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In this blog, Argos’ CEO; Kevin Fountoukidis, regularly posts on various topics related to everyday activities, tasks and work that goes on at Argos Translations. If you want to get a closer look, an inside view, of life at Argos and how a translation company is run, be sure to check this section regularly for new entries.
At Localization World in Berlin last week and we spent some time learning about the latest trends in the industry. I have a couple topics I’d like to blog about after this event and I’ll start with the latest news from the world of machine translation (MT). Many of you might be surprised to hear [...]
This is not a very famous acronym, in fact, I am not sure its an acronym at all, I may have just made it up. Anyway MBWA (according to my definition of acronyms) stands for Managing By Walking Around. I stopped by the sales department today and started to chat with some people and it [...]
Every month or two I spend a couple days doing the post appraisal meetings with you guys. I honestly sometimes wonder how employees perceive these meetings. Some people are stressed and some are very relaxed. I sometimes wonder if people perceive it as a waste of time. I actually am never really sure what you [...]
I very often get asked how I can work from home, or how I can take long vacations and still run a successful company. The answer is simple, its thanks to the Core and the way decisions are taken at Argos.
Of course I am never away from email too long, that is true, even if [...]
As a manager, one of the biggest challenges is creating and maintaining the right culture in your department. In my case as the CEO I am concerned about the culture/atmosphere throughout the entire company. It might sound simple, but it’s quite a complicated thing, culture and atmosphere. What really goes into a company culture or [...]
Mediatel launches MVNO An alternative fixed-line operator, , has included mobile telephony services under the 'Telepin mobi' brand into its offer. The new virtual netwo[...]
Oriflame to build plant in Moscow Province The Swedish cosmetics company is to invest €125-175m in the construction of its second plant in Russia. In February 2010 the company acquired a 26-h[...]
This article addresses the question of applying professional translation standards among translation companies. It goes on to define the purpose and contents of professional translation standards both in the US and in the European Union [...]
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