All posts by Sophie Howe

About Sophie Howe
Sophie Howe

Sophie is an expert linguist who is passionate about the importance of languages in international business. Her keen understanding of the challenges of managing language in doing business overseas has been gleaned from experience, both as an international brand consultant and working with exporters across the UK as Director of Comtec Translations.

Read more about Sophie in our Meet the Team section.
Contact Sophie: showe@comtectranslations.com
Find Sophie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophiehowecomtectranslations/

engaging internal communications

4 ways to create engaging and relevant multilingual regional internal comms

Localising your internal comms is about much more than accurate translation – it’s about balancing global messaging with local nuances. Find out how here.

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what is trancreation

What is the difference between translation, transcreation and copywriting?

If you’re not sure what the difference is between translation and transcreation, or transcreation and copywriting, this post explains all.

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how to market to other cultures

Blunders vs brilliance: how to market to other cultures

When marketing internationally, it’s easy to assume that a well-crafted, thoughtful campaign will have the same impact across multiple markets – but that’s not a given.

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Creating emotion-driven marketing campaigns across cultures

Marketers are well-versed in using emotion to convey a message—but does that emotional knowledge differ when our marketing spans multiple cultures?

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Culture classifications for marketing

Global marketing + cultural classifications = success

Understanding different regional cultures offers critical insight for marketing managers. Culture is generally accepted by marketing researchers as one of the most important influences on buying behaviour.

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language and international business

It’s official: businesses that embrace language skills are fluent in growth

We’re excited to share that for the past three years Comtec has been working with Aston Business School to support PhD researcher Ankita Tibrewal, on a unique piece of research sponsored by the Association of Translation Companies (ATC).

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internal comms translations

Four steps to engaging your global team

If you have a multi-lingual team and internal comms is your thing, then you are in the right place. Read on for four easy steps to global internal comms nirvana, straight from major players in the industry.

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Engaging local review teams in translating Internal Communications

When it comes to collaborating, there are often two schools of thought: two heads are better than one or too many cooks spoil the broth. Finding the balance between centralising your Internal Comms translations and keeping local-market teams in the loop, can be tricky.

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How has Covid-19 reshaped international marketing?

How do you navigate international marketing during a pandemic when every country – even some individual regions within those countries – has been impacted differently?

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