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This is a big week for Serveis Lingüístics de Barcelona – after months of writing, translating and designing we can finally introduce our website to you – www.slb.coop — tada! I won’t lie, we did crack open the cava. We’d […]
Back on July 26th we held our first public information session in Barcelona to explain what our cooperative is about and to invite applications to join us. Despite being on the cusp of the holidays, we got a good turnout […]
In the last post we discussed some of the stigma and fear attached to becoming an autónomo teacher in Spain. Judging by the comments this post generated, it seems that teachers across the world face similar problems when considering the freelance […]
The answer to the question “Who’d be a freelance teacher?” will vary greatly according to your geographical location. In France, the answer might be “Quite a lot of people”. Of course there are pitfalls, but for many French workers freelancing makes […]
This is our response to the #ELTChat discussion on Wednesday 11th June. Links to this discussion and follow up posts can be found at the end of this post. While you read, I’d like you to think about the following […]
This blog post talks about the importance of perfectly translated texts, and also how poor translations can negatively affect your business. Serveis Lingüístics de Barcelona has a great team of professional translators at your disposal. If you would like to […]
Constituted and registered our cooperative of linguistic services, currently consisting of four founding socios Invested the obligatory minimum capital (€3000) Begun building our first service, a pool of material and courses for English teachers Made available our second service, a stock […]
After months of hard work and frustration, the cooperative Serveis Lingüístics de Barcelona is finally fully operational! We have actually been registered with the Registre General de Cooperatives de Catalunya since the beginning of March, but complications with our bank account […]
Two of our socios recently returned from Guatemala after a successful collaboration with The Phoenix Projects, an organisation which runs several schools for impoverished children across Latin America. The Phoenix Projects are aptly named. Not long ago they were facing […]
As a cooperative, we are committed not only to supporting our members but also the wider community around us. With this in mind, we are launching a series of solidarity projects designed to share our services with local and international […]
