thebigword marks National Hispanic Heritage Month by demonstrating growing importance of Spanish as a global business language

• Global customers have asked thebigword to translate 27,406,385 words into Spanish in the past nine months alone

• thebigword reveals news to mark National Hispanic Heritage Month

• Statistic indicates that Spanish is becoming an increasingly important business language

New York: 24 September 2014 - thebigword - a global technology-enabled language solutions provider - has announced that it has translated 27,406,385 words into Spanish in the year-to-date on behalf of its global customers.

thebigword revealed this news as it celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month 2014, which runs from September 15 to October 15.

The telling statistic indicates that Spanish is becoming an increasingly important business language and that Spanish speaking markets are growing considerably, thereby making them attractive to international businesses.

Research recently commissioned by WalletHub also reveals that Hispanics are opening businesses at more than twice the national US rate.

Michael Ridgway, Global Sales Director & SVP Sales at thebigword, said: "The Spanish language is clearly growing at an increasing rate, and its use as a business language is demonstrably on the rise.

This trend will gain momentum as Spanish-speaking markets grow, as international organizations look to do considerably greater levels of business with them.

The Hispanic community makes a fantastic contribution to the US economy and culture, and it's only right that we recognize that influence by celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month."

National Hispanic Heritage Month recognizes Hispanic and Latino American heritage and culture.

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Notes for Editors

thebigwordis a global, technology-enabled language solution provider that delivers translation (written word) and interpreting (spoken word) services. Headquartered in Leeds, thebigword employs 500 people based in 13 offices in 12 countries, working with more than 12,000 linguists worldwide.

At the center of thebigword approach is delivering customer focused solutions, of the highest possible quality and making the global communication process smooth for its wide range of public and private sector clients.