idioma started out on a small scale in 1980. The company was set up by a Swedish entrepreneur, Joel Brynte. Our first office space consisted of two modest rooms in then Sweden Center in Tokyo, Japan. I recall we were a core of 7-8 people, mostly translators. Our first clients were in the AV industry, …

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With our production center based in Prague, Czech is after English and Japanese one of the most used “in-house” languages at idioma. More popular as appears Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers. “Čeština” (= Czech), is the name derived from a Slavic tribe of Czechs that inhabited Central Bohemia …

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As a multinational company, we encounter with many different winter traditions as well as multicultural approaches to Christmas. While our Prague office went off the chain this year and has been decorated in a very festive Christmasy way since the beginning of Advent, our colleagues in Tokyo are preparing for the Japanese New Years celebrations …

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Tomorrow in Sweden we celebrate Lucia. Together with advent, this is a popular celebration and the harbinger of yuletide and the Christmas holidays. Held every year on December 13th, Lucia celebrations start early in the morning, very early for some, and continues throughout the day until late evening. Traditional Swedish Lussekatter (source: DollarPhotoClub.com) Girls with …

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