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Skrivanek Baltic Staff Visit Ogre at Christmas
For the third year running, staff members of Skrivanek Baltic paid a visit to the little patients of the Children’s Clinical University Hospital Rehabilitation Centre Ogre, who were forced by their various respiratory ailments to spend the festive season in treatment and attending different daily therapies to better their health. This year, we again tried to cheer up the children and create a festive atmosphere by offering Christmas songs, games and treats. The biggest surprise for the kids was a visit by Winnie the Pooh. The bear’s dance moves and avid participation in the games truly lit up the children’s faces and brought holiday cheer.
We feel joy and satisfaction having been able to bring a festive feeling not just to ourselves but also to those who need it the most!
20.12.2011
Skrivanek Baltic Supports the Prose Readings Festival
This is the fourth year Skrivanek Baltic has lent its support to the Prose Readings festival, which becomes more popular with each year and attracts new audiences and writers. This year, from six new authors, Skrivanek Baltic chose and awarded the most poetic and expressive of them, Mārīte Stalidzāne, for her story Buļ. Mārīte Stalidzāne received an LVL 120 gift card good for foreign language lessons at the Skrivanek Baltic Language School. This prize will help not only her personal growth, but will also help further the development of her creative writing.
12.12.2011
Let’s help Jack find a real home!
Hello, I’m Jack! My story is a strange one, but I’ll tell you what I can remember. I was wandering around the Zasulauks neighbourhood without a collar. As far as I remember, at some point I had an owner, but I don’t know where my owner went or why my collar was taken off. Then one day out of the blue, or rather, out of a blue bus, there was a girl. She started talking to me and called for me to follow her. I was pretty naive and followed her thinking she had something for me to eat. And that’s how I ended up in a kennel at the animal shelter. At first I hated it and didn’t eat anything because I wasn’t used to the food. But after a few days I started to like it here, and even the food tasted better!
I’m actually a really fun boy, at least that’s what my moms at the shelter tell me. I’m very obedient and know how to sit and shake, and even behave on a leash. Not every dog at the shelter can do that, and I’m pretty sure that learning other commands will be a cinch! When they let me run around off the leash, I never go very far and always come back—I’m scared of getting lost again.
I’m not really sure what to say about the other dogs... I’m not really interested in them and try to keep our interaction neutral, so when we’re all in a group I tend to sit off by myself. I’m much more interested in people, and I really hope someone will choose me to be their friend! My biggest wish is to find a loving owner with a house and yard I can play in, although I wouldn’t mind living in an apartment either — the most important thing is to be able to spend a lot of time together playing and training!
Come visit me at the Dzīvnieku Draugs Animal Shelter in Riga at F. Candera Street 4, or watch my video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImTtEQq1AxU
17.11.2011
The Miracle of Christmas for the Children at the Iļģuciems prison!
The Iļģuciems prison is the only prison in Europe where female prisoners can live together with their children until the children turn four.
Every child loves its mother. Even if she’s made mistakes and has to spend every day in prison—because the most important thing for children is to spend time with their mothers. Last year, Skrivanek Baltic visited the children at the prison with a Christmas surprise and to bring then joy through games, songs and presents. This year, Skrivanek Baltic again visited the children, bringing holiday cheer—we danced with Winnie the Pooh, ate homemade treats and gathered around a potted living Christmas tree that smelled just like the forest.
There are currently seven children varying in age from a few months to two years living in the Mothers and Children ward at the prison. We wish to thank the companies SIA Adidas Baltic, SIA Vinnis and SIA Stādaudzētava Blīdene for their support in furnishing treats, clothing, footwear, the Christmas tree, toys and toiletries.
We are delighted about the joy and festive feeling we all created!
17.11.2011
Training Company JARDI invites You
If you’re interested in supplementing your team management skills, business etiquette, communication or other skills that promote business or personal development, Limited Liability Company JARDI Partneri seminars are for you! Growth activities led by professional trainers are meant for both businesses and individuals.
Training Company JARDI also offers seminars at the Skrivanek Baltic office, right in downtown Riga! It’s a fantastic opportunity to recharge your batteries, acquire some new knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as to meet likeminded individuals.
28.10.2011
See you at the Latvian National Exhibit for Work and Career Opportunities DARBS EXPO 2011!
On 11 and 12 November of this year, Skrivanek Baltic will participate in the third Latvian National Exhibit for Work and Career Opportunities DARBS EXPO 2011. The exhibit will be held at the Ķīpsala International Exhibition Centre.
Visitors will be able to receive information about the newest employment events for 2012, support opportunities for business owners, employment provision opportunities in Latvia and Europe, job openings, professional learning and overqualification support opportunities and other news.
We would be happy to meet you at the Skrivanek Baltic stand and answer any questions you have about opportunities to improve your foreign language knowledge.
See you at DARBS EXPO 2011!
28.10.2011
Skrivanek Baltic Invites You to Join in Helping the Animal Shelter
The friendly Skrivanek Baltic team invites you to get out of the house and join us for some fall cleaning at the Dzīvnieku Draugs Animal Shelter at 12:00 on 1 October at F. Candera Street 4!
Work will include helping clean the rooms and kennels, walking the dogs and playing with the cats, and helping with other smaller and larger tasks!
If you can’t make it in person, you can also help our furry friends by making a donation – maybe you will even be able to help by giving one of the animals a home, or supporting them in another way.
The animal shelter residents are also grateful for donations of:
- old blankets, pillows, jackets, sheets, etc.;
- newspapers (but no magazines);
- dry food (professional);
- leashes;
- cleaning supplies;
- cat boxes and kitty litter;
- and other items.
If you would like to participate in the fall clean-up or donate items, please register with event coordinator Aiga Paulēna at 29888330 or via e-mail at aigap@skrivanek.lv.
26.09.2011
Skrivanek Baltic Supports Peter Faber’s Guest Lecture
Skrivanek Baltic provided its support for the organisation of Dutch guest lecturer Peter Faber’s lecture Tools for Success in Riga.
Peter Faber is one of the most well-known actors and lecturers from the Netherlands. He has led his master classes in the formula for success at such world-famous companies as Rabobank, Phillips and ING, and has visited various universities, prisons, embassies and municipal institutions around the world.
Faber’s motto for life is: ”Everyone can, many would like to, a few dare, dare to be who you are!”
Our company is delighted to have helped make Peter Faber’s lecture available to audiences in Latvia!
22.09.2011
Thank You for Joining Us for the European Day of Languages Events!
The interactive event and game Try on Languages! was held on 27 September on the ground floor of the Galerija Centrs Shopping Centre.
Everyone was welcome to participate in the game, which had participants test their foreign language knowledge, learn something new in a fun and active way and even win some prizes. During the event each participant had the opportunity to go on an ”expedition” to five Galerija Centrs stores – Accessorize, Lindex, Mango, Promod and Cubus – to ”try on” their skills in speaking five foreign languages!
”Every year we hold a European Day of Languages event downtown in cooperation with the Galerija Centrs Shopping Centre. This gives a larger number of people the opportunity to participate in the European Day of Languages and to discover how exciting language games can be,” said Skrivanek Baltic Director Aiga Veckalne. ”In creating European Day of Languages events, we’ve observed that Latvians are very knowledgeable, have a great interest in foreign languages and are open to testing their skills in several interesting tasks.”
All participants in the interactive game Try on Languages! took part in a relay for the chance to win small European Day of Langauges souvenirs, as well as prizes from the participating stores. One lucky participant won the grand prize – a gift card for foreign language lessons at the Skrivanek Baltic Language School.
In cooperation with the European House in Riga, Skrivanek Baltic invited people to attend a Liv Culture Night on 29 September. Participants of the Liv Culture Night had the opportunity to learn many new things about the history of the Liv people and their language, as well as learn a few basic phrases and try their hand at making clay whistles.
20.09.2011
We Support the Czech and Latvian Relations Exhibit
We are delighted to have the opportunity to support the Czech and Latvian Relations 1921–2011 exhibit, which is dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the foundation of diplomatic relations and intercommunication between the Republic of Latvia and then Czechoslovakia (Czechoslovakia recognised Latvia de facto on 26 April 1921, but de jure on 29 December 1921), as well as the 20th anniversary of the renewal of these relations (a protocol was signed between Czechoslovakia and the three Baltic States on 9 September 1991, in Tallinn).
We invite you to come learn about the interwar period relations between the countries, which were tight economically, militarily and culturally. At the exhibit, visitors will learn many interesting facts, including that Latvia was one of the first countries with which Czechoslovakia entered into a political and trade-economic cooperation contract in 1922.
The exhibition was prepared with the support of Skrivanek Baltic and the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Latvia, as well as in cooperation with several cultural institutions and with the use of media publications and private archives.
The exhibit will be open to the public at the European Union House Art Room from 9 September to 9 October.
10.09.2011
Skivanek among the 35 largest language agencies in the world!
This year, as every year, the independent research and consultancy organisation Common Sense Advisory (CSA) has published the rankings of the top language service providers. This time the project has been expanded to include 15 new positions, which is why it rated 50 companies for the fiscal year of 2010. From a total of 25,256 companies analysed, CSA carried out a detailed assessment of 912 language agencies.
The Skřivánek language agency has once again confirmed its position as a leader on the global market. In terms of the number of its branches, it is one of the top 3 largest providers of language services. The number of people it employs makes it one of the 23 largest agencies. As regards its business results for 2010 and its overall market share, Skřivánek ranked 31st amongst the foremost language agencies around the world.
What is interesting is that the share of the 50 top language agencies in the total turnover of almost thirty billion was merely 17%. The other 24,344 language service providers make up the remaining 83% in bits and pieces, which makes this a significant yet highly fragmented section of the market.
The survey regularly seeks out the leaders on the language services market and performs a detailed appraisal based on turnover and the number of branches and employees.
Since 2006 the Skřivánek language agency has regularly defended its position in this survey of the largest language agencies. Skřivánek considers its ranking amongst the top 50 language agencies to be proof of its success in the language services field, a success which is based on the provision of high-quality and competitive services.
A complete list of the agencies ranked and detailed information about the study can be found on the Common Sense Advisory website at: http://www.commonsenseadvisory.com/
09.09.2011
We Support the Andrejs Upītis Memorial Museum in Riga
Skrivanek Baltic is delighted to have the opportunity to lend support with its professional contribution to the memorial museum in Riga of Andrejs Upītis, who was a significant Latvian writer, critic and literary scientist.
Museum visitors are able to learn about Andrejs Upītis’ character and conflicts, as well as visit the writer’s creative laboratory – his library – and learn about the great meaning books held to Upītis’ views and the expansion of his knowledge.
A visit to the memorial museum demonstrates the authenticity of Andrejs Upītis’ apartment as a witness of its time. History can be found in the contents of the apartment, its furniture, art and housewares.
We hope that our company’s translation of the museum website from Latvian into English will increase awareness of this great Latvian writer abroad and draw even more visitors.
15.08.2011
LittleSkylark – Investment Advisory in Your Language
LittleSkylark is a multimedia financial-services company that provides financial solutions for investors through various stock, investment, and personal finance products. The company utilizes a weekly newsletter to feature its small cap stock picks, along with video and audio interviews and client financial news releases. LittleSkylark’s multi-lingual Financial Newsletter is reaching out to the millions of foreign investors who are unable to invest due to language barriers and a lack of information. LittleSkylark achieves this by offering its services in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. The company plans to add Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
LittleSkylark delivers a unique multilingual web platform by joining investors with publicly-listed companies, regardless of their language or location.
If you have any questions about LittleSkylark’s services, don’t hesitate and contact us at: marketings@skrivanek.lv.
29.07.2011
Skrivanek Baltic Supports the Natural History Museum of Latvia
Skrivanek Baltic has supported the Natural History Museum of Latvia by providing it with complementary translations of exhibit descriptions from Latvian into German. It is well known that the Natural History Museum of Latvia is the oldest complex museum of natural history in the Baltic States, and is the largest complex collection of natural resources in Latvia.
The museum collects and exhibits interesting nature collections from Latvia and around the world, conducts scientific studies and popularises its data findings through expositions, exhibits and other activities, additionally using versatile museum-related values in its environmental education activities.
We are delighted that our assistance will now allow the museum’s exhibit descriptions to be understood by its German-speaking visitors.
12.07.2011
Skrivanek Baltic Announces the Language Explosion Contest
In cooperation with the Art Academy of Latvia, Skrivanek Baltic has announced an art contest – Language Explosion – open to students from all Art Academy faculties and course years. The contest is also open to students from the Academy’s Latgale branch.
The aim of the contest is to promote student interest in languages and to encourage them to interpret language through art using any technique genre and format. By organising this contest, together we hope to offer society new and creative approaches to the concept of language.
Pieces for the contest can be submitted from 11 July to 19 September. Applications must be sent to konkurss@skrivanek.lv, wherein applicants must indicate the title of their piece, as well as the genre and technique. Contest submissions will be collected and put in an exhibit, which will be open to the public from October to December, during which time visitors can vote for their favourite pieces. At the closing of the exhibit on 9 December, a jury will evaluate the pieces and announce the contest winners.
The grand prize for the best artwork will be a gift card from Skrivanek Baltic good toward one year of foreign language lessons via e-learning. The winner will get to choose from British English, American English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch or business English.
There will also be several runners-up and consolation prizes. Consolation prizes will be sponsored by Kukšu muiža, Fotoakadēmija, the Globuss bookstore and the online art supply store Gleznot.lv.
08.07.2011
The Skrivanek Baltic Language of Flowers Photo Competition Has Ended
Skrivanek Baltic, in cooperation with the University of Latvia Botanical Garden, invited residents of Latvia to participate in the photo competition Language of Flowers. Participants were to find and appreciate the beauty of wildflowers and garden flowers, as well as memorialise not only objects, but also the subjective aspects of the senses and language.
Participants from across Latvia sent in 203 photographs. There was a total of 76 participants of all ages, the youngest being seven and the oldest 70. All submissions for the competition delighted with their vibrancy, colours, creativity and the ability to capture the moment.
The most inspiring piece entered for the competition was deemed to be Ilona Mellupa’s The Intoxication of Poppies. Ilona received a gift card from Skrivanek Baltic good for one year of foreign language courses via e-learning.
The University of Latvia Botanical Garden chose Rimants Lūsis’ photograph The Moment after Rainfall as their favourite; Rimants received a one-year pass to the Botanical Garden. The Botanical Garden’s second favourite piece was Inta Nuķe’s Old Age; Inta received a pass to the Botanical Garden good until the end of the year.
The gardening tool company COMPO favourites were Inta Nuķe’s Greetings to the Sun, Armands Višņevskis’ We Live because of Each Another..., Marina Šļapakova-Pjankova’s My Fragile World, Herta Ķimse’s Conversations and Annija Austruma’s The Simplicity in All That Glitters. COMPO awarded its five favourites with useful tools for indoor and outdoor gardening. The photography company Rilita favourite was Irēna Vlasova’s The Aristocrat’s Breakfast. Irēna will receive a gift card for photo printing services at any of the company’s branches in Riga, Salaspils, Daugavpils or Krāslava (more information at www.fuji.lv). In turn, the company Vinnis will award its favourite, Apple Blossom, Bee by Elvīra Gruze, with a healthy gift basket of honey products.
Competition submissions were posted to the photo-sharing site www.flickr.com under the Skrivanek Baltic profile. Flickr users were invited to vote and comment on the submissions. The favourites of online voters were The Simplicity in All That Glitters, Whispers of a Bee and Colours aren’t Only for Stories (all by Annija Austruma), My Mother Has Gathered Many Flowers, and When Midsummer Comes She Will Weave Me a Crown (Katrīna Grīnberga) and Tonight I Will Divine – She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not (Armands Višņevisks).
The best submissions from Language of Flowers can be viewed until 10 July among the largest and most vibrant rose, lily and other decorative plant exhibit in Latvia, the Riga Flower Ball, located at the University of Latvia Botanical Garden.
07.07.2011
Skrivanek Baltic – Now Even More Environmentally Friendly!
Skrivanek Baltic continues to pay more and more attention to preserving the environmental and has enrolled in the eco-office programme L&T® Ekobirojs™. The programme will now allow Skrivanek Baltic staff to separate and recycle paper, glass and PET waste.
The goal of the L&T® Ekobirojs™ programme is to promote the sorted collection of reusable resources in the office, allowing us to join in helping save thousands of trees, millions of litres of water and energy. It is possible to reduce our carbon footprint by implementing an effective system of sorting and recycling several kinds of reusable resources.
Now we’re even greener!
29.06.2011
Skrivanek Baltic Supports the Pauls Stradinš Museum for the History of Medicine
Skrivanek Baltic has provided its support to the Pauls Stradinš Museum for the History of Medicine by providing it with complementary translations of its exhibit descriptions from Latvian into English.
The museum was founded in 1957. Its permanent collection is primarily made up of Professor Pauls Stradiņš’ personal collection. The museum’ s goal is to arouse society’s interest in the development of medicine – from ancient times to today – and to promote people’s understanding about the close connection between history and medicine.
We are delighted that the excitement of viewing the museum’s exhibits is now even easier for Riga’ s English-speaking visitors!
19.06.2011
Skrivanek Baltic Invites You to Participate in the Language of Flowers Photo Competition
From 30 June to 6 July, everyone in Latvia is invited to participate in the Language of Flowers photo competition. Language company Skrivanek Baltic is organising the photo competition for the tenth Riga Flower Ball (Rīgas Ziedu balle). The competition, which is being organised in cooperation with the University of Latvia Botanical Garden, invites everyone to come see and enjoy wildflowers and garden flowers, as well as capture not only the material world, but the subjective world as well – through ambience and language.
Photos must be sent in by 6 July to: konkurss@skrivanek.lv. All submitted photos that comply with the requirements will be uploaded to the Skrivanek Baltic flickr.com account, where users will be able to view and comment on them.
The grand prize for the best photo will be a Skrivanek Baltic gift card good toward one year of lessons for one foreign language via e-Learning. The winner will have the chance to choose from: British English, North American English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch or business English.
There will also be some consolation prizes. The most viewed and commented-on photos will receive a viewers’ choice award – one person will receive a year-long pass to the University of Latvia Botanical Garden and two more will receive a pass to the Botanical Garden good until 1 October. Five photos will be chosen to receive indoor and outdoor gardening items courtesy of gardening tool company COMPO; Rilita will award its favourite with a gift card for photo printing at any of the company’s stores in Riga, Salaspils, Daugavpils or Krāslava (more information available at www.fuji.lv); and the company Vinnis will award one contestant with a healthy honey gift basket.
The best competition submissions will be displayed at the University of Latvia Botanical Garden Greenhouse during the Riga Flower Ball.
The Riga Flower Ball is the largest and most colourful rose, lily and other decorative plant exhibit in Latvia. Exhibits and garden design works are also judged each year during this time. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Riga Flower Ball, this year’s theme is Plants are Coming to Riga.
The Riga Flower Ball will take place from 7 to 10 July at the University of Latvia Botanical Garden at Kandava Street 12 in Riga.
The photo competition is sponsored by the University of Latvia Botanical Garden, COMPO, Rilita and Vinnis.
We invite you to participate in the competition by submitting photos that capture the language of flowers!
15.06.2011
Skrivanek Baltic Awards Winners of the Creative Video Stories Competition!
Winners have been determined in the creative video stories competition Language Makes the World Understandable, organised by Skrivanek Baltic.
The main competition prize was won by two participants: Rūta Ramona Vanaga, a seventh grader at Līvāni Secondary School No. 1 and Kristīne Berķe, a third grader at Riga Secondary School No. 45. They will both be able to attend one of Skrivanek Baltic’s summer camps for children.
The audience selection prize – a cruise for four from JSC Tallink Latvija – went to Laura Tirša in fifth grade at the Riga Secondary School No. 31, who plans to go on her journey with her family and her elder sister, who helped her to produce the video.
Multikino cinema tickets were awarded to Larisa Baranova, a seventh grader at the Riga Šampēteris Secondary School and Līva Medne in ninth grade at the Bauska Secondary School No. 1. Līva Medne was also the winner of the special selection prize from the competition sponsor Coca-Cola Hellenic Latvia.
Whereas the videos created by Ieva Karpova, a sixth grade pupil at Madona Municipal Secondary School No. 1, and by Gregors Matīss, who is a fifth grader at Salaspils Secondary School No. 1, won the sympathies of the Pauls Stradiņš Museum for the History of Medicine, and they will be able to take part in one of the Museum’s educational programmes or visit the Museum and view its collections together with their classmates.
Laura Drunka, sixth grader from Madona Municipal Secondary School No. 1, Velga Kusina, third grader from Šķēde Elementary school (a sub-unit of the Jaunlutriņi Elementary School), and her classmates – fourth graders Ieva Kinstlere, Juris Brūveris, Kristaps Mončevics, and Mārcis Radvils – were awarded diplomas for their successful participation in the video competition.
02.06.2011
Skrivanek Baltic Participates in the Nordea Riga Marathon 2011
16 358 participants from 45 countries gathered in downtown Riga on 22 May to run one of four distances in the Nordea Riga Marathon.
The winner of the marathon was Julius Kuto of Kenya, while the best female time went to Desta Girma of Ethiopia. The most popular distance was the 5K, which saw a record number of participants this year.
This was the second consecutive year in which Skrivanek Baltic also participated in the Nordea Riga Marathon. Skrivanek Baltic was represented in the 10K run by four participants – Aiga Veckalne, Edgars Kazradzis, Edgars Skunstiņš and Vasilijs Ragačevičs. The marathon was a fantastic event that let participants spend a fun day being active and built positive emotions for both the runners and those cheering them on. And we are especially proud of our co-worker Edgars Kazradzis, who placed 24th out of 2 225 participants in the overall 10K group.
22.05.2011
The Night of Museums
Skrivanek Baltic continued the tradition by once again participating in the Night of Museums, and invited everyone to stop by our offices on 14 May at Dzirnavu Street 57a-1. This year visitors could participate in the interactive language game A Speed-date with Your Neighbour, which included various activities for introducing yourself and getting to know our closest neighbours. Our littlest guests had the opportunity to create national flags, and were able to get their picture taken with Winnie-the-Pooh and his language pot!
Visitors had the chance to test their knowledge and luck with the game Map the Languages of Europe! Visitors on the Night of Museums also had the opportunity to participate in complementary French and Estonian master classes at our Language School.
Our exciting Night of Museums programme could also be enjoyed by visiting our partner, the Globuss Bookstore, where in addition to the language courses visitors could purchase dictionaries of our neighbouring countries’ languages at special prices!
Night of Museums participants could also attend Swedish and French master classes at the Globuss Bookstore at 26 Vaļņu Street in Riga!
We’d like to thank everyone who stopped by and hope to see you at our future events!
16.05.2011
Skrivanek Baltic Receives Bronze Award in Sustainability Index Category
This marks the second year Skrivanek Baltic has participated in the Sustainability Index assessment and evaluation. The event was initiated by the Employers’ Confederation of Latvia and the Free Trade Union Confederation of Latvia and was implemented with the involvement of experts on various sustainable sectors.
The Sustainability Index was intended as a practical and free-of-charge tool for businesses to asses their performances in all aspects of corporate responsibility – the surrounding environment, market relations, strategy, the working environment and their responsibility toward society.
The methodology of the Sustainability Index is based on notable world examples (Dow Jones Sustainability Index, Business in the Community CR Index), and gives Latvian businesses the chance to receive quality and internationally recognised assessments of their activity.
More than 100 Latvian businesses participated in this year’s Sustainability Index assessment for a chance to receive awards in the bronze, silver, gold and platinum categories.
In the closing event at the Latvian National Opera, Skrivanek Baltic was delighted to learn it was among those participants awarded in the bronze category! We hope to maintain this level of achievement and continue to work toward improving our performance!
12.05.2011
Skrivanek Baltic Supports the Liepāja Naval Port Prison
The Naval Port Prison or Guardhouse is a building complex in Liepāja. The prison was built in in 1900, but was used as a disciplinary holding cell for military personnel as late as 1997. Currently this and expansive territory saturated with powerful energy is maintained by the Naval Port Rescue Association, which also organises exciting events for tourists and offers lodging for travellers ready to slip into the role of prisoner—without mercy.
The Liepāja Naval Port Prison is included in www.hotel.info’s 101 Amazing Hotels list of the world’s most surprising hotels. The Naval Port Prison was also included in CNN’s Global Experience list of the world’s top ten most unique and inspiring locations.
Skrivanek Baltic is delighted at the opportunity to support this wonderful Latvian tourism location by providing them with translations for their website in English, Lithuanian, Russian and German!
10.05.2011
Skrivanek Baltic Supports the Mencendorf House
Our company is delighted for the opportunity to support the Mencendorf House by providing it with translations. The Mencendorf House is a branch of the Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation and is the only museum of its kind of the Baltics. Museum guests can experience what it felt like to live in the 17th - 18th centuries.
The museum’s exhibit is located in a building built in 1695, which until 1939 was an apartment building with a shop and storeys designated for storage. The Mencendorf House collection contains over 2000 currencies, which is proof of the socio-cultural traditions of wealthy Rigans.
10.05.2011
Skrivanek Baltic Participates the Strongman Run in Cinevilla 2011
The third Strongman Run took place on 4 May this year in celebration of the anniversary of the Republic of Latvia’s declaration of independence. The event was organised by the organisation Par stipru Latviju! (For a Strong Latvia!) in cooperation with the Cinevilla backlot, who prepared a complicated obstacle course for this year’s participants. This year’s route was 7 km long (to commemorate the Latvian riflemen) and led participants over seven hills, trenches, ramparts, tire piles, mud pits, ice-cold swims, foam pools, a fire-fighter hose bath and other obstacles.
Almost 1500 participants showed up to prove their bravery, endurance and will to help out. At the finish line many admitted this year’s run had been one of the toughest, but most interesting routes yet.
Two of our own adventurous and strong Skrivanek Baltic staff participated in the extreme run. We are especially proud of Edgars Kazradzis, who took ninth place out of almost 700 male participants.
05.05.2011
Skrivanek Baltic Lends a Hand to the Dzīvnieku Draugs Animal Shelter
On 16 April, Skrivanek Baltic joined forces with Restaurant Galerija Istaba to organise a spring-cleaning at the Dzīvnieku Draugs Animal Shelter located at 4 F. Candera Street in Riga. The group helped clean up the animal shelter’s grounds, washed kennels, walked dogs and played with the other animals.
In addition to about 70 people participated in the spring cleaning, the donation box collected 148 lats, which will be extremely helpful in purchasing items the shelter needs, such as special milk formula for feeding kittens. Animal lovers also helped out by donating various items such as old blankets and pillows, dry food, kitty litter and leashes.
Several companies also showed their support for our furry friends – Royal Canin and Mera Dog donated food, chemical factory Sprodrība donated cleaning supplies, DGS apģērbi donated cotton blankets, sheets and clothes, support from Zooserviss, and informational support from the Riga City Council Department of Education, Culture and Sports.
At the end of the day Restaurant Galerija Istaba chef Valdis Matvejs or Ķūķis treated the hard workers to a delicious soup prepared over an open fire – because hard work builds up an appetite!
The work accomplished and the donations received during the spring cleaning are a much needed support for the Dzīvnieku Draugs Animal Shelter. Thank you to everyone who participated and supported the cause by lending a helping paw!
16.04.2011
Turkish Culture Evening
The seventh Skrivanek Baltic Culture Evening took place 15 April and was dedicated to the unique culture of Turkey. Guests had the opportunity to participate in a workshop on the art of speaking, which was led by Communications Training Director Katrīne Pasternaka from the company JARDI. Guests could also watch a film on Istanbul and view the photography exhibition TUR, test their skills in a Turkish language master class, try their hand at the Turkish silk decorating technique and enjoy delicious appetizers and wine. In addition, students from the Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration entertained guests with a special dance performance.
A prize drawing at the end of the evening gave guests the chance to win Skrivanek Baltic gift cards (good toward language lessons at the Skrivanek Baltic Language School), a round trip cruise from Riga to Stockholm for four courtesy of A/S Tallink Latvija and a surprise gift from Turkish Airlines Inc.
The Turkish Culture Evening was sponsored by the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Riga, Turkish Airlines Inc., the company JARDI, A/S Tallink Latvija and SIA RISEBA.
We’d like to thank everyone who participated in our Turkish Culture Evening, and we hope to see you at our next event!
15.04.2011
Take Part in Our Contest to Win a Trip to Summer Camp!
Skrivanek Baltic is announcing a creative skit contest for grade schoolers – Language makes the world understandable!. The contest will take place from 14 April to 24 May. The aim of the contest is to get students to express themselves creatively and understand the meaning of language in different aspects of life by acting out situations in which language knowledge offers an advantage.
Students in grades 1–9 and up to 15 years of age are invited to participate in the skit contest. Students may use all possible resources when making their videos: friends, passers-by, neighbours, teachers, parents, modern technologies, nature, etc. All submitted videos will be uploaded on youtube.com to the SkrivanekBaltic channel.
Submissions will be judged according to their conformity to the topic, their creativity and originality. The contest has two grand prizes – the authors of the best creative skit from both age groups (grades 1–5 and grades 6–9) will receive a gift card worth LVL 139 for a Skrivanek Baltic Language School summer camp. The winners will be able to choose from any of the 2011 summer camps meant for their age group. More information on the summer camps is available at www.bernunometnes.lv. In addition to other prizes for participation, the youtube.com audience/voter favourite will receive a special surprise – a cruise for four from Tallink Latvia. The audience favourite will be based on the number of views and comments left for the videos.
Prizes will be awarded and the best video shown 2 June at the SIA Skrivanek Baltic Language School at Dzirnavu Street 57a–1 in Riga.
The contest is sponsored by Coca-Cola Hellenic Latvia, the Multikino movie theatre, the Pauls Stradins Museum for History of Medicine and Tallink Latvia. Informational support comes from the Republic of Latvia Ministry of Education and Science. Information on the contest is also available at www.jaunatneslietas.lv, www.zemgalei.lv and www.jelgavasnovads.lv.
14.04.2011
See You at the Made in the Baltics Exhibition!
The Made in the Baltics exhibit will take place this year from 15 to 17 April at the Skonto Hall in Riga. More than 100 participants from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia will take part in the exhibition.
We invite you to stop by the Skrivanek Baltic booth at the exhibition and learn more about our language courses, translation services and day and overnight camps for children and teens.
See you at the Made in the Baltics exhibition!
05.04.2011
Skrivanek Participates in Half-marathon in Support of the Olga Havlová Foundation
At the beginning of April, Skrivanek representatives Aiga Veckalne and Michal Kufhaber participated in a half-marathon in Prague in support of the Olga Havlová Foundation. The Foundation was founded in 1990 by the wife of the then president of the Czech Republic, with the aim to foster spiritual values and promote humanitarian values.
04.04.2011
Skrivanek Baltic Invites You to Join in Helping the Animal Shelter
The friendly Skrivanek Baltic team invites you in collaboration with the creative minds of Restaurant Galerija Istaba to get out of the house and join us for some springtime work at the Dzīvnieku Draugs Animal Shelter at 13.00 on 16 April at F. Candera Street 4! Work will include helping clean the rooms and kennels, walk the dogs and play with the cats, and help with other smaller and larger tasks! And as a bonus, everyone who helps out will be treated to a soup lunch prepared by the best of chefs!
If you can’t make it on 16 April, you can also help our furry friends by making a donation! Donations can be made at the Skrivanek Baltic office at Dzirnavu Street 57a-1, 4th floor (entrance on Baznīcas Street) or at Restaurant Galerija Istaba at Kr. Barona Street 31a.
Donations can also be made by calling 900006781. Each call donates LVL 1 to animals in need. For bank transfers, direct donations to: SIA Dzīvnieku draugs, Volguntes iela 6/8, Riga, LV - 1046, reg. No. 000322468, Swedbank, HABALV22, account No. LV30HABA0001408031314.
A photography exhibit dedicated to the cats and dogs of Dzīvnieku Draugs Animal Shelter is currently on display at the Skrivanek Baltic office. We hope you may be able to give a pet a home, or help out in some other way.
The animal shelter residents are also grateful for donations of:
- old blankets, pillows, jackets, sheets, etc.;
- newspapers (but no magazines);
- toys (single-piece children’s toys are also acceptable);
- dry food (professional);
- leashes;
- cleaning supplies;
- cat boxes and kitty litter;
- and other items.
If you would like to participate in the spring cleaning at the shelter 16 April, or to make a donation, please register with event coordinator Aiga Paulēna at 29888330 or via e-mail at aigap@skrivanek.lv.
We hope to see you there, and who knows – maybe you’ll find the perfect new member of your family!
18.03.2011
Skrivanek Baltic Thanks You for Visiting at the Skola 2011 Exhibition
The international exhibition Skola 2011 (School 2011) took place at the beginning of March at the Ķīpsala Exhibition Hall. The exhibition saw over 140 participants from Latvia and 13 other countries. Exhibition visitors had the opportunity to learn about the countries’ secondary education institutions, high schools colleges, vocational schools, learning centres, language courses, remote learning and other educational projects.
Visitors who stopped by the Skrivanek Baltic booth were able to receive broad information on the courses offered by Skrivanek Baltic Language School for both children and adults, as well as to learn about preparatory courses for students who plan on taking exams in the English language, Latvian language or maths.
Foreign language knowledge – it is a road to a more valuable education, a better career and a more colourful future! Skrivanek Baltic would like to thank everyone who stopped by our booth – we hope to see you at future events!
07.03.2011
Training Company JARDI Offers Seminars at Skrivanek Baltic
If you’re interested in supplementing your knowledge on team management, business etiquette and training your communication skills or working on another skill area to facilitate the development of your business or personnel, SIA JARDI. Partneri seminars could work for you! The development activities led by professional trainers are intended for both businesses and individual participants.
Starting in February, training company JARDI seminars will also be offered at Skrivanek Baltic – right in the centre of Riga! It’s a fantastic opportunity to recharge your batteries, gain knowledge and skills, as well as to meet your peers.
23.02.2011
Skrivanek Baltic Participates in International Day of Native Languages
This marks the second year that Skrivanek Baltic participated in events for the International Day of Native Languages. During the events, Skrivanek Baltic and the Latvian Language Agency invited children and adults alike to pay more attention to the varieties of language, as well as the beauty of their own native languages
Winners from across Latvia for a competition organised by the Latvian Language Agency gathered at the European Union House in Riga on 21 February. Skrivanek Baltic gave over 50 primary school and middle school students the opportunity to learn about the richness their native Latvian language has to offer, by organising the game Do You Know this Word? In the game, students had to guess provincial terms from several Latvian regions.
Participants had extensive knowledge and were able to effortlessly guess the meaning of words such as tupenis and buļba (potato), krizdoles and stiķenes (gooseberries), skotele (apron), dardedze (rainbow), ķisens (pillow), ciskadrilla (bike) and kunna (frog).
Lesser known and harder to guess were words such as žugura (stork), kušķiņi (lambs), vaiduot (to be ill), rupucs (toad), skutuls (bowl) un aizgore (behind the stove).
One of the interesting points was that, upon hearing the word used in Kurzeme for a beetle (bambel), some students thought it was the word for pear (bumbieris) or a candy, while the word kurčiks (turkey) sounded to students like a cigarette or cucumber. Sipisniks (cottage cheese) made the students think of a grasshopper, while spindzenes made some puiškāni (boys) think of a girl (merģele), and not a wasp.
At the end of the game the two most knowledgeable students were named – Santa Ķere from Ogre Primary School grade 6-b and Līva Strazdiņa from Valmiera Pārgauja Gymnasium grade 12-b. Both girls received special prizes for the event.
22.02.2011
Skrivanek Baltic Valentine’s Day Surprise at Alfa Retail Park
On 13 February, the night before Valentine’s Day, the Skrivanek Baltic Language School invited shoppers to participate in the event A Romantic Photo with Words of Love. The event was organised in cooperation with Alfa Retail Park.
Valentine’s day is a special time for people to declare their love and express romantic and heartfelt words to others. This year shoppers at the Alfa Retail Park had the opportunity to get their picture taken by a professional photographer and learn how to say I love you in 20 world languages.
Anyone with love in his heart was invited to participate – couples, parents and children, best friends, co-workers and classmates. Those whose other half couldn’t be there that night were still able to get their photos taken to send to their loved one on Valentine’s Day.
Photo gallery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/47731700@N08/sets/72157625915253199/
14.02.2011
Skrivanek Baltic Participates in the Shadow Day Project
16 February will mark the 11th Shadow Day organised by Junior Achievement – Latvija. Shadow Day is an educational and exciting event for youths, during which students from grades 1-12 can become acquainted with the daily work and responsibilities of professionals from various sectors, and maybe even find their future occupations. The goal of this event is to inspire students to aspire to great things in life.
This year, Skrivanek Baltic will offer students the opportunity to shadow the Riga branch office director and the Latvian language editor. Students will be able to shadow these positions for 4-6 hours to learn about their daily responsibilities and even discover some fascinating trade secrets.
04.02.2011
Skrivanek Baltic Congratulates the Best New Translator of 2010
The annual New Translator Competition finals took place on 5 January at the Skrivanek Baltic Language School. Eight students from three Latvian universities participated in the finals.
The students had to translate a text of approximately 200 words from their chosen foreign language – English, German or French – into Latvian. Translations were done on-site at the Skrivanek Baltic Language School and without supplementary aid. Skrivanek Baltic translators and proofreaders then evaluated the translations based on competition criteria, and named Anna Leščinksa from the Ventspils University College the best new translator of 2010. Leščinska was awarded a LVL 150 gift card for foreign language lessons at the Skrivanek Baltic Language School, which she plans to use for Swedish language lessons. The other students who participated in the finals received consolation prizes and certificates of recognition.
Anna Leščinska is a third year Translation Studies student at Ventspils University College; her chosen language for the competition was German. The competition finals saw six students in the English language group, one student in the German language group and one in the French language group.
The second stage of the competition saw four students from Ventspils University College – Santa Andersone, Valters Grigāns, Laila Moreina and Anna Leščinska – two students from the University College of Economics and Culture – Santa Ozoliņa and Santa Brauča – and two students from Daugavpils University – Inga Makrecka and Inna Rence. Unfortunately, no translations were received this year from the Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences.
The new translator competition is organise by Skrivanek Baltic in cooperation with four Latvian universities – Daugavpils University, the University of Economics and Culture, Ventspils University College and the Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences.
06.01.2011
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