Arabic is spoken in a large number of countries, many of them located in North Africa and the Middle East. Arabic is the official language of 20 countries and is co-official in 6 others. It is also an official language of the United Nations and of the League of Arab States. It is estimated that […]
Japanese is the language spoken in Japan. There are over 127 million Japanese speakers. In addition to the inhabitants of the islands of Japan, there are small Japanese-speaking communities in other countries, such as Brazil and Peru. At Ampersand, we work with professional translators who are native speakers of Japanese, hold a degree in translation […]
Chinese is the language with the most native speakers in the world. However, this information should be nuanced, as today, Chinese is actually considered to be a group of languages belonging to the Sino-Tibetan family, although most Chinese people see the different variants as one language. These dialects can be as different as Catalan and […]
Turkish is the language of Turkey, but it is also spoken in Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Kosovo and Cyprus. There are over 50 million speakers of Turkish. At Ampersand, we work with professional translators who are native speakers of Turkish, are graduates in translation and interpreting (or with similar qualifications, depending on their country of […]
Greek is the official language of Greece and Cyprus, but is also spoken by small communities around the world, for example in the south of Albania or the south of Italy. There are approximately 15 million speakers of Greek. At Ampersand, we work with professional translators who are native speakers of Greek, hold a degree […]
Russian is the most widely spoken Slavic language. It is mainly spoken in Russia, but is also an official language in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Russian is also spoken by many people in countries that were once constituent republics of the USSR. It is one of the six official languages of the […]
Romanian is a Romance language spoken by around 26 million people. It is mostly spoken in Romania and Moldova, where, for political reasons, it is officially referred to as Moldovan. At Ampersand, we work with professional translators who are native speakers of Romanian, hold a degree in translation and interpreting (or similar qualifications, depending on […]
Polish is the language spoken in Poland, but there are also Polish-speaking communities in Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Latvia and Romania, among others. Close to 40 million people speak Polish. At Ampersand, we work with professional translators who are native speakers of Polish, hold a degree in translation and interpreting (or similar […]
Finnish is the language spoken in Finland. There are estimated to be around five million speakers of Finnish. There are also small Finnish-speaking communities in Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Russia, the United States, Canada and Australia. At Ampersand, we work with professional translators who are native speakers of Finnish, hold a degree in translation and interpreting […]
Swedish is a Germanic language spoken by around 10 million people. It is mainly spoken in Sweden, where it is the official language, as well as in Finland and Estonia. Swedish is one of the official languages of the European Union and the Nordic Council. At Ampersand, we work with professional translators who are native […]