An Interview with a Translation Company in Dubai

On my recent Dubai trip, I talked with the CEO of a communications and language services company. His company provided translation services in Dubai. He was pretty optimistic about business in UAE in general and Dubai in particular. His optimism is not misplaced. “Every major business corporation in the world wants a share of the Dubai pie. They have set up their businesses here. They have problems with the language and that is where we help,” he says.

Running a translation company in Dubai was not always his dream, though. “With an internationally recognised degree in Business Administration, I could have joined any of the major business corporations either here in Dubai or anywhere in the world. But my search for a good job made me realise the need for good translation services in Dubai and along with a couple of friends of mine, we decided to start this venture,” says the CEO.

In 2008, he and two of his friends started a translation agency in Dubaiand within months were catering to big clients. “We have an advantage. All of us have international degrees. So we are good in English and maybe, Spanish, German, French and even Portuguese. Plus we know Arabic as well, since we were born and brought up here in Dubai. We approach all major businesses and offer our unique proposition to get business,” says the CEO.

One of his partners quips in, “We have retained almost every client that we have worked for. We provide value-added and professional services which our clients appreciate and they come back for more.”

Dubai is “happening.” All it needs is a little bit of imagination to be a part of it.