English to Arabic translation is a growing service not just in London but in many other major financial cities around the world. London is home to millions of people from around the world. Every continent, nearly every country and a lot of languages can all be found in the capital. Over hundreds of years foreign culture has played a huge part is shaping our society.
Trade is ultimately the power behind economies. Each country will trade differently, for example in Germany manufacturing and exports are key industries, whereas here in the UK we have a service based economy.
The industrial revolution that started in the UK and spread around the world was an incredible achievement but one that would bring the manufacturing age to an end in the UK. In other words, an Arabic to English translator will do far better than a coal miner these days.
The growth of the middle class and improved education combined with a scientific age of discovery made the UK very progressive and forward thinking. As quickly as the industrial revolution came, it left and other countries found their way. For example, during World War 2 America and Russia were industrial and manufacturing goliaths which the Axis powers could never compete with, and played a big part in the Allies victory.
Today, London is one the major financial centres in the world. The location is ideal for International businesses. New York is an eight hour flight and the US is five hours behind. Europe is a quick trip under the channel and the UAE is just a seven hour flight. Tokyo is about eight hours ahead of us with Hong Kong a little less. From a purely financial markets based perspective there is no denying that being London gives a business a strategic advantage, being able to analyse stock markets both ahead and behind in time.
Languages like Mandarin and Arabic are set to be in demand among employers. Portuguese is another growing language in business because of the opportunities in Brazil, which is far beyond an emerging country, it has emerged and it is vibrant, dynamic and exciting, with huge natural resources.
Those organisations with US headquarters said Spanish and French were the most useful. In the import and export arena, Chinese languages were important while Urdu, Filipino and Russian were seen as useful in shipping. Norwegian and Arabic were viewed as valuable in the oil and gas sector.
Science and education are also essential pieces to the economic jigsaw puzzle. Make no mistake; science is not just about making discoveries. Discoveries are essentially pieces new information, which is then turned into knowledge and “knowledge is power” as the expression goes.
Here is a good example of turning knowledge to power, quite literally. When Albert Einstein came up with the theory of Special Relativity (E=mc2) at first, even he did not grasp the full potential of what he discovered. This new found knowledge and understanding of energy and radiation was the backbone of nuclear research in the 20th century which led to a nuclear arms race and the Cold War.
