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London, United Kingdom, 03/14/2008 - Translation company Lingo24, the initiator of an online petition to support Iraqi interpreters who risked their lives and the lives of their families working for the British troops, welcomes the British government’s aid.
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Following an extensive campaign in the British media to support Iraqi translators and interpreters, to which Lingo24 was happy to contribute by initiating an online petition raising awareness about the issue inside the translation industry, Iraqi language workers are finally getting the aid they deserve. Although the issue seemed officially settled over five months ago, when the British government announced its intention to offer aid and the possibility of relocating to Iraqi interpreters and translators who worked for its troops, it is only now that they can actually receive practical benefits from the decision.
An active supporter of the Iraqi translators’ cause, Lingo24 Translation Services was glad to see its online petition added to media and civil society efforts to help local language workers in Iraq. Even though it took a substantial amount of time for the British government’s decision to be actually implemented, Lingo24 welcomes the fact that the first wave of Iraqi translators and interpreters who have met the criteria for resettlement is now able to come to Britain, and many others have received cash payments to stay in safer areas of Iraq or resettle in a neighbouring country of their choice, such as Jordan or Syria.
While saluting the conditions created for resettlement or financial aid in the case of over 270 Iraqi translators who risked, and in some cases are still risking, persecution from the local militias for collaborating with British troops, the Lingo24 team also expresses its hope that the remaining 350 plus aid applications from translators and interpreters who were turned down will be offered a second chance in the near future.
About Lingo24
Lingo24 is one of the fastest-growing translation companies in the world, with operations in the UK and seven other countries worldwide. Founded in 2001, the company is a great case study for: e-business (90% of its customers find it through the Internet), globalisation (its business is a barometer of globalisation for British business, and the company itself has 'internationalised' in a short space of time), EU expansion (the company has its largest operation in Timisoara, Romania), green business (the company has a strict environmental policy and limited office use to minimise unnecessary travel), home-working (Lingo24 employees work from home more than 95% of the time), youthful entrepreneurialism (the company was established by a 22-year-old graduate of Oxford University).
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