Company Background

Workplace Translation Ltd was formed in Leeds, West Yorkshire in 2005 to provide high quality language and translation services.

We work closely with companies across all industry sectors providing document translation, certified translations, website localisation and media transcription, translation and subtitling services. Our team are experienced individuals, who know that word perfect language translation is essential to your branding and company reputation. They fully understand the translation process and will effectively manage the workflow of your translation project from initial consultation to final completion. Our aim is to achieve accurate and exceptional quality language translation services to clients that are delivered on time at highly competitive rates.

Our philosophy at Workplace Translation Ltd is to fully understand and evaluate the individual needs and requirements for each language translation project before we undertake the work to ensure we continue to meet and exceed our clients' expectations. We will work with you to help you meet your objectives; whether they are in local, national or international markets, by providing professional language solutions for all your communication requirements.

Meet the Team...

Paul Gray FMM
Managing Director
With engineering and business qualifications Paul has a wide experience in many different roles and market sectors; from Quality Management in Plastics, Business Project Manager in SIM card manufacture to Managing Director. Following the completion of Fellowship in Manufacturing Management at Cranfield University Paul worked as a Business Consultant before founding Workplace Translation Ltd;

Angela Paessler MA
Translation Manager
Angela has been working with us for over three years and has now taken on the role as Translation Manager on a full time basis. A native German speaker with an MA in English and American Studies, Angela has extensive experience as a freelance translator and project manager. Being responsible for the daily running of the company, Angela will deal with your enquiries in perfect English. Angela likes to travel and has been on extensive trips around Europe and Asia as well as New Zealand. Her most ambitious trip was an overland journey to China and the Caucasus.

April Duffield
Marketing Manager
April is an experienced marketing and communications professional, who is responsible for the development and maintenance of marketing strategies within Workplace Translation Ltd.

April has wide ranging strategic experience having worked for a variety of companies, ranging from advertising agencies to manufacturing companies. Her career to date has previously seen her being Product Marketing Manager for a greeting card manufacturer, Marketing Manager for a compatible consumables distributor and Automotive Manufacturing organization.

April holds a CIM Diploma in Marketing Management. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family, dining out and reading.

Charlotte Kruger
Finance Manager
Charlotte is Finance Manager at Workplace Translation with responsibility for all Financial Control. Prior to joining Workplace Translation Charlotte worked for various companies in finance roles over the last 15 years, including the Royal Bank of Scotland. Charlotte has almost completed her AAT qualifiication, her plan is to start working towards her ACCA qualification this year.

Maite Alvarez-Benito
Project Manager
Maite has been translating for us for over a year; she has now taken the opportunity to come to us as an intern for six months. A native Spanish speaker, she holds a BA in English from the University of Oviedo, Spain. Her course studies included the linguistics, culture, history and literature of the English speaking countries. Having also studied at the University of Aarhus (Denmark) as an exchange student for an acedemic year Maite took the Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) at the University of Derby.

Karrie Triano
Sales Manager
Karrie has joined our team to head up our Sales Department - to develop better communications with all of our customers and to continuously improve our customer service. Karrie loves to experience and understand different cultures. She has travelled extensively and has lived abroad in Singapore, Cyprus and twelve years living and working in the USA. She has many years experience in all aspects of Business Management, Sales and Customer Service and has covered many roles including Vice-President of a financial services corporation.

Karrie has also run her own businesses in the USA and UK, including a commercial equipment leasing brokerage, an office services centre and a custom-built furniture and fittings business.

Top Ten Languages

Full list of languages translated

Afghan
Afrikaans
Albanian
American
Samoan
Amharic
Annamese
Arabic
Argentinian
Spanish
Armenian
Asante
Ashanti
Assamese
Austrian
German
Avar
Aymara
Azari
Azerbaijani
Azeri
Bahasa
Indonesia
Baluchi
Bangla
Basque
Bedini
Belarusian
Belgium
Dutch
Belgium
French
Bengali
Bhojpuri
Bislama
Bodo
Bolivian
Spanish
Bosnian
Bravanese
Brazilian
Portuguese
Bulgarian
Burmese
Cambodian
Cantonese
Castillian
Catalan
Cebuano
Chilean
Spanish
Chimwiini
Chinese
Colombian
Spanish
Creole
Croatian
Croato-Serbian
Cutchi
Czech
Danish
Dari
Dhivehi
Divehi
Dogri
Douala
Duala
Dutch
Dutch
Belgium
Dzongkha
Ebo
Ecuadorean
Spanish
Efik
English
Eritrean
Estonian
FantiFarsi
Fijian
Filipino
Finnish
Flemish
Fon
French
French Belgium
French Swiss
Frisian
Fula
Fullah
Gaelic Irish
Gaelic Scottish
Galician
Ganda
Georgian
German
German Austria
German Swiss
Greek
Guarani
Gujarati
Haitian Creole
Hausa
Hebrew
Hindi
Hmong
Hungarian
Ibo
Icelandic
Igbo
Indonesian
Inuktitut
Irish Gaelic
Italian
Italian Swiss
Japanese
Jinghpaw
Kachari
Kachchhi
Kachin
Kamba
Kannada
Kashmiri
Kazakh
Khmer
Kikuyu
Konkani
Korean
Kunnanji
Kurdish
Kurmanji
Kutchi
Kyrgyz
Lao
Laotian
Lari
Latin
Latin American
Latvian
Lingala
Lithuanian
Llocano
Llonggo
Luba
Luganda
Luvenda
Luxembourgian
LuxembourgishMacedonian
Maithili
Malagasy
Malay
Malayalam
Malayan
Maldivian
Malinke
Maltese
Mandarin
Maninka
Manipuri
Marathi
Marip
Marvadi
Marvari
Marwadi
Marwari
Mauritian Creole
Mawari
Meitei
Meithei
Mende
Mirpuri
MizoMoldavian
Moldovan
Mongolian
Morisyen
Mwiini
Mwini
Myanmar
Ndebele
Nepali
North Sotho
Norwegian
Nynorsk
Oriya
Oromo
Pahari
Pangasinan
Paraguayan Spanish
Pashto
Persian
Peruvian Spanish
Peul
Polish
Portuguese
Portuguese Brazil
Pothwari
Pulaar
Pular
Punjabi
Putonghua
Qazaq
Quechua
Rahanweyn
Rioplatense Spanish
Romanian
Russian
Samoan
Sanskrit
Santhali
Scottish Gaelic
Serbian
Serbo-Croatian
Sesotho
Setswana
Shona
Simplified Chinese
Sindebele
Sindhi
Sinhala
Sinhalese
Slovak
Slovene
Slovenian
Somali
Sorani
South American Spanish
Spanish
Spanish South American
Sugbuanon
Swahili
Swati
Swedish
Swiss French
Swiss German
Swiss Italian
Sylheti
Tagalong
Taiwanese
Tajik
Tajiki
Tamil
Tatar
Tatar
Telugu
Temne
Teowchew
Thai
Themne
Tibetan
Tigre
Tigrinian
Tigrinya
Time
Tok Pisin
Traditional Chinese
Tshivenda
Tsonga
Turkish
Turkmen
Twi
Ukrainian
Urdu
Uruguayan Spanish
Uyghur
Uzbek
Venda
Venezuelan Spanish
Vietnamese
Visayan
Welsh
Wolof
Xasa
Xhosa
Yiddish
Yoruba
Yugoslavian
Zande
Zulu