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01.09.07 New translation contract
22.11.06 Overtaal chosen as best provider in Ministry of Economic Affairs tender procedure
29.09.06 Overtaal signs two-year contract with Eurojust for language training services
15.09.06 Accenture chooses Overtaal as translation partner
03.08.06 Overtaal concludes translation contracts with the Court of Justice of the European Communities
07.06.06 Popping out for a translation device
04.05.06 Overtaal provides its own training
17.01.06 Overtaal awarded Certiked certificate
25.02.08 Language director defends EU's costly translations: Each EU citizen has the right to communicate in his/her own language
28.02.08 Long live the semicolon
07.03.08 Being able to read the newspaper in Norwegian, Spanish or Friesian
07.04.08: Turkish next EU language?: Multilingualism remains important
22.04.08 Nerdic the fastest-growing dialect in Europe
08.05.08 Agreement delayed due to translation problems
22.05.08 Linguistic wonders: Babies hearing foreign speech pick up languages faster
02.06.08 Small country? It’s all relative!: Dutch: one of the ten most important languages
11.09.2008 Bilingual children stutter more: Children who are bilingual before the age of five are more likely to suffer from speech impediment
25.09.2008 Day of Languages 2008: Friday, 26 September the eighth European Day of Languages is held
25.09.2008 No extra funds for languages: Programme to be evaluated in 2012
06.10.2008 Song contest for minority languages: Festival coincides with European conference
22.10.2008 Corsica wins song contest for minority languages: The Council of Europe supports the Liet Lavlut song contest for its contribution to the cultural wealth of Europe.
07.11.2008 E-mail error ends up on road sign: A translation error on a road sign in Swansea in Wales caused a great deal of amusement in the United Kingdom last week, proving that you should never blindly accept a text as a translation just because it comes from a translation agency.
03.12.2008 English is first foreign language in European education: Research shows state of affairs of foreign language education
04.12.2008 New EU prize for literature: European Commission launches prize for contemporary literature
Happy New Year!: The employees of Overtaal Language Services wish you a prosperous, healthy and successful 2009!
15.01.2009 Overtaal resumes translating European Parliament debates: Contract awarded to Overtaal for the third time
06.02.2009 Unusual language combinations: Not your run-of-the-mill translations
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19.02.2009 International Mother Language Day: Tenth anniversary this Saturday
07.05.2009 Crash Course language training: One-day workshops notably improve language skills
21.04.2009 Incorrect spelling: The town Webster in the American state Massachusetts is going to replace road signs for a lake with a name of no less than 45 letters because the name is spelled incorrectly. In the current spelling, ‘Chargoggagoggmanchaoggagoggchaubunaguhgamaugg’, there is an ‘o’ where there should be a ‘u’ and an ‘h’ where there should be an ‘n’.
27.05.2009 Brits all in a stir about yoghurt: British producers and retailers are currently agonising over the English word ‘yoghurt’. Should that be written with or without the letter ‘h’?
29.05.2009 Newspaper articles available in ten European languages: Promoting a trans-European perspective
01.07.2009 Taalunie presents official spelling in the Netherlands Antilles and Surinam: The Dutch language-policy organisation Nederlandse Taalunie is holding an information campaign on the official Dutch spelling in the Netherlands Antilles and in Surinam.
30.11.2009 Overtaal once again SAP Certified Translation Vendor: Overtaal again certified by SAP in July.
10.08.2009 Winners of the first-ever EU Prize for Literature announced: Inaugural twelve prize winners announced
31.08.2009 Overtaal once again SAP Certified Translation Vendor: Overtaal again certified by SAP in July.
18.12.2009 Overtaal translates e-Justice-portal for European Commission: European Commission positive in its assessment of the translations.
06.01.2010 Happy New Year!: The entire staff of Overtaal language services wish you a prosperous, healthy and successful 2010!