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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.
As many of you may or may not know I have always been a big fan of the way Google motivates its employees and I would like to copy that as much as possible. In addition, I think one of the fundamental differences between me and some managers in other companies is that I tend [...]
I have always tried to hire people who were ready to just get the job done and who were capable of looking at the big picture without worrying about minor details. There are a lot of people out there who are very specific about their needs. I need to have this kind of computer, this [...]
I was thinking about it and I’ve decided that it might be best to leave my blog only in English from now on.
Anyway, it got me thinking about our company culture and the language we use. For me Argos is a Polish company, but I guess in a lot of ways it’s not. The ownership [...]
It might sound funny but the core managers and I have just had a couple meetings about how to improve meetings. I ordered a book on Amazon and one Core manager read it and did a presentation of the most important aspects. It’s amazing how many things we can improve. There has been criticism in [...]
I had an idea that people might be interested in what goes on in my life in terms of running the company and the kinds of things that I am thinking about on a daily basis. What I’ll try to do is summarize from time to time things that are going on in my daily [...]
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[...]
Ikea freezes regional expansion The Swedish furniture retailer has suspended its programme of regional expansion in Russia. The construction of the company's shopping centre in Voro[...]
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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