The press release category features blog posts on official statements from STAR Translation in terms of technology and information. Some posts feature the latest software updates and developments, conference attendances and awards won.

Littlewoods Ireland Blog Awards 2016 shortlist

Shortlisted, Littlewoods Ireland Blog Awards 2016

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Littlewoods Ireland Blog Awards 2016 shortlist
Shortlisted in two corporate categories: B2B and Current Affairs.

Shortlisted in Littlewoods Ireland Blog Awards 2016

We are thrilled to announce that our corporate blog is shortlisted in the Littlewoods Ireland Blog Awards 2016.

Our blog is in two corporate categories this year: B2B and Current Affairs.

Voting is open to the public and we hope our readers will consider voting for us before voting closes at midnight on Tuesday 23rd August.

Follow Littlewoods Ireland Blog Awards on Twitter or use the event’s hashtag: #LWIBloggies2016.

Thanks to Littlewoods Ireland for sponsoring this year’s event.

The STAR Team

Paul Quigley receiving NSAI certifications for quality standards

STAR presented with ISO 9001:2008 and EN 15038:2006 Certification

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Paul Quigley was presented with ISO 9001 and EN 15038 certifications for quality standards
Paul Quigley with Maurice Buckley of NSAI (left) and Pedro Alves of IQNet (right) / Image: NSAI

NSAI Certifications

On the 17th of May, Director of STAR Translation, Paul Quigley was presented by the National Standards Authority of Ireland with two quality certifications; ISO 9001:2008 and EN 15038:2006 one of the highest quality standards for translation services.

ISO 9001 certifies the quality management system in STAR and ensures the company has systems in place to manage all quality processes and ensures that a consistent delivery of service.

EN 15038 certifies the company has a process in place to specifically manage and improve translation service quality.

What standards mean to your business

The NSAI certifications provide STAR with a structured framework for managing its processes from end to end, and enables the company to deliver consistent high-quality products and services to customers around the world.

Customers can be confident in the services provided by STAR, which empowers them to reach new global markets knowing they are in safe hands.

NSAI Certifications with group of organizations
Group of organizations who received their NSAI Certifications / NSAI

According to the NSAI, companies that use recognised certification standards typically see a 20 per cent jump in revenues.

The Behaviour and Attitudes study, which was carried out on behalf of the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI), shows close to half of the 250 firms it surveyed have reported a rise in turnover as a result of achieving certification.

More than 3,000 companies in Ireland are now certified by the NSAI. Of those certified, 87 per cent said having independently certified standards offered businesses a competitive edge while 93 per cent of those surveyed said their own company had benefitted from the use of standards.

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Source: NSAI Certification Presentation

Expanding Our Offices

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Our company has grown a lot this year and we’re expanding our office space; hiring new people in the process as well.

With this great growth, we’ve added over 70 new customers this year alone.

This growth means we need to hire more people and we’re working hard expanding: we’ve five new job openings!

If you’re a sales agent, a Web designer, project manager or an Irish language researcher, then check out our jobs web page.

New office space with desks

We’ve been working on our new offices: the network connections have been established and the phone lines are just about to be plugged in. Wonder where my desk will be?

New office space

A cool new feature will be our white board wall. The Small Wall Paint company in Dublin have a really cool surface paint that turns any wall into a whiteboard!

Next step: painting our large wall with the Smart Wall Paint. It will be so cool!

The STAR Team

Meet STAR around the world, Calendar

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Meet STAR this year

OCTOBER

Meet STAR at several conferences taking place around the world.

MSC 2013: 7th – 11th, Brno, Czech Republic, International Machinery Trade Fair, STAR Czech S.R.O.

Exhibitions and presentation: Exhibition and presentations.

NOVEMBER

Tekom: 6th – 8th, Wiesbaden, Germany (annual conference), European information development Conference for technical communication.

STAR AG, STAR Deutschland GmbH, STAR Software, Translation, Artwork, Recording GmbH.

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54rd Annual Conference of the American Translators Association

6th – 9th, San Antonio, Texas, USA.

ATA’s annual conference offers the world’s largest selection of educational opportunities specifically focused on translators.

STAR Group America, LCC.

Exhibition and presentations: Americn Translation Assocation.

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STAR speaks Irish for Language Week

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Irish Government building
General Post Office at night, Dublin.

STAR speaks Irish for Seachtain na Gaeilge

Press release: Monday 5th March 2012.

We officially launched the video series ‘Irish Word of the Day‘, teaching you how to say a number of common phrases in the Irish language. Learn how to say ‘hello’, ‘thank you’ and ‘can I have a pint of beer, please?’ alongside other popular Irish phrases.

To promote the Irish language and culture, we will publish a new video every morning as part of a special Irish-week campaign.

It includes:

  • 15 Irish-word-of-the-day videos. They are accessible to everybody whatever your command of Irish.
  • Special articles about Irish culture and Saint Patrick’s day.
  • We’ll also be trying to blog, tweet and socialize as Gaeilge freisin (in Irish as well). We look forward to sharing new content in Irish from the 5th to 16th of March.

We are on the following social networks (see links in footer):

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google+
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn

About us

Based in Dublin, STAR Translation provides translation services in over 40 languages. We translate documents and websites for all our international customers every day. With more than 800 people in the STAR Group worldwide, we give you confidence in a translated world.

Damian Scattergood and Paul Quigley founded STAR Translate in 2001. The entrepreneurs have successfully grown the company to a leading language agency in Ireland in the 10 years that they have been in business together.

The STAR Team

I love you in different languages

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We’ve a new video that teaches you how to say I love you in different languages for Valentine’s Day

Those Special Words

If you want to say “I love you” or “Will you marry me” to that special person this Valentine’s Day, Star can help you do it in style.  Today sees the launch of our short video dedicated to lovers this Valentine’s Day. It tells you how to say “I love you” in Irish, Italian, Chinese, French, Japanese, Spanish, German and English. For more languages the company has a dedicated web page on which you can also find how to say “I love you” and “Will you marry me?” in 28 languages. All the languages are provided as audio files in MP3 format to listen to for free, and the video is available both on YouTube and on our website.

Happy Valentine's Day!

“How to say I love you in different languages”

“The project has been realised with the participation of my own children Emma, Sophie and Nathan who are the voices of the video”. It was fun teaching Sophie how to speak Japanese as she is only 10. We all worked hard and had fun”, says Damian Scattergood, Managing Director of STAR Translation.

“Valentine’s Day represents the opportunity to celebrate love at the same time everywhere in the world. We created this cute video to spread some smiles and happiness across the world. This is our contribution to this special day.” said Stella, our PR executive on behalf of the company. “We enjoyed doing this video and we hope you will enjoy it as much as we do! ”

About STAR Translation

Based in Dublin, STAR provides translation services in over 40 international languages. We translate documents and websites to enable our customers to expand their businesses, every day. With more than 800 people worldwide in the STAR Group, we give you confidence in a translated world.

Damian Scattergood and Paul Quigley founded STAR Translation Service in 2001. The entrepreneurs have successfully grown the company to a leading language agency in Ireland in the 10 years they have been in business together.

STAR Translation Services • Confidence in a Translated World.

The STAR Team

Dyslexia-Friendly Spelling Game Sponsored by STAR

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Paul and Damian at the launch of the dyslexia-friendly spelling Game
Paul and Damian at the launch of the Spelling Game / STAR Translation Imaging

Today, STAR Translation announced their sponsorship of Spelling Rules, a free online game to help dyslexic children improve their spelling.

Developed by Claire McNelis, a Digital Media graduate from Galway, Spelling Rules was created as an online game that would teach spelling rules in a way that was simple and accessible for dyslexic people without being too academic.

STAR Translation is proud to announce that it has sponsored the game and made the free game (dyslexia-friendly spelling game) available online for all to enjoy.

Being dyslexic myself, I see the great benefit this game can bring. As part of our investment in corporate social responsibility, it’s great to be able to give something back that genuinely solves a problem I can associate with.

With close to 10 years of experience providing professional translation services from our offices in Dublin, we are delighted to be able to help Claire with the advancement and promotion of her game.

Paul Quigley, Director of STAR, speaking on behalf of the company had stated, “being dyslexic myself, I see the great benefit this game can bring. As part of our investment in corporate social responsibility, it’s great to be able to give something back that genuinely solves a problem I can associate with.”

About us

STAR Translation is based in Dublin, Ireland. We deliver translation and document translation services to customers around the globe for over 40 languages. We help our customers do more business internationally by providing the website translation, technical translation and document services they require to communicate worldwide.

The STAR Team