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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.
Short post here, but something that struck me recently.
I have to say that one of the things that gives me pleasure is watching people develop. Its just a natural thing but its amazing to see. I have seen so many people come for job interviews who are completely inexperienced. Its amazing to watch as the [...]
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 various places 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 I am not in the office [...]
HP to expand Wroclaw centre Hewlett-Packard (HP), the US computer group, plans to create up to 700 new jobs at its Global Business Centre in Wroclaw over the next few years, as the fa[...]
Eldorado share of Russian consumer electronics market reaches 35% Eldorado, a Russian chain of consumer electronics stores, reported preliminary net revenues of RUB 35.5bn ($1.2bn) for H1 2010, a year-on-year increase of [...]
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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