franklyfluent

Creative translation and copywriting agency.
We translate ideas, not just words.

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Not so catchy is it?

We don’t think so either. But this is the kind of thing bad translation does to copy every day.

Keep your eyes peeled for butchered slogans all across London this week.

Then, find out what made the originals so great at https://t.co/VV9rOc6BoJ

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@ollyburn 😴

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Did you know that French is about a fifth longer than English? C’est vrai mes amis. Learn this and many (by which we mean: four) other mind-blowing #facts about the #French #language and why it’s so fiendishly tricky to translate. 🇫🇷🧐 https://t.co/czTE0af92J #transcreation

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Just what does it take to be a top-class #translator? Good posture?🕴No. A fancy hat? 🎩 Incorrect. A lovely pair of earlobes?👂Don’t be crazy. Read our latest blog post, in which we reveal what really makes the best #translators so flipping excellent. https://t.co/j150extuVx

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The #CannesLions, advertising’s biggest #awards festival, is in full swing 🦁 If, like ours, your invitation was stolen by a malicious social-climbing postman, fear not - we’re hosting our own awards, and you’re invited https://t.co/nsmFJxTnJq 🏆 #advertising #cannes #cannes2019

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Throwback to when our founder Catherine Barr gave the game away #transcreation #secrets https://t.co/6nDPuhGgDd

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Need to write some words? Don’t know how to get them out of your brain and on to the page? Fear not! For our latest blog post we’ve compiled the ✨5 golden rules✨ you need to become a #copywriting king or queen 👸 🤴 https://t.co/Bw7LIwmAhE #writing #advertising #marketing

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Who says colouring pencils are just for kids? Certainly not Eleonora Arosio, whose beautiful illustration work graced our World in Words campaign recently. We sat down to chat about art, culture, and knowing your chickens … 🐣

https://t.co/Bw7LIwmAhE

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🎉🐷新年快乐!🐷🎉 Happy Chinese New Year! In honour of the #YearOfThePig (oink!) here's a little porker illustrating one of our favourite German #idioms, if you took it all a bit too literally that is... #新年快乐 #ChineseNewYear #HappyNewYear Illustrator = Genevieve Edwards

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Our founder Catherine Barr's given away our transcreation secrets for @WARCEditors News & Opinion https://t.co/HsbjRurCuq

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Hello, language geeks, advertising lovers. We're looking for an intern. Details: https://t.co/ZMayo1jVVi

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If, like 95% of the British population, your #NewYearsResolution is ‘learn what transcreation is’, you’re in luck, because we’ve penned a short but oh-so-sweet guide to what the heck #transcreation (aka creative translation) is all about. You’re welcome 😘 https://t.co/VIRb3Y32qz

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Do you yearn for the icy minimalist cool of Scandinavia? Or the shrugging, mumbling, insouciant chic of France? Whatever floats your regional boat, check out our latest article charting which nations have been in advertising fashion when. https://t.co/Lvwwl8YQkK

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@GarethKJ @thisisbeyond Thanks, glad they made it to you in one piece!

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Chuffed The World in Words has been shortlisted for Illustration in the @EpicaAwards! https://t.co/kmd1tYvhuR

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Hurrah, we did it! Thanks for all your votes, putting us at the top of @TheDrum's creative leaderboard. If you haven't had a chance already, give your peepers a treat, check out all the words at https://t.co/3qDpHuQhg2 #feelinggiddy

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Does ‘chaos’ mean the same thing to a Chinese person as it does to an American? Do we all see ‘humour’ the same way? Is ‘feast’ always a cause for celebration... Find out in our new campaign ‘The World in Words’. Read all about it on our blog. https://t.co/L4NWsdqi1e

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Currently #7 and rising in the @thedrumcreative's creative leaderboard... Cast your votes on the link below, because frankly it will be CHAOS if we don’t MOVE up. Help us bring it HOME! https://t.co/4MPFUdJfLR

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"A picture can speak 1000 words - but a word can have 1000 meanings around the world..." Thanks to @digital_arts for talking about our exhibition The World in Words in the mag this week https://t.co/jhucUbp76m

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Thank you to the lovely @KitchenPartyEnt team for doing the catering and bar for our recent event. You guys were amazing and the food was absolutely fantastic! #canapes #theworldinwords #event