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Olympians of Translation Services With all the publicity surrounding the London Olympics, a lot has been spoken about the shortcomings of the organisers. Much of this has resulted from the failure of one aspect of security, quickly rectified by our ever-vigilant forces. It is a shame that our tabloid press and even our news channels have allocated so many resources to highlighting the failings, instead of praising the successes. There is much more to an Olympic games than security and efforts to accommodate athletes and officials were appreciated by visiting teams who required in depth translation services. En francais s'il vous plait The official language of the Olympic Games is French because a Frenchman founded the modern Olympics. While the International Olympic Committee is not based in France, its location in Switzerland is also French speaking. English is also an official language of the 2012 games, but French will precede announcements when there are medals awarded to ...

Things You Might Not Know About The Olympic Stadium The 80,000 strong Olympic Stadium may be in the midst of hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London this year but have you ever stopped to think what will happen to the structure after the event comes to a conclusion and what makes it such an attractive proposition? One thing is almost certain, the stadia won’t remain as an 80,000-seater venue with proposals from football clubs West Ham United and Leyton Orient suggesting reductions to respective 60,000 and 25,000 capacities. The Olympic Legacy Company is the institution who makes the decision regarding the future of the Olympic Stadium but a number of legal wrangles between the aforementioned West Ham, Leyton Orient and another professional football side, Tottenham Hotspur, have halted the race to win the keys to the ground in 2013. Whatever the outcome, the Olympic Legacy Company will be desperate to avoid a situation similar to their Greek counterparts which has seen...

Crazy Facts About The Olympics Less than a few days in the 2012 Olympics and we have already seen some crazy things – from the parachuting Queen in the opening ceremony through to the ridiculous imagery of four Olympians trying the best to lose and a 16 year old girl comfortably out-swimming her male rivals, London has been host to some bizarre spectacles. Yet, for long time followers of the Olympics, the event has always boasted a history full of peculiarities and odd occurrences,. Here are some of the craziest facts about the Olympics. Abebe Bikila Didn’t Have Time To Find Trainers In the Olympic games of Rome in 1960, Abebe Bikila became the first African to win a marathon. That, in and of itself, is not overly peculiar but the preparation he made in advance of the games certainly was. The Ethiopian runner’s admission to the team was so last minute he only joined the team as their plane to Italy was about to leave.  Needless to say, this left him with very little preparat...

2012 Olympic's American Taekwondo Team Many people are surprised to learn that taekwondo is a major event in the Summer Olympics. In the Olympic Games, each country is able to send a total of four competitors to compete in the taekwondo event; two men, and two women.  The tournaments are divided into different weight classes. As with any other Olympic event, each competitor is scored by judges, and receives points, and point deductions dependent upon the rules of the game. A loss in one tournament does not automatically disqualify a contender. Some of the rules have changed for this year’s Olympic Games in taekwondo. A loss in the first game will allow still a competitor to compete again for the chance to earn a bronze metal.  A total of two bronze metals are awarded for each weight class in the Olympic Games. This year’s Olympic events will be exciting for the four Americans who have qualified to take part. Each of the four has trained very hard, and is aiming for gold! ...

10 Facts About The Olympic Games You Probably Didn't Know Unless you have been living under a rock you might have noticed the world being caught in an Olympic frenzy. You can’t switch on the TV, read a paper, browse social networks without finding the latest updates on record breakers, losers and winners, as the 2012 Summer Olympics hosted in London is well underway. To celebrate this is amazing tradition we have a look at 10 interesting facts you may or may not know about the Olympic Games. 1) The early Olympic Games were actually a religious festival until 393 AD when it was banned for being a pagan festival. (The games celebrated the Greek god Zeus.) In these early games women were not allowed to participate and only unmarried women were allowed to be spectators or face the penalty of death. This is mainly because the contestants were naked. 2) It wasn’t until 1894 that the French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin, suggested a revival of the ancient games which took ...

This year the 14th Paralympics games will be held in the United Kingdom for the first time in its history. These special Paralympics are a joy for everyone involved as well as the thousands of spectators that are sure to attend these special events. Ludwig Guttman created the Paralympic games in 1948. They were actually created after World War 2 and involved veterans of that war that had spinal injuries. The Paralympic Movement encourages its athletes to believe in themselves and to know that anything is possible for them to achieve with encouragement and determination. Disabled sports are a way for the community to give back to the amazing athletes that have overcome so much to get where they are today. The Paralympic games are sporting events where athletes with physical disabilities compete. It is much like the regular Olympics in that they are held in the summer and winter, and have a variety of different events for the athletes to participate in. Paralympic games are held rig...

As a major international sporting event, it stands to reason that the Olympic Games will not always run smoothly. We looked at scandals from the last 10 Games, including this year's London Games, which faces controversy even before they have begun. olympics 2012: Where is the Security? By far the biggest mess of 2012, so far, hopefully at all, has been the failure of G4S to provide adequate security. Surely alarm bells should have rung when G4S asked to be able to deliver their staff quota at the last minute when they tendered their bid? 2008: What Human Rights? olympics China’s questionable human rights record was raised by many people in the run up to Beijing 2008, with many asking why they had even been awarded the Games in the first place. 2004: Are We Done Yet? In retrospect, this was perhaps an eerie look at what was to come during the economic crisis later in the decade. The planning for Athens 2004 was a mess, with many venues finished only weeks before th...