05. 08. 2020
The wedding season is in full swing. If you are planning to get married in the Czech Republic and you or your future spouse does not speak fluent Czech, you will need an interpreter for your wedding.
For the actual wedding ceremony, be it a civil or church wedding, when handling documents at the registry office, or when making a prenuptial agreement before a...
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23. 07. 2020
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16. 07. 2020
Legal translations are one of our main specializations. And we make sure that we do not to miss any opportunity to hone our skills in this field. Next week, our Executive Director, Lucie Butcher, who is a long-term English and Spanish court-appointed interpreter, will take part in a criminal law terminology workshop. It is organized annually by the Chamber of...
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04. 06. 2020
We would like to inform you that if you need an apostille, both Czech ministries have reopened to the public, but the Ministry of Justice requires a pre-arranged time slot booking via their online form. Unfortunately, the wait time is rather long.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that no reservation is required and apostilles are issued during office...
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01. 06. 2020
Since 25 May, we have been again working from our office and are available Monday through Friday at usual times. However, if you are planning to come in person, such as with a certified translation request, we would appreciate if you let us know beforehand and arranged for a meeting. We are looking forward to seeing you!
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21. 05. 2020
Starting from 1 January 2021, court-appointed interpreters and translators will follow a new regulation in their work, namely Act No. 354/2019 Sb., on Court-Appointed Interpreters and Translators. The new act will finally replace the old piece of legislation that has been in effect since 1967 and that applies both to forensic experts and interpreters. Clients...
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13. 05. 2020
Being classical music lovers, fine art enthusiasts and foodies, we are very pleased and honored to have become a partner to the Fassati Art Festival. The Festival’s founder Markéta Fassati is not only the owner of a beautiful soprano voice, but also a long-term client of ours. Unfortunately, the spring edition of the Festival has been cancelled but we...
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22. 04. 2020
We are very happy that we will continue providing translations to the Vysočina Region this year. The Vysočina Region has been our client since 2012, with most translations being done from/into German, English, Russian and Ukrainian. Over the years, we have also gotten to know the region rather well, and not just because of the documents that we translate.
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02. 04. 2020
Helping Others
While we are attending to your projects, meeting online and learning new skills virtually, we have been trying to give a helping hand to others. Thanks to one of our clients, we have learned about the Právo v roušce project. It is an initiative put together by several law firms that provide their know-how free of charge to the public and have...
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16. 03. 2020
Dear Clients and Business Partners, we would like to assure you that we remain fully at your disposal. We are working from home now, but all your orders and projects are safe with us. We have forwarded our phones and you can reach us by e-mail as usual.
Certified translations are now being provided in a limited capacity; however, if you need this service,...
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03. 03. 2020
theBESTtranslation has become the provider of English translations and proofreading to the Military History Institute. Did you know that the Žižkov Army Museum, which belongs to the Military History Institute, is undergoing an extensive renovation for the first time in its 90-year history? The exhibition area is supposed to triple in size, giving rise to one...
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06. 01. 2020
Following on last year’s successful event, we will again support the Equal Pay Day conference. The conference has been organized for eleven years by Business & Professional Women CR. The topic of this year’s edition is the Role of Women in Responsible Business, and interpreting for the conference will be provided by us. The program is really full...
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17. 12. 2019
What a ride this year has been! Our calendars are fully booked until the very last business day and new projects have been shaping up for January. We are enormously pleased by the confidence that our clients put in us and will do everything we can not to let them down. That said, we have decided to relax this Christmas and our office will remain close between...
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02. 12. 2019
One can never have too many business contacts and networking opportunities. That’s why we have joined the French-Czech Chamber of Commerce. The purpose of the Chamber is to support and bring together French and Czech businesses. We have been polishing up on our French and are looking forward to interesting events.
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18. 11. 2019
Last week, our Executive Director took part in the Translating and Interpreting Forum Olomouc (TIFO), organized for the fourth time by Palacky University in Olomouc. We have been big fans of the conference since its beginning, and not just because of its pleasant intimate atmosphere. The event is held directly at the university and so we always find ourselves...
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15. 10. 2019
We at theBESTtranslation enjoy going to conferences. In addition to a pleasant change of scenery, they also provide a great opportunity to learn something new, discover “how others do it” and meet both old and new friends from the industry. When one of these conference is held in Prague, we can also show everybody from outside the Czech Republic how...
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20. 08. 2019
We love food. We find reading and translating about it extremely satisfying, but most of all, we enjoy sampling new things. Therefore, we were very pleased by the offer to participate in The Best Restaurant Rated with Gold Lions, to be published by TopLife Czech.
The guide will be bilingual, featuring the best restaurants from all over the Czech Republic, including...
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25. 06. 2019
We have become a provider of English translations for the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice. By the end of the year, we will translate hundreds of pages of the University’s internal documents, including their annual report, rules of organization, and documents designated for foreign students.
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18. 04. 2019
We had felt the necessity to simplify and modernize our logo for some time. For our fifteenth birthday, we have given ourselves a new corporate logo, designed by the La Taupe studio. And how did the new design come about?
“The initial stage of every brand is associated with an intense discussion at our studio, to which everybody contributes. We are...
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02. 04. 2019
In the weeks to come, our Executive Director Lucie Butcher is taking two business trips to countries of the former Yugoslavia. First, she will head to Bosnia and Herzegovina where she will take part in the OWEN (Open Women’s Entrepreneurship Network) summit and will also speak on a panel at the Savremene žene conference in Tuzla. In May, she will attend...
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