
20 yearsLingua-World
We are a long-established translation company with a substantial amount of experience working across all sectors. Read on to learn a little about our background, find out what’s important to us at Lingua-World, and discover why we’re the translation agency of choice for many businesses around the world.
Lingua-World first began carrying out translation and interpreting work more than 20 years ago. Since then we have grown considerably, under the stewardship of our founder and Managing Director, Nelly Kostadinova.
Bulgarian-born Nelly Kostadinova speaks five languages herself, and after moving to Germany she worked as an interpreter and translator. In 1997, she drew on her years of experience to open the first branch of Lingua-World, in Cologne, Germany. Though it would be more than a decade until the first UK branch of Lingua-World opened, our first ever client was BBC London, who commissioned a translation of an interview with a Russian cosmonaut.
Additional German branches soon followed, including offices in Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart and Frankfurt. Eventually Lingua-World’s success saw us expand globally, to Maastricht, Vienna, Cape Town, Johannesburg and, most recently to London, where it all began with that first commission from the BBC.

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Lingua-World has been at the forefront of the language translation services since our establishment in Germany in 1997. With almost 2 decades of experience in the translation service industry, Lingua-World only employs highly qualified and skilled translators and interpreters as we know exactly what is needed for a successful translation and for client satisfaction.
As we are a client-focused company, we will always ensure that our clients’ needs are met with efficiency and above all, professionalism. What sets Lingua-World apart from and ahead of all other translation service agencies are the specialised and comprehensive translation services that we offer our clients. These services include health care translation, business translation, corporate translations, legal translations and medical translations.
We offer translators for every language and dialect the world over, all of whom are exceptionally qualified and experienced in the translation business.
We have over 10,000 translators and interpreters around the world who can handle just about any project. But at the core of any effective organisation there must be remarkable individuals with a passion for delivering excellence and the experience to steer the business in the right direction.
Lucy Armstrong – Project Manager – UK Office
Lucy graduated from the University of Exeter with a First in French and German. Having completed further translation training and projects including study at FTSK, one of the world’s largest institutions for the professional and academic education of translators and interpreters, as well as enjoying her role as in-house translator in the beautiful French province of Berry, she is now responsible for project management at Lingua-World UK.
To view the full team please visit our Management Page.
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