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How do we do business with Scandinavia?

Many people may not know this, or it may come across as surprising that culturally Scandinavia is an exotic, exciting and very different place from what we perceive. For instance, when most people refer to Scandinavia assuming it includes Iceland and Finland. However, in Nordic languages, the word Scandinavia refers only to Norway, Denmark, and […]
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What’s Transcreation?

Transcreation is a rather odd sounding term but which is primarily used in the advertising and marketing industry. It refers to the necessary process of adapting a piece of text, message, advertising copy from one language to the next dialect or variation of it. The objective is to maintain its style, intent, and context but […]
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Growth of the market research industry

The market research industry has managed to grow tremendously over just these past five years alone thanks to rapid innovation. According to a report published by Fish Research Inc., the international market research industry is worth over $45 billion in revenue annually. Though Europe and the US currently lead the industry other countries like Russia, […]
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Regional Languages of Europe

Though estimations vary but there are around 225 indigenous European languages spoken in Europe today. However, out of the estimated 225, only five languages are spoken by the majority of Europeans. English, Russian, Italian, French and German are the most widely spoken European languages. Though many countries on the continent operate with several different languages. […]
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Culture of India

The All World Gayatri Pariwar (AWGP) terms the culture of India as the first supreme culture of the world. While that statement is arguably audacious, research and a significant body of evidence show that the culture is in fact over 4,500 years old making it one of the world’s oldest civilizations. India was one out […]
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Multilingualism in International Organizations

Multilingualism in an International Organization is defined as an environment where multiple languages are spoken. The organization is also generally funded by grants or contributions from mainly national governments. Most of the people working for the organization are from various parts of the world with a subset of their own national language which becomes a […]
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