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Happy and colourful Holi to everyone celebrating! To celebrate the festival of colours, here are 9 beautiful colour names you might not have come across before, each one with a story behind it. Which one's your favourite? And what have we missed? #Holi #FestivalofColours

From the whole team at Comtec, we wish all our friends, clients and followers a very happy New Year and a fantastic 2026!

Happy Christmas from all of us at Comtec! How many of these Christmas greetings do you recognise, beautifully delivered by our own James Brown and Emily Decker? #HappyChristmas

🎄 GLOBAL ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 22! 🌍 Fancy a Christmas Eve dessert challenge? Today's trivia takes us to Scandinavia, where a single hidden almond can win you a special prize! Watch our video to find out which country hides an almond in its Risalamande on Christmas Eve, and see the answer revealed! 👇

🎄 GLOBAL ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 21! 🌍 From quiet living rooms to bustling town squares, the Nativity scene is a holiday staple around the world. But do you know the history behind this iconic display? Have a guess and pop back later to see if you were right 🤓

🎄 GLOBAL ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 20! 🌍 Forget the sleigh, grab your skates! 🛼 Today's trivia features perhaps the most energetic commute to church in the world. In one country, major streets are closed off on Christmas morning so families can safely roll their way to Mass... But do you know which one? 🤔 For all our Trivia questions - head to our Linkedin Page!

🎄 GLOBAL ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 10! 🌍 Silent Night, Holy Night... but where did this global phenomenon begin? Today's cultural quiz takes us back to Christmas Eve, 1818, for the very first performance of the simple, perfect carol, "Stille Nacht." Head to our LinkedIn Page to see them all!

🕷️ GLOBAL ADVENT DAY 8! 🕸️ We're taking a trip to Ukraine for today's festive fact. Imagine finding a spider's web on your Christmas tree - would you think that's good or bad luck? This tradition has a beautiful story behind it. Swipe right to test your knowledge and learn a new piece of global Christmas culture!

🎄 GLOBAL ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 1! 🌍 Our advent calendar of global Christmas trivia kicks off today! Can you guess which language uses "Boas Festas" to wish happy holidays? Swipe to reveal the answer!

While our American 🇺🇲 friends gather for Thanksgiving today, we're taking a moment to appreciate the fascinating linguistic nuances that arise even within the “same” language! Take a peek 👀 at our quick video highlighting how a simple trip to the supermarket (or “grocery store”?) can turn into a vocabulary lesson between the UK and the US. At Comtec, understanding these subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle!) distinctions is at the heart of what we do. It ensures your message truly resonates, no matter where your audience is. How many of these did you know?

We’re hosting a session for SaaS and software teams who are working across multiple languages, and we’d love you to join us. We know that translating product and customer-facing content can become complex very quickly, especially when you’re supporting users in different regions and trying to keep everything accurate, consistent and on-brand. There have been so many advances recently — from smarter translation technology and automation tools, to improved machine translation and AI-based quality checks, and it can be hard to know what’s genuinely useful and what isn’t. That’s exactly why we’re running this webinar. We’ll be sharing practical, easy-to-follow advice on how teams can make the most of these new developments to: 👉translate content faster, without bottlenecks 👉reduce costs in a safe, sensible way 👉automate the repetitive steps 👉keep terminology consistent across all languages 👉avoid translations delaying product releases 👉and blend technology with expert linguists for the best results Webinar: How SaaS and Software Companies Can Use New Translation Tech to Scale Into Multiple Languages — Safely, Quickly and Cost-Effectively If you can’t make it live, just register anyway and we’ll send the recording and slides straight after. Register here - us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

💚 🩷 𝗥𝗘𝗝𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗙𝗬 💚 🩷 For all Wicked Fans - it is going to be a big weekend!✨ With 𝙒𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙: 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 landing in cinemas on 21 November, it feels like the right time to celebrate one of the quiet stars of the Wicked universe: its made-up language. From 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺 to 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀, Ozian words look playful, but they are carefully engineered. The writers build them by stretching familiar English roots and endings so they sit on the edge of nonsense while still being instantly understandable. Everyday language works in much the same way. New blends appear (“parasocial” is a trending word of 2025), older words quietly change meaning (did you know that “awful” used to literally mean “full of awe”, as in something amazing), and different groups develop their own small dialects. Language is as fluid and changing as the people who use it. So to celebrate the release of Part Two, we picked five of our favourite Ozian words and unpacked what they tell us about how flexible language really is. #Wicked #WickedtheMovie @wickedmovie

It’s Guinness World Records Day! 🏆 To celebrate, here are three language facts that might just surprise you… From record-breaking authors to record-breaking vowels, language never fails to amaze. 🌍✨ @GWR #GuinnessWorldRecordsDay #Languages #Translation #ComtecTranslations