Overcoming Cultural Barriers at Work
In a global workforce, language barriers aren’t the only challenges employees face when doing their best work and collaborating smoothly. Cultural barriers can also impede understanding and productivity. Overcoming those cultural barriers requires ongoing efforts on different fronts. In this blog, we teamed up with Fluency Corp, a language training company, to share the most […]
Congratulations to Our July Linguist of the Month: Catherine
Multilingual Connections works with hundreds of talented linguists across the globe who are experts at translation, transcription and/or multimedia localization. Our linguists are also industry experts – some have spent years doing movie subtitling, others legal and law enforcement transcription, while others may specialize in marketing or educational translation, and more. For each new project, […]
Multilingual Connections Named to the 2019 Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies
Global Language Solutions Company Multilingual Connections Named to the 2019 Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies EVANSTON, Ill. August 14, 2019 – Inc. magazine today revealed that Multilingual Connections, a global language solutions company based in the Chicago area, has earned its place on the annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious […]
Congratulations to Our June Linguist of the Month: Clara
Multilingual Connections works with hundreds of talented linguists across the globe who are experts at translation, transcription or subtitling. But they’re also experts within particular specializations – some have spent years doing multimedia localization, others legal and law enforcement content, while others specialize in marketing or educational content. For each new project, we are making […]
How to Choose the Right Translation Agency for Your Business
Expanding your business into new markets? Whether expanding within the United States or abroad, you must engage your audience in relevant ways. To reach new markets, you’ll need to meet your audience where they are and create content in their native language. Hiring a professional translation agency with industry and cultural expertise is key to ensuring […]
Translation in Context: Transforming Poetry
“I think we all want to have translation work as a process of reproduction, but it’s really a process of transformation.” -Aaron Coleman Periodically, the Multilingual Connections team gets together to discuss articles relevant to the translation world. Recently, we got together to discuss this segment from NPR. We shared an idea that poetry goes […]
The Hundred Tongues of Thought: On the Varieties of Chinese
In everyday conversation, people tend to treat Chinese as a monolithic language. Researchers share statistics about the number of Chinese speakers worldwide, consumers read advertisements for learning Chinese, and journalists write articles about the increasing use of Chinese as a language of global trade. But, in reality, Chinese is far from being uniform. In fact, […]
Pretty in French: Molly Ringwald as a Literary Translator
Many recognize Molly Ringwald from those blockbuster hits directed by one of Chicagoland’s most beloved directors, John Hughes: Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), and Pretty in Pink (1986), to name a few. But who knew she had a taste for translation? Ringwald’s infatuation with the French language began when she moved to Paris […]
Meet & Greet 2019
Please join Multilingual Connections for our 3rd Annual Freelancer Meet & Greet! Thursday, May 9th, 2019 – 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM – 847 Chicago Ave. As a thank you to our hard-working freelancers, we’re hosting a lunch at our Evanston location. Freelancers interested in working with us are also welcome to attend! This is […]
Creating Authentic Connections with Your Audience
After three market research conferences in four weeks – first in DC, then back home to Chicago and lastly in Cincinnati – and lots of interesting conversations with global researchers and technology providers around language and translation and getting it right, I started writing a blog to highlight some of those conversations. During a break, […]
CEO named Evanston Chamber of Commerce 2018 Businessperson of the Year
Monday, February 11, 2019, Evanston, Illinois – Jill Kushner Bishop, PhD was named Businessperson of the Year by Evanston Chamber of Commerce. In an award celebration attended by 175 leaders of the business and not-for-profit community, Dr. Bishop was recognized for her global translation agency, Multilingual Connections, that has been headquartered in Evanston since 2015. As CEO […]
It’s a shame to dry the fruit with old uncles
My name is Jill. I own a translation agency. And yes, I use Google Translate – sometimes. Machine translation is getting more and more sophisticated by the day, and it can be exceptionally useful. Its accuracy is amazing…sometimes. Sometimes it’s not, though, and the challenge for users is that you don’t know which you’re going to get, […]
