Linguistic Services
TRANSLATIONS
A good translation involves more than interpretive language skills. It requires cultural awareness and sensitivity to the communicational nuances and particulars of the target audience. This is why human intervention in translation is paramount. Our educated, skilled and experienced professionals, native speakers of the target language, provide translations that accurately convey the message and details of your documents.
How we proceed:
1. We conduct a word count, assess the technical value of the document and determine price and completion time
2. We assign your document to one of our subject-expert translators3. We review and cross-check your translation for accuracy and consistency of style4. You receive your translation on time, to budget and in the format of your choiceContact us for a free estimate and send us a copy of your document.
TEXT EDITING
Do you need your document to be proofread before submission? Our multilingual network of competent editors will provide high standard reviews and corrections.
Contact us for a free estimate and send us a copy of your document.
SPEECHWRITING
You have expertise on your subject, you know your message and you want expected outcomes; but you are not familiar with the speechwriting techniques that will catch the interest of your audience, hold their attention, and help you project credibility, connect and be persuasive. You need us! We will work closely with you to develop a top-notch, compelling speech that will improve your chances of reaching your goals.
Contact us for more information and to discuss your project.
VOICE-OVER
Do you need a quality voice talent for...
- On-Hold Programs
- Voice Mail Recordings
- Web Page Audio
- Radio & TV Voice-over Commercials
- Multi-Media Presentations
- Corporate Narration
- Audio-Book Narration
- Characterization for Animation and Children's Audio Books... or anything else?
Florence Ferreira’s excellent articulation in three languages (French, Spanish, English,) her pleasant “broadcaster’s” voice, her storytelling and actor-coaching experience and her unique ability to accurately convey a message to a different culture has gained her numerous opportunities to thrive as a voice talent and narrator.
She speaks a crystal-clear native French from France (non-regional), a flawless Latin-American Spanish (ranges from Peru to Venezuela), and a perfectly articulate English with a slight French accent, which she can easily amplify.
Contact us to discuss your project, get a free estimate or request a demo of your script.
ACCENT REDUCTION
- Do you often speak in a foreign language?
- Do you frequently have to repeat what you've said in order to be understood?
- Would accent reduction have a positive impact in your professional and personal life?
Our skilled and experienced professionals, native speakers of the target language, provide personalized one-on-one and small-group accent reduction training in the most effective and convenient way, to address your specific accent reduction needs in the least amount of time.
We are flexible on schedule, time requirements and location.
How we proceed:
1. Through an interview, we pinpoint the learning style, the individual goals and accent reduction needs of the participant2. The assigned trainer identifies the speaker’s weaknesses with pronunciation, rhythm, intonation and stress patterns
3. The trainer assists the speaker in hearing and differentiating sounds4. The speaker produces and practices the difficult sounds5. The now improved pronunciation is integrated into the speaker’s conversational speech as the rhythm, intonation and stress patterns are being adjusted until easy
comprehension is reached
Frequency and duration:
The program will be designed to meet your specific needs. The rate and degree of improvement will depend on the extent of your foreign accent, your attendance, dedication and diligent practice.
Benefits of training:
- More effective speech - Greater understanding from listeners - Career growth opportunities - Increased self esteem - Improved professional image of your company- Better integration and social opportunities Contact us for more information or to schedule an appointment.
LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION
At SpeakGlobal, we are well aware of the unique challenges adults face when learning a new language. Our language instruction program is specifically designed to address the demands of internationalization and diversity, and to succeed where others have failed.
We provide instruction in a scope of languages, and we work with a team of talented and experienced professionals, native speakers of the language taught, and specialized in adult learning.
Our on-site, one-to-one or semi-private design is customized to the specific needs of our clients, providing fast, effective and immediately applicable results. Once we discuss your goals, we will tailor a program that incorporates communicative situations, vocabulary and terminology relevant to your corporate culture and industry or of general interest.
Our approach to effective learning:
- We help adults make the cultural shift in order to think in the target language
- We defeat the “I’m-not-good-at-languages” belief that results from former poor quality instruction and sometimes traumatic experiences at school
- We adapt to the student’s specific learning style
- We maximize motivation, making the learning process natural and effortless
- Participants are immersed in the language from the beginning
Contact us for more information and to discuss your objectives.
Language helps form the limits
of our reality.
~ Dale Spender ~
To have another language is to possess a
second soul.
~ Charlemagne ~
Language is
the road map of
a culture.
It tells you
where its people come from
and where
they are going.
~ Rita Mae
Brown ~
