Intercultural Communication firm launches new Google Gadgets

London, 23rd May 2007: Kwintessential Ltd, a leading intercultural communication consultancy, has today announced the launch of three new Google gadgets. The gadgets, which are added to a personalised Google homepage, have been designed with clients’ needs in mind to offer them quick, convenient access to information.

Doing business internationally is becoming a greater need for many of today’s businesses. Communicating across linguistic and cultural barriers can and does pose problems. To assist companies wanting to maximise their potential on the international stage Kwintessential offer a range of intercultural communication services including cultural awareness training, translation, interpreting and multilingual website design. Each is designed to help clients communicate clearly across national borders.

The latest Google gadgets follow a long line of innovation from the company, keen to provide cutting-edge solutions to their clients and website visitors. The gadgets address three very different needs.

The Translation Quote gadget: With the vast amounts of repeat business for translation work the company receives it has now provided a quick and easy method for clients to get their work priced. The Translation Quote tool, available at http://www.google.com/ig/add?moduleurl=http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/gadgets/translation-quote/kwintessential_quote.xml&source=imag, simply requires the user to choose their language, enter the number of words and their quote is given within seconds.

The Free Email Translation gadget: The company’s pioneering free email translation tool has now been turned into a Google Gadget allowing users to type an English email, push a button and send an email to anyone in either German, French, Spanish, Italian or Portuguese. The tool, available at http://www.google.com/ig/add?moduleurl=http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/gadgets/translator/kwintessential_translator.xml&source=imag, was developed initially to help clients overcome the language barrier when communicating with colleagues and partners across Europe.

The Intercultural Business Communication gadget: Working with people from foreign cultures can be difficult. Different communication styles, approach to time, management methods, expectations and etiquette (to name a few) can cause people to misunderstand one another. Poor communication is bad for any business. The Intercultural Business Communication tool offers business personnel a snap-shot of the possible flash-points they may find working in or with another culture as well as offer practical tips on how to overcome them. The gadget is available at http://www.google.com/ig/add?moduleurl=http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/gadgets/intercultural/kwintessential.xml&source=imag

"Our latest set of Google Gadgets reflects the spirit of our company. We are dedicated to assisting both our clients and the general public communicate and work across cultures more easily. Rather than rest on our laurels we are always looking for ways to be innovative in the way we provide resources for our website users," stated Managing Director, Neil Payne.