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West Midlands Businesses And Individuals Benefit From Language Advice
Thursday, 17 December 2009 09:17 | Written by Frances Pallett
If you want to learn languages, find a job using your language skills or need language advice to help your business succeed overseas then the Regional Language Network (RLN) West Midlands is here to help you.
If you want to learn languages, find a job using your language skills or need language advice to help your business succeed overseas then the Regional Language Network (RLN) West Midlands is here to help you.
The RLN, which is a non-profit organisation, works with businesses, individuals and language service providers in the West Midlands to promote the importance of language skills and cultural understanding. From helping businesses to increase exports to locating language courses for individuals, the Regional Language Network should be the first port of call for language and culture-related enquiries across the region. More information about their services can be found on the RLN website.
If you already have customers who do not speak English as their first language or you would like to begin exporting your products or services overseas it is vital you consider the benefits language and cultural skills can bring.
Familiarising yourself with another language and culture can enable you to enter a new foreign market with more ease. It is far simpler to make initial contacts, source potential customers and establish your company if you can converse in the necessary language and adhere to local customs. It will also help you to retain customers as people are more likely to make a purchase when a product or service is sold to them in their own language. Language skills will undoubtedly improve your international communications from day to day e-mails and faxes to performing well at overseas trade fairs and promotional events.
If your business requires the services of a professional translator, interpreter, business language trainer or cultural consultant, the RLN has a database of top quality providers from across the West Midlands and can help you to find a suitable provider in your area.
West Midlands case studies, detailing how local businesses have used languages to improve their overseas operations are available on the Regional Language Network website together with cultural briefings and a range of other free business resources.
Languages will also bring life-long benefits to the individual, from increasing travel and career opportunities to enabling you to immerse yourself in the previously unknown worlds of foreign films and literature. The Regional Language Network West Midlands can help locate language courses to suit you, from full time study to evening courses and one-to-one language tuition.
by FrancesPallett
If you want to learn languages, find a job using your language skills or need language advice to help your business succeed overseas then the Regional Language Network (RLN) West Midlands is here to help you.
The RLN, which is a non-profit organisation, works with businesses, individuals and language service providers in the West Midlands to promote the importance of language skills and cultural understanding. From helping businesses to increase exports to locating language courses for individuals, the Regional Language Network should be the first port of call for language and culture-related enquiries across the region. More information about their services can be found on the RLN website.
If you already have customers who do not speak English as their first language or you would like to begin exporting your products or services overseas it is vital you consider the benefits language and cultural skills can bring.
Familiarising yourself with another language and culture can enable you to enter a new foreign market with more ease. It is far simpler to make initial contacts, source potential customers and establish your company if you can converse in the necessary language and adhere to local customs. It will also help you to retain customers as people are more likely to make a purchase when a product or service is sold to them in their own language. Language skills will undoubtedly improve your international communications from day to day e-mails and faxes to performing well at overseas trade fairs and promotional events.
If your business requires the services of a professional translator, interpreter, business language trainer or cultural consultant, the RLN has a database of top quality providers from across the West Midlands and can help you to find a suitable provider in your area.
West Midlands case studies, detailing how local businesses have used languages to improve their overseas operations are available on the Regional Language Network website together with cultural briefings and a range of other free business resources.
Languages will also bring life-long benefits to the individual, from increasing travel and career opportunities to enabling you to immerse yourself in the previously unknown worlds of foreign films and literature. The Regional Language Network West Midlands can help locate language courses to suit you, from full time study to evening courses and one-to-one language tuition.
About the Author:
To find out more about helping your business to succeed overseas, sourcing translators, interpreters and language trainers or finding a language course in your area please contact Frances Pallett, Programme Co-ordinator, on 0121 329 3297 or visit the website HERE at RLN West Midlands