earns ISO 17100 certification

STP earns ISO 17100 certification

STP earns ISO 17100 certification

26 February 2016

The Sandberg team

Sandberg Translation Partners Ltd (STP) is now certified to ISO 17100, the new international quality standard fo...

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From salmon to syntax: Jørn Bjørnerem’s unlikely route into translation

From salmon to syntax: Jørn Bjørnerem’s unlikely rou...

From salmon to syntax: Jørn Bjørnerem’s unlikely rou...

20 February 2016

The Sandberg team

With over eight years of loyal service, Jørn Bjørnerem is the sixth longest-serving member of STP’s in-house...

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What makes a good translation agency client great?

What makes a good translation agency client great?

What makes a good translation agency client great?

29 January 2016

The Sandberg team

A good translation agency client is one that pays on time. End of story? For some, perhaps. But if that’s all...

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Has per-word translation pricing had its day?

Has per-word translation pricing had its day?

Has per-word translation pricing had its day?

1 December 2015

The Sandberg team

The smiling hair stylist takes your coat and sits you in front of the mirror. “So, what would you like today?...

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The sausage and the sizzle

The sausage and the sizzle

The sausage and the sizzle

25 May 2014

The Sandberg team

Anyone working in marketing knows they must sell the sizzle, not the sausage. Clients don’t buy features, they...

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Spring is sprung

Spring is sprung

Spring is sprung

2 May 2014

The Sandberg team

It’s party time in the Nordic countries, with two holidays at this time of the year that are celebrated much m...

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Beyond Translation

Beyond Translation

Beyond Translation

16 December 2013

The Sandberg team

When I visit universities to talk to translation students about working in the industry, it is apparent that the...

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Salty Sweet

Salty Sweet

Salty Sweet

2 December 2013

The Sandberg team

Here at STP, a member of staff’s safe return from annual leave often heralds the arrival of a tub of salty liq...

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Box, Box, Baby

Box, Box, Baby

Box, Box, Baby

25 October 2013

The Sandberg team

New arrival to the British royal family, Prince George, recently found himself the lucky recipient of one of Fin...

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In it together

In it together

In it together

10 October 2013

The Sandberg team

In the past month, I have listened to a number of great speakers sharing their wisdom on the causes of and solut...

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Minding the Gap

Minding the Gap

Minding the Gap

23 May 2013

The Sandberg team

STP has a keen interest in promoting cooperation between the translation industry and the academic world. Apart ...

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The Eurovision song context

The Eurovision song context

The Eurovision song context

6 May 2013

The Sandberg team

Sweden had the honour of hosting two world-class events on Saturday 18 May 2013: the Ice-hockey World Championsh...

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English is a Scandinavian language

English is a Scandinavian language

English is a Scandinavian language

16 February 2013

The Sandberg team

Jan Terje Faarlund, professor of linguistics at the University of Oslo, and Joseph Emmonds, a visiting professor...

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From the engine room

From the engine room

From the engine room

10 February 2013

The Sandberg team

Post-editing of machine translation output (MT-PE) is the process of revising machine-translated content and edi...

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I know what you did last summer

I know what you did last summer

I know what you did last summer

12 November 2012

The Sandberg team

European universities are reaching out to the translation industry in their efforts to modernise their course co...

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The magic word

The magic word

The magic word

9 November 2012

The Sandberg team

The little adverb “please” has come to symbolise politeness in English requests to the extent that it might ...

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Nordic by Nature

Nordic by Nature

Nordic by Nature

24 February 2012

The Sandberg team

Nordic men and women have a reputation for excelling in endurance sports in the international arena, and we trai...

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Living within the Arctic Circle

Living within the Arctic Circle

Living within the Arctic Circle

2 April 2010

The Sandberg team

What is the Arctic Circle? The Arctic Circle is an imaginary line that marks the latitude above which the sun do...

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