25 years GB School
On June 13th 2020, GB-School / Language Consulting celebrates its 25th anniversary and looks back on many interesting and eventful years! Founded in 1995 by Managing Director Gavin Bryson, who started as a “language trainer“, the company has developed steadily over the years and has continued to broaden and [...]
Time to cover up
We are being asked to cover our faces to prevent the pandemic, which is inconvenient and stuffy, but hardly a sacrifice. People have always worn for ceremonies or for religious or for fun at celebrations and to even scare the enemy during wars. Some workers are already used to [...]
Quality is our language
Norak once again achieves recertification for the ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 17100:2015 standards, passing with flying colours an audit carried out by the certification body TÜV Rheinland. This year, as well as annual monitoring audits, it was time to go through the process of re-certifying our quality assurance system. [...]
Twenty-first-century recluses
First of all, congratulations to you for staying in and protecting our health services and our seniors. Despite reports of ‘covidiots’ who go out and make fools of themselves, the vast majority of the world is staying in, tired of staring at computer and TV screens. You might be [...]
Striving for Global Economic Solidarity
The Chamber of Commerce is an association that aims to promote networking businessmen and protect the interests of its members. These business communities usually called “Board of trade", consist of members; business owners who share a location or interest, but may also have an international reach. Members elect representatives [...]
This too shall pass
It’s pointless to talk about political responses to Covid-19. Things are changing by the hour and we are already bombarded with up-to-the-minute information on the radio, television and online. Around-the-clock news channels are feeding our hunger to learn about every new measure, success and failure, death and recovery, as [...]
Working together towards a coronavirus-free future
On a global scale, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies are working around the clock with governments to discuss the COVID-19 epidemic. The need for translations is greater now more than ever before to ease adjustments to support vaccine developments, handle the demand, and possible obstacles to drug supply chains. It [...]
Telecommuting our new reality
COVID-19 the Coronavirus Pandemic has forced employers to send employees home, working in office is no longer a viable option. Telecommuting simply refers to the practice of exercising one’s job outside the company’s office. Telecommuting can refer to different categories such as remote work, virtual jobs, or work from home [...]
Fit to translate
Sedentary jobs involve sitting at a desk and only very minor physical activity. Although translators and project managers are the equivalent of intellectual body builders, we don’t get to move about much at work, and our lifestyles may be putting us at risk of developing health issues like premature [...]
Coronavirus will not halt operations Norak
Dear customers and friends, We would like to inform you that, as to the Corona crisis emerged, the Norak group has started making preparations for weeks in case that our working centers would need to be closed should the situation get worse. We have taken the appropriate measures to [...]