Lingo24
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History & Overview
Lingo24 was founded as an online translation company by Oxford University languages graduate Christian ArnoChristian Arno
Christian Arno is the founder and Managing Director of UK translation company Lingo24.Arno established Lingo24 as a 22 year old Oxford University graduate in 2001. He won the Shell LiveWIRE ‘Young Entrepreneur of the Year’ award in 2003...
, from his parents' Aberdeen
Aberdeen
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home in September 2001. Jack Waley-Cohen
Jack Waley-Cohen
Jack Waley Cohen was a co-host on the UK Game Show Totally Top Trumps, which was hosted by Sky Sports presenter Andy Goldstein., and is a former president of the Oxford University Quiz Society.-Life:...
then joined as Operations Director in 2003 and the company launched its New Zealand
New Zealand
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operation, followed by China
China
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in 2004, Romania
Romania
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in 2005, Panama
Panama
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in early 2008 and Edinburgh
Edinburgh
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later the same year .
Now with over 140 employees across the globe and a network of over 4,000 translators, Lingo24’s turnover in 2010 was £5m GBP.
Awards
The company was named as the best e-business start-up in ScotlandScotland
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in 2002 and Arno won the Shell LiveWire ‘Young Entrepreneur of the year’ competition in 2003. He was also a finalist in the Scotsman
The Scotsman
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Entrepreneur of the year Award at the National Business Awards for Scotland, 2009 .
In December 2009, Lingo24 won two awards at the inaugural HeraldScotland.com
The Herald (Glasgow)
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Digital Business Awards, one in the 'Export' category and one in 'Business to Business'.
In March 2010, it was announced that Lingo24 won two awards, a Customer King Award from Cisco, and one at the International Trade Awards for the Scotland Region, which was sponsored by HSBC.
Lingo24 was nominated as one of the regional finalists in HSBC's Business Thinking initiative, culminating in company founder Christian Arno
Christian Arno
Christian Arno is the founder and Managing Director of UK translation company Lingo24.Arno established Lingo24 as a 22 year old Oxford University graduate in 2001. He won the Shell LiveWIRE ‘Young Entrepreneur of the Year’ award in 2003...
going on a thought-exchange trip to Istanbul in September, 2010. Lingo24 eventually won the HSBC Business Thinking final following an awards ceremony in Edinburgh on Tuesday 26th October. The company now joins the other regional finalists at a gala event, taking place in Hong Kong on December 6th.