About Mother Tongue
Creative Translation, Marketing & Advertising Translation, Transcreation
Mother Tongue Description
Mother Tongue Writers is the informed choice for anyone in advertising & marketing who needs to be sure that the foreign-language versions of their copy will be as good as the original in every way. Using a network of copywriters around the world we creatively translate in a culturally sensitive way. Offices in New York, Barcelona, Düsseldorf and London.
We have worked on every significant global brand and most of the pan-European ones. In fact, read any one of today's main European newspapers or international websites and you'll probably see something we've worked on!
We are now used on a regular basis by many of the top advertising and digital agencies around the world because they know they can trust us to produce hardworking creative copy for them.
Our team of international copywriters is passionate about advertising and language. Our aim is to produce top quality advertising overseas that is as powerful and effective as the original copy.
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Nissan's new campaign gearing us up for the great indoors #StayAtHome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UimZMXNM2 i4&feature=youtu.be
Social distancing means space to spruce up our language skills... here are some fun and thought-provoking foreign-language podcasts we'd recommend. Comment below with any podcasts in your language you'd like to share with us!
- Realfooding Life by Carlos Ríos. Learn how to foster a healthy lifestyle and become a "realfooder", in real Spanish. - Tu Okuniewska.The namesake podcast depicts the thoughts of a Polish woman's humorous life while living in Iceland, in Polish. - Lāčp...lēsene by Malvine.lv. Every story needs a heroine and named after her adapted tattoo, Malvine's podcast discusses female solidarity and power, in Latvian. - MOVA - Despertar Zen by Monja Coen, a famous Brazilian Buddhist monk. A knowledge-sharing eries of talks, bringing a mindful perspective on how to cope with everyday hardships, in Portuguese. - Les Grosses Têtes - RTL (Eggheads). A daily entertaining show discussing pretty much everything from Politics to Film, in French. - ORF-Radiothek for those with a true Austrian sense of humour, in German and English. - Háblame Sucio by our very own Anjo Nava and Olivia Agular. Breaking down bedroom doors with outspoken, uncensored Spanish chats on topics that are a little more private.
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Belated International Women's Day to everyone 🌻! We were fortunate to attend this year's incredibly organized @Omniwomen.uk + Allies Summit yesterday. Big shout out to all the engaging and impressive speakers who truly inspired us. We're ready to bring our whole self to work everyday! #bringyourstereotypetoworkday
Proud to sponsor such an exciting event in San Fran! Thanks to those who attended GlobalSaké and everyone who helped put it together. Here are Flo and Chris in action.
Happy International Mother Language Day! Everyone has the right to talk in their own language, and to preserve the memories and ways of thinking it represents. So here's to International Mother Language Day and to each and every tongue and tradition. #mothertongue #raiseawareness https://bit.ly/2Pa5b0V
Happy Valentines Day! Hope you receive some anonymous love letters if you're in the UK, some home-made chocolates in Japan, share the day with your closest friends in Finland, or get a ticket for the Love Bus in Estonia! #loveisallaroundus #traditionsaroundtheworld
We're thrilled to be a major sponsor and speaker at Global Saké. It's the only conference that takes a holistic approach on strategy and processes of taking products international. Mother Tongue will be discussing services such as geo-fit, culture-fit, naming audits and transcreation to name a few, all of which are crucial to make sure your campaigns land sucessfully in new markets. Join us in San Franscisco on 20 Feb 2020 and give Global Saké a follow on social! https://buff.ly/2u4MTGN
We are looking forward to Global Saké in San Francisco later this month. The conference focuses on the global product growth strategy where our MD, Chris, is going to speak on marketing localization. If all that wasn't appealing enough... you can get 10% off tickets with the following code: GS2020Chris https://bit.ly/37ZtiXg
新年快乐！ Xīn nián kuài lè! The Year of the Rat 🐭
Legend has it that the order of the 12 animals in the Chinese Zodiac was decided by the order they arrived at the Jade Emperor’s party. The rat tricked the ox into giving him a ride to the party, before leaping off the ox’s back at the last second to enter the party first!
What's your Omvarldsanalys? 🇸🇪 Swedes are not afraid of big new words. Read about this addition to an evolving business language that's all about the art of finding your brand purpose. https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/…/omvarl dsanalys-swe…/1665631
Looking for some new words of wisdom? This book's on our 2020 reading hit list, what's on yours? #newsyearresolutions #newyearnewyou https://www.nytimes.com/…/review-dont-b elieve-word-david-sh…
Festive celebrations across the world continued this week to mark the Epiphany. Our Spanish colleagues made room for a Roscón, while in France they gathered around a Galette - all to see who won the hidden figurine. Hope the Three Kings brought you a feast!
What a year it has been for Mother Tongue, here are some of our highlights of 2019:
We welcomed many fresh faces to the family Our shiny new website went live Two of our Londoners exchanged places with staff in Long Beach and Singapore... We attended Locworld in two different continents for the first time Our new hub in New York opened its doors
Bring on the new decade!
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A warm Mother Tongue multilingual welcome to 2020!
🌟 All aboard the one-way train to Mother Tongue's Christmas Party 🎄 Our London team got into the tube mood with an Underground-themed celebration and a feast fit for Father Christmas! 🎅 #mindthegap
Different cultures around the world get into the Christmas spirit and celebrate with their own traditions. In the UK, we recognise 25th December as Christmas Day, whereas the Germans open their presents on Christmas Eve... How do you and your families celebrate?
A magical night of luck and chance At TBWA's Christmas dinner and dance Our very own team in Singapore Bagged the top prizes with the highest score What a way to make a lasting impression... Masters of language and icons of fashion! #bestdressed #luckydeckofcards #squadsuccess
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