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As 2016 was the year that Roald Dahl turned 100 years old, we thought we would show our respects to this great British author. We look back at some of his creations and admire his exuberant imagination and gift of language.

Sometimes even the finest translators come up against words that defy translation from their native tongue to English. We thought it would be fun to compile a list of our favourite nine words that don’t exist in English, but really should.

André Mouradian is a voice artist/singer/actor/presenter and voice over tutor. We all wanted to know more about André so enjoy this sneak preview into his life with this Q&A session.

Have you ever thought about taking your business abroad? It may seem more daunting than it actually is, consider these 5 steps before selling abroad and decide if there’s a space for your business outside the UK.

Good communication doesn’t just mean being able to write a well-worded e-mail, or give a moving sales pitch. Communication also means making good use of audio and video translation services. In this article, we discuss three ways that translation can help your business to thrive.

As a voice over agency there’s been plenty of times that we have recorded a fabulous session, for the client to then call up once the voice talent has left the studio and ask for one slight change. Adobe noticed there was a problem and created a solution called VoCo.

As if the foreign language, weird accents and awkward translations around the world weren’t enough of a challenge, then prepare to be amazed with some strange and curious things some countries have done with their time zones.

Have you ever wondered what cows sound like in French or what owls would say in Korean? Check out some of these nifty illustrations based on animal noises around the world that James Chapman from Manchester designed.