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Health & Life Sciences

Electronic Feasibility Assessment (EFA): A Crucial First Step in eCOA Translation

As clinical outcome assessments (COAs) increasingly migrate to digital platforms, ensuring that translated versions function flawlessly across devices has never been more critical. Many eCOA (electronic Clinical Outcome Assessment) issues arise not f...

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Health & Life Sciences

Navigating Translation in the eCOA Era: Key Takeaways for Language Service Providers

At Geo Language Services, we’re excited to see new standards emerging for the fast-evolving space of electronic clinical outcome assessments (eCOAs). A new article published in the Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes outlines best practices for co...

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News

Geo Language Services finalist at Surrey Business Awards 2025

Geo Language Services is thrilled to be named a finalist at the Surrey Business Awards 2025! This recognition celebrates the passion, precision, and creativity that drive everything we do: from expertly crafted translations to culturally resonant gl...

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Earth, Environment & Energy

Translation solutions for ESG Reporting

Supporting your multilingual Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) content ESG reporting is more than a checkbox, it's how your organisation builds trust, meets regulatory demands, and communicates its values on a global stage. At Geo we’re e...

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IEMA affiliation announcement

Giles Poole joins IEMA as an affiliate member We’re delighted to announce that Giles Poole, Director of Geo Language Services, has joined the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) as an Affiliate Member. This milestone m...

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Introduction to Multilingual Typesetting (DTP)

Have you ever thought about how your beautifully designed campaign will be affected when translated into another language? How will the translated text fit into the layout, and will it compromise the design? This is what multilingual typesetting addr...

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Earth, Environment & Energy

ESG Statement

Geo Language Services – ESG statement Aligned with the UN Global Compact Ten Principles and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development As a global language services provider, we recognise the significance of our role: enabling inclusive commun...

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Languages

Multilingual Design – typesetting Arabic translations (and other right-to-left languages)

Arabic is probably the most widely translated right-to-left (RTL) language (the other major ones include Urdu, Hebrew, Farsi and Kurdish), Arabic is an official language in 26 countries and spoken by over 420 million people, so it should be no surpri...

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Languages

How Do Chinese Keyboards Work?

Today is the UN’s Chinese Language Day – a day which is chosen to coincide with “Guyu” in the Chinese calendar. Guyu is celebrated in honour of the Chinese folk hero Cangjie, who is said to have created Chinese characters thousands of years a...

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Education, public sector & NGO

Demystifying Braille for World Sight Day

As 12th October is World Sight Day, we thought we would devote this blog post to the subject of braille. The most amazing thing about braille is our perception of it. This was well observed by the artist Scott Wayne Indiana who put braille sticker...

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Languages

The Japanese Writing System – A Fusion of Different Character Types

You might be familiar with Japanese fusion restaurants, blending Japanese dishes with food from other areas of the world, but did you know that Japanese writing is a fusion of different scripts? Of course, most languages and writing systems have e...

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News, Technical industries

Cyber secure and proud!

We’re delighted to announce that Geo Language Services has officially passed the UK Government’s Cyber Essentials certification. This certification is more than a compliance checkbox — it’s a clear statement of our commitment to safeguarding...

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