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Audio, visual and written translation services

Words Apart seeks to create shared understanding by providing expert human translation and interpreting to the audiovisual industries, businesses, public services and events.

Translating from:

English

Italian

English

French

Mandarin Chinese

Translating into:

French

What we do

We help clients to establish meaning
that transcends cultural barriers

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For production companies

We provide language support and insight to production companies in film, TV, broadcast and advertising and marketing.

✓ Translation of release forms, carnets
and pre-production materials

✓ Script translation

✓ On-set interpreting

✓ Transcription, translation
and logging of rushes

✓ Foreign language editing assistance

✓ Subtitling and audio description

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For events

We help make live events more accessible whether in-person, hybrid or remote.

✓ Live captioning

✓ Translation, subtitling and audio description of event material and video

✓ Assistance with event planning
for foreign audiences

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For businesses
and public services

We help corporate businesses and public services communicate globally through their messaging and marketing.

✓ Transcription

✓ Translation

✓ Subtitling

✓ Audio description

✓ Interpreting

✓ Collaborative translation of marketing material and video

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For the arts

We help to sensitively communicate meaning at every stage of creation for theatres, museums and live performances.

✓ Concept and script consultation

✓ Translation of internal and public documentation and marketing materials

✓ Live subtitling

✓ Audio description

✓ Subtitles, surtitles and audio description for finalised films and performances

Our services

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We offer full audio description services, from scripting to recording, to provide spoken narration of key visual elements, making your media content accessible to blind or partially sighted audiences thus enhancing their viewing experience.

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We provide foreign language consultation to offer expert advice on language use, cultural appropriateness, and communication strategies. Our services include language training, cultural sensitivity training, and localisation strategies to help you communicate effectively.

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Our interpreting services facilitate real-time oral translation for live conversations, meetings, conferences, and events. Whether you need community or consecutive interpreting, we ensure clear and effective communication between participants who speak different languages.

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Also known as live subtitling, speech-to-text interpreting or voice writing, our live captioning services offer real-time text for live broadcasts, events, or performances by respeaking, utilising advanced speech recognition technology and human expertise to ensure accuracy and timing. We help you reach a broader audience instantly.

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With our subtitling services, we add text to video content or performances that translates or transcribes the dialogue and other relevant audio information. This service ensures your content is accessible to viewers who do not understand the spoken language and the D/deaf and hearing loss community.

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Our transcription services transform spoken language into written text with high accuracy. Whether it's rushes, interviews, lectures, meetings, or audio/video content, we deliver detailed transcriptions, including speaker identification, non-verbal cues, and Jeffersonian adaptation tailored to your needs.

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We provide translation services to convert written text from one language into another with precision and cultural sensitivity. Our team ensures the original meaning, style, and tone are preserved, making your documents, scripts, and marketing materials seamlessly accessible to a global audience.

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Our project management services ensure your projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. We manage resources, timelines, client communications, and problem-solving, guiding your project from start to finish.

Our ethos

Taking time to communicate with empathy, nuance and humanity

Our Founder, Courtney Pesche, is an independent certified translator. With over a decade of experience in the field, she specialises in audiovisual translation, transcription, subtitling, live captioning and audio description within the audiovisual industry.

She’s a native speaker of English and French, proficient in working between English, French, Italian and Mandarin Chinese, and works collaboratively with clients to help audiences to understand the meaning at the core of a message or story.

Words Apart is affiliated
with the following associations:

North West Translators’ Network

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SUBTLE, The Subtitlers’ Association

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Association des Traducteurs/ Adaptateurs de l'Audiovisuel

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Audio Description Association

Working with us

Here’s what our clients have to say about working with us

“We’ve had the pleasure of working with Courtney since 2018 on a wide range of projects, including translation, Jeffersonian-style transcription, and other audiovisual work in English, French, Italian, and Mandarin Chinese. Her attention to detail, deep understanding of conversational nuance, and unwavering professionalism have made her an invaluable asset to our team. Courtney consistently delivers work of the highest quality, even when handling complex or sensitive materials. Her skill in capturing the fine-grained features of spoken language through Jeffersonian transcription has greatly enriched our projects. Moreover, her translations are consistently accurate, culturally sensitive, and delivered on time—even under tight deadlines. Reliable, responsive, and incredibly competent, Courtney has our full recommendation. We’re confident that any team or project will benefit greatly from her expertise.”

Petra Iovan, The Translation People

“Courtney is really easy to work with and the process has been super straightforward. We had questions before we started and she answered them clearly so we knew exactly what to expect. She made it easy to choose what worked best for our workshop and the live captions and transcript were accurate, including everything in the original language wherever possible. Will definitely work with her again!”

Celina Loh, In Transit Space CIC

“Courtney translated a massive open online course for us which included more than four hours of video for subtitling, in addition to transcribing the original French. She was organized and thorough from the outset, providing a detailed quote that clearly broke down her pricing, all the way to the delivery of each batch of files. Courtney's skills are unparalleled and I highly recommend her services.”

Natalie Pavey, Word Style Translations

“Courtney is without a doubt our go-to subtitler for both English and French football-related video projects. She has proven to be super reliable, delivers top quality, is 100% bilingual on a native level (yes, they do exist) and has never missed any of our deadlines, which - to be honest - mostly required her to go the extra mile. Above all, she is a pleasure to work with and I highly recommend her work.”

Everhard Hebly, Parnassia Media

“We had the pleasure of working with Courtney on several subtitling projects. She was professional, responsive, and delivered her work within the agreed deadlines.”

Driscoll Leung, Verboo Language Services