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# SEL Business Languages Ltd

> The language services provider

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## Posts

- [UK plc needs more revenue from exports](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/blog/uk-plc-needs-more-revenue-from-exports/): But watch out! Should the UK leave the EU as it is still legally on track to do, many companies will need a thorough export strategy or to beef up
- [Court interpreting under UK govt. contract is courting disaster](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/blog/court-interpreting-under-govt-contract-is-courting-disaster/): Some may say it is already disastrous. But firstly let’s remember that court interpreting is not a frivolous matter: the service is a basic human entitlement to anyone on trial
- [Second guessing?](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/blog/second-guessing/): In non-English speaking countries, do you, like me, find a lot of the sales blurb and websites to be displayed in dodgy English? Most native-speaker English people, particularly when buying
- [If Britain left the EU, how would that affect your trade?](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/blog/if-britain-left-the-eu-how-would-that-affect-your-trade/): In general terms, the EU has become an extension of the home market and, specifically, government statistics show that our largest export partner has been mainland Europe up till recently
- [Interpreting: out-of-hours = out-of-scope?](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/blog/out-of-hours-interpreting-out-of-scope-interpreting/): Maybe you’ve moved to the UK, you speak perfectly acceptable second language English; or maybe you’re second generation of the family that moved to the UK, you were born here
- [Professional Turks to the rescue!](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/blog/professional-turks-to-the-rescue/): Professional Turks migrate to Britain - well educated, well-spoken English, well needed.
- [Please tick the box below: Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms … or Mx](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/blog/please-tick-the-box-below-mr-mrs-miss-ms-or-mx/): There is a new kid on the block. That’s because, joining the choice of four alternative titles that have regularly been offered over the years, there is now the gender-neutral
- [Google Translate – free of charge is free of control](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/blog/google-translate-free-of-charge-is-free-of-control/): By AT, one of our linguists. With 25 years as a translator under my belt, I have recently seen an escalation in demand for proof reading work. For this I
- [English or not?](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/blog/english-or-not/): Let me share some info with you on the best way to encourage deals from companies outside the UK. Why not add your own comments / experiences as well? This
- [Translations have consequences](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/blog/translations-have-consequences/): By BR, one of our linguists. Translation work is as varied as business itself, as business relations and transactions transcend national boundaries and languages. An interesting example that shows the
- [Working together, for mutual benefit](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/blog/working-together-for-mutual-benefit/): How does that happen, you may be thinking? Simply because, on the one hand, we both have the same goal - to support, simplify and ease your work with international
- [How to beat the Brexit-effect](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/blog/uk-how-to-beat-brexit-effect/): The virtual standstill in UK productivity and domestic growth is plain to see. Indeed this country is showing possible signs of heading towards a recession. But there is an alternative
- [Losing a language – do we need to preserve endangered languages?](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/blog/losing-a-language-do-we-need-to-preserve-endangered-languages/): UNESCO raised urgent awareness about the loss of indigenous languages at the end of 2019, but is this really a critical problem or are we preserving them simply for sentimental
- [Lost in Translation: Language Translation Blunders](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/blog/lost-in-translation-language-translation-blunders/): With 200 million translations a day, there’s no denying people rely on Google Translate and other automated machine translation. Can you blame them? Pressing copy and paste is a damn
- [How languages rewire your brain](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/blog/how-languages-rewire-your-brain/): We already know language is fascinating, but did you realise it alters the shape of our brains? Brains adapt to physical environments just as our bodies do. Language is unique
- [Ze vs They: what’s this new language all about?](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/blog/ze-vs-they-whats-all-that-about/): Language is constantly evolving to find the simplest way; new words get added to the dictionary every year such as “bae” and “chillax”, mainly driven by changes in society. Nouns
- [UK Members of Parliament – how political language affects public opinion](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/blog/uk-members-of-parliament-how-political-language-affects-public-opinion/): Language is so important to our lives. Communicating with other people is how we form who we are; our opinions, thoughts and experiences are all socially constructed by talking to
- [The evolution of language: where did the alphabet come from?](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/blog/the-evolution-of-language-where-did-the-alphabet-come-from/): The alphabet has likely been ingrained in your brain since a young age, as it is one of the first things we are taught at school - where does it come from?
- [A new version of the English Bible? The Jamaican New Testament](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/blog/a-new-version-of-the-english-bible-the-jamaican-new-testament/): Setting the scene The King James Bible has recently been translated from English into Jamaican patois, making it more relevant to about 5 million speakers of the language around the
- [Covid-19: the biggest translation challenge since records began](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/blog/covid-19-the-biggest-translation-challenge-since-records-began/): Covid-19 has impacted the way things are done across virtually every industry, and it represents arguably the biggest challenge to translation, ever. Pandemics are global, meaning any speaker of any
- [Taboo Language – should it be excluded?](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/blog/taboo-language-should-it-be-excluded/): Does taboo language have a place in the dictionary? Is it right to include words that cause offence or have unpleasant meaning? Taboo language refers to words that are typically
- [“Nowt so queer as… language”. Reclamation of the word ‘queer’.](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/blog/nowt-so-queer-as-language-reclamation-of-the-word-queer/): Language is perpetually changing its meaning as different connotations, different levels of appropriateness and new buzzwords are introduced.
- [How is Europe coping in the post-lockdown world?](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/blog/how-is-europe-coping-in-the-post-lockdown-world/): The past month has seen European countries attempt to adapt to new ways of living and encourage returning to the workplace after months of restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
- [How many Native English words Anglo-Saxon still exist today?](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/blog/how-many-native-english-words-anglo-saxon-still-exist-today/): It is a relatively well-known statistic that some 70% of current English is derived from Latin, first introduced by the Romans. This figure however splits down into about 35% via
- [Learn a language through Netflix? No, not exactly.](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/blog/learn-a-language-through-netflix-no-not-exactly/): vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"vc_columnvc_column_textAs recently as 4 years ago, Netflix had amassed 167.1 million subscribers, not to mention all those using their friends’ accounts. And Netflix
- [Best Translation and Interpreting Services Provider 2024](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/blog/best-translation-and-interpreting-services-provider-2024/): vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"vc_columnvc_column_text Excellent news! Just recently, the specialist UK business support and promotion company, SME News, presented SEL Business Languages SELBL with the coveted

## Pages

- [Home](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/): SEL Business Languages Ltd. The right language is the right solution. For B2B translation, interpreting and language tuition.
- [Meet the Translators](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/meet-the-translators/): SEL Business Languages Ltd. The right language is the right solution. For B2B translation, interpreting and language tuition.
- [Meet the Language Trainers](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/meet-the-language-trainers/): SEL Business Languages Ltd. The right language is the right solution. For B2B translation, interpreting and language tuition.
- [Meet the Interpreters](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/meet-the-interpreters/): SEL Business Languages Ltd. The right language is the right solution. For B2B translation, interpreting and language tuition.
- [Our Services](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/): Choose us whenever you want to buy, sell, speak or write via another language. Or receive information in your language from another language.
- [Translation Services Bolton](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/north-west/translation-services-bolton/): SEL Business Languages | The award-winning translation services provider in Bolton. Our expertise lies in customising our service to satisfy your specific requirements.
- [Translation Services Chorley](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/north-west/translation-services-chorley/): SEL Business Languages | The award-winning translation services provider in Chorley. We excel in providing accurate and expert translation services tailored to meet your specific requirements.
- [Translation Services Manchester](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/north-west/translation-services-manchester/): SEL Business Languages | The award-winning translation service provider in Manchester. We excel in providing accurate and expert translation services tailored to meet your specific requirements.
- [Translation Services Preston](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/north-west/translation-services-preston/): SEL Business Languages | The award-winning translation service provider in Preston. Our expertise lies in providing precise translation services that are customised to your specific requirements.
- [Translation Services Wigan](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/north-west/translation-services-wigan/): SEL Business Languages | The award-winning translation service provider in Wigan, offering tailored and accurate translation services to meet your unique needs.
- [Translation Services in Blackburn](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/north-west/translation-services-in-blackburn/): SEL Business Languages | We are the award-winning provider of translation services in Blackburn, offering customised and precise translations for your specific requirements
- [North West](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/north-west/): Contact SEL Business Languages today for all your business language service needs. Reach us on +44 0 1204 669 766 or +44 0 7985 253 209.
- [Contact](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/contact/): Contact SEL Business Languages today for all your business language service needs. Reach us on +44 0 1204 669 766 or +44 0 7985 253 209.
- [Translation Services in Liverpool](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/north-west/translation-services-in-liverpool/): SEL Business Languages |Our award-winning translation services in Liverpool are designed to meet the diverse needs of our clients. With a focus on quality, accuracy, and customer satisfaction.
- [Home](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/home-2/): SEL Business Languages Ltd. The right language is the right solution. For B2B translation, interpreting and language tuition.
- [About us](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/about-us/): We’re here to help when you need spoken or written information transferring from one language to another – normally into or out of English, but it doesn’t even have to involve English!
- [Privacy, General Data Protection, Terms and Conditions](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/privacy-general-data-protection-terms-and-conditions/): Our privacy policy, general data protection and also business terms and conditions covering translation, interpreting, language training.
- [Angol-magyar fordítási szolgáltatások](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/magyar-angol/): Angol-magyar fordítási szolgáltatások. We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [English and Arabic Translation](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/english-arabic/): English and Arabic Translation Services. We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [English and German Translation](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/english-german/): German and English Translation Services. We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [English and Italian Translation](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/english-italian/): English and Italian Translation Services. We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [English and Lithuanian Translation](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/english-lithuanian/): English and Lithuanian Translation Services. We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [English and Mandarin Chinese Translation](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/english-mandarin/): English and Mandarin Translation Services. We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [English and Polish Translation](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/english-polish/): English and Polish Translation Services. We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [English and Portuguese Translation](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/english-portuguese/): English and Portuguese Translation Services. We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [Översättningstjänster från engelska till svenska](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/svensk-engelsk/): Översättningstjänster från engelska till svenska. We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [Servicii de traducere din engleză în română](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/romana-engleza/): Servicii de traducere din engleză în română. We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [Servicios de traducción del inglés al español](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/espanol-ingles/): Servicios de traducción del inglés al español. We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [Serviços de tradução de inglês para português](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/portugues-ingles/): Serviços de tradução de inglês para português. We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [Tłumaczenia z języka angielskiego na język polski](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/polski-angielski/): Tłumaczenia z języka angielskiego na język polski. We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [Traduction de l’anglais vers le français](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/francais-anglais/): Traduction de l'anglais vers le français. We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [Traduzione dall’inglese all’italiano](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/inglese-italian/): Traduzione dall’inglese all’italiano. We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [Übersetzungsdienste vom Englischen ins Deutsche](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/deutsch-englisch/): Übersetzungsdienste vom Englischen ins Deutsche. We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [Vertimo iš anglų į lietuvių kalbą paslaugos](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/lietuviu-anglu/): Vertimo iš anglų į lietuvių kalbą paslaugos. We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [Услуги по переводу с английского на русский язык](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/russkiy-angliyskiy/): Услуги по переводу с английского на русский язык. We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [خدمات الترجمة من الإنجليزية إلى العربية](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/earabiun-iinjiliziun/): خدمات الترجمة من العربية إلى الإنجليزية We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [英语翻译至普通话服务](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/putonghua-yingyu/): 英语翻译至普通话服务 : We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [English and French Translation](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/english-french/): English and French Translation Services. We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [English and Russian Translation](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/english-russian/): English and Russian Translation Services. We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [English and Spanish Translation](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/english-spanish/): English and Spanish Translation Services. We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [English and Swedish Translation](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/english-swedish/): English and Swedish Translation Services. We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [English and Urdu Translation](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/english-urdu/): English and Urdu Translation Services. We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [English and Hungarian Translation](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/english-hungarian/): English and Hungarian Translation Services. We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [English and Romanian Translation](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/english-romanian/): English and Romanian Translation Services. We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [انگریزی سے اردو ترجمہ کی خدمات](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/urdu-english/): انگریزی سے اردو ترجمہ کی خدمات . We specialise in delivering precise translation solutions to suit your precise business needs.
- [Translation](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/translation/): Translation for business: accurate, fast, and in the right context. Improve your company's performance by the transfer of written information from one language into another.
- [Language Training](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/language-training/): Language training for business: personal, natural, with results that last. Often called tuition, language classes or teaching.
- [Interpreting](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/services/interpreting/): Face-to-face or using headphones. Improve your company's PR image by the transfer of spoken information from one language into another.

## Other Pages

- [Case Study](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/case-study/)

## Case studies

- [Learn the language of your trade partner](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/case-study/learn-the-language-of-your-trade-partner/): SEL Business Languages provide language trainer to support UK based import and export company. This project specifically involved Italian.
- [Talk to Shanghai colleagues in Chinese](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/case-study/learn-to-speak-the-basics-of-your-chinese-colleagues-language/): SELBL was booked to teach spoken Mandarin Chinese, including everyday cultural norms, using face-to-face and laptop methods.
- [Industrial claim interpreting](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/case-study/industrial-claim-interpreting/): SEL Business Languages were called in to provide interpreting for an industrial claim from Polish to English and vice versa.
- [Translate a court-compliant witness statement](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/case-study/court-compliant-witness-statement-by-bulgarian-speaker/): Using one of their court-approved interpreters, SEL Business Languages obtained a witness statement by phone from a Bulgarian speaker.
- [Translate product instructions and blog](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/case-study/translate-company-product-instructions-and-blog/): SELBL was called in to translate a company's specialist product blog and operator instructions. Languages involved: English into Arabic.
- [Interpreting after a bike rider accident](https://selbusinesslanguages.co.uk/case-study/where-to-find-interpreting-after-a-road-accident/): A decision needed to be reached on whether or not an insurance claim could potentially be pursued by the claimant.