founded 2001 headquarters london united kingdom area served global owner jurga zilinskiene website todaytranslations.com today translations is a translations service provider founded by jurga zilinskiene in 2001 based in the city of london . 1 the company has a global reach with over 3 000 staff providing and interpreting and translating in more than 200 languages . 2 the firm was funded with 13 000 of zilinskiene s own savings and continues to operate without external funding . 3 4 5 6 7 the firm uses database software zilinskiene designed and evolved from the start of the business . 3 4 6 contents 1 security assurance 2 awards 3 media and press 4 ghwcc bi lateral trade visit to london 5 references 6 further reading 7 external links security assurance edit to provide assurance and interoperability through the supply chain today translations was the first specialist language services provider to achieve independent united kingdom accreditation service iso iec 27001 2005 certification for data security throughout its global operations . 8 today translations also has a global network of subject matter experts who advise on how to reduce the risk of fraud bribery and cyber crime as well as how to enhance multilingual communication . awards edit shell livewire award for young entrepreneurs in 2003 . 9 duke of edinburgh award for international trade in 2006 . 10 cobcoe make europe work award for breakthrough trade in 2015 . 11 media and press edit the company was noted in the media for polls to find out the world s most untranslatable word 12 and another to identify the world s most romantic word . 13 it has also attracted press attention for other stunts including the hiring of regional geordie 14 glaswegian 15 scouse 16 and glaswegian 17 translators . the recruitment of regional interpreters was seen as controversial in some media but zilinskiene disagreed saying people in newcastle and liverpool shouldn t be offended by this . the accent gives them a strong regional identity and they should be proud of it . 18 they have also advertised for speakers of brooklynese . 19 the company maintains that its regional recruitment campaign was motivated by a genuine need to enable foreign business people to do business more easily in the regions . according to zilinskiene we are aware that some of our foreign and uk clients can find the glaswegian accent difficult to decipher . while it s unusual for us to want someone to translate a dialect of english there is a clear demand . 20 ghwcc bi lateral trade visit to london edit in june 2014 today translations hosted representatives from the greater houston women s chamber of commerce ghwcc organising and participating in a series of site visits across london . the events culminated with today translations announcing the founding of a london based commerce organisation for women . 21 references edit financial times suppliers to the square mile 22 march 2011 cityam investment bank wannabe lays his soul bar at goldman altar 21 january 2010 a b nichegeek how to start a six figure online translation business 17 september 2006 a b arabic ebook 2008 the independent business essentials 6 june 2004 a b growing business 1 june 2004 telegraph starting out 26 june 2007 it governance today translations is first in sector to achieve iso27001 certification giving them the edge in secure communication 2014 pne group if only i knew british chamber of commerce in lithuania bcc paper winter 2006 edition council of british chambers of commerce in europe breakthrough trade award 2015 winner may 2015 bbc news congo word most untranslatable reuters is this the worlds most romantic word 12 february 2010 the guardian language firm advertises for geordie translators 12 october 2010 the times is glswegian lost in translation 18 october 2009 liverpool echo wanted scouse translators for liverpool s foreign visitors 9 october 2010 today thursday 15 october 2009 . bbc . 15 october 2009 . retrieved 9 december 2013 . daily mail interpreters hired to translate geordie and scouse accents for foreigners 8 october 2010 schapiro rich april 28 2010 . london firm today translations give tourists a hand in understanding confusing brooklynese . new york daily news . retrieved 9 december 2013 . daily record london firm launches hunt for glaswegian translators 14 october 2010 management today london is getting its first women s chamber of commerce 30 june 2014 further reading edit the australian d oh how homer simpson has influenced english language 25 march 2010 kaieteur news the china syndrome 9 august 2010 journal live fenham man bags job as a geordie translator 10 december 2010 external links edit today translations homepage retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title today translations & oldid 737608561 categories companies established in 2001service companies of the united kingdomtranslation companieshidden categories use dmy dates from august 2012use british english from august 2012 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