| West Midlands Businesses And Individuals Benefit From Language Advice |
| Written by Frances Pallett |
| Thursday, 17 December 2009 09:04 |
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If you need language advice to help your business trade internationally, want to learn a new language or find work using existing language skills, the RLN West Midlands can help you to succeed.
If you need language advice to help your business trade internationally, want to learn a new language or find work using existing language skills, the RLN West Midlands can help you to succeed. The RLN is a non-profit organisation aiming to promote the importance of language and cultural skills across the West Midlands. They work closely with businesses, helping them to realise their export potential, support language professionals in their work and aid individuals who want to learn or make use of language skills. Their website provides further details on the full range of free services available and should be the first port of call for all language and culture-related enquiries. If your business has customers whose mother tongue is not English or is looking to enter new overseas markets then it is worth considering how language and cultural skills can benefit you. Learning a new language and appreciating the cultural differences that accompany the language can enable you to enter a new foreign market with more ease. It is easier to make contacts, find potential clients and establish your business if you can speak the language, even on a basic level, and observe local customs. It will also help you to keep this custom as people prefer to make a purchase when being sold to in their own language. Language skills will also improve your international communications from writing daily e-mails to attending promotional events and overseas trade fairs. The RLN can help you to locate translators and interpreters in your area through their online database of language professionals. This database is used to find suitable providers for local businesses looking for business language trainers, interpreters, translators and cultural consultants. 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 |