{{Short description|British translations and language services company}} {{Multiple issues| {{COI|date=March 2023}} {{Notability|Corp|date=March 2023}} {{promotional|date=December 2024}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Use British English|date=August 2012}} {{Infobox company | name = Guildhawk | image = Guildhawk logo.svg | type = Independent | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = Jurga Žilinskienė (CEO and Founder) | industry = Technology | services = {{Unbulleted list|Technology|Translation|Interpreting|Localisation|Risk Management|Consultancy|Transcreation|Voiceover|Subtitling}} | location_city = London | location_country = United Kingdom | foundation = {{Start date and age|2001}} | homepage = {{URL|guildhawk.com}} }}
'''Guildhawk''', is a global technology led language services agency, headquartered in the City of London.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=June 2019|title=Queen's Award for International Trade Today Translations|url=https://www.queensawardsmagazine.com/winners/page/12/?award-year=2019&award-category=International%20Trade|access-date=|website=The Queen's Awards for Enterprise Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=15 November 2019|title=Queens Awards Magazine 2019 page 54 Guildhawk|url=https://issuu.com/queensawards/docs/qa_2019a|access-date=|website=issuu.com}}</ref><ref name="FT">[https://www.ft.com/content/56d7e630-54b6-11e0-b1ed-00144feab49a Financial Times - Suppliers to the Square Mile, 22 March 2011]</ref> The company was founded by Jurga Zilinskiene in 2001,<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=7 January 2021|title=Open Corporates Guildhawk Limited|url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/gb/04178109|access-date=|website=Open Corporates}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=13 March 2001|title=Companies House Guildhawk Limited 04178109|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04178109|access-date=|website=Companies House}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=15 March 2001|title=Jurgita Zilinskiene appointed Director|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/w5Tj7w4qaXenD0iG00OmAgR-enA/appointments|access-date=|website=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=13 June 2017|title=Global Legal Identifier Code for Guildhawk Limited LEI Code 213800SK15I5EOONT296|url=https://search.gleif.org/#/record/213800SK15I5EOONT296/record|access-date=8 January 2021|website=gleif.org}}</ref> and has developed into an international agency with multiple locations and over 3,000 staff, providing digital transformation,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Meakin|first=Lucy|date=20 September 2021|title=The Virus Is Putting Britain's Next Industrial Revolution on Ice|work=Bloomberg.com|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-20/the-virus-is-putting-britain-s-next-industrial-revolution-on-ice|access-date=25 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=17 February 2021|title=Measuring employee productivity at home - interview with Jurga Zilinskiene MBE|work=icaew.com|url=https://www.icaew.com/technical/business-and-management/business-and-management-faculty/business-and-management-magazine/bam-february-2021/measuring-employee-productivity-at-home|access-date=25 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=15 August 2019|title=Guildhawk to host digital event in 'booming' Sheffield|url=https://unltdbusiness.com/guildhawk-to-host-digital-event-in-booming-sheffield/|access-date=25 June 2021|website=unltdbusiness.com}}</ref> human and AI machine translation,<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 March 2021|title=BSI (British Standards Institution) partners with Guildhawk to localise web content to help take its message global|url=https://www.einpresswire.com/article/536240148/bsi-british-standards-institution-partners-with-guildhawk-to-localise-web-content-to-help-take-its-message-global|access-date=25 June 2021|website=einpresswire.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Creating Technologies for the Smart Cities of Tomorrow|url=https://www.guildhawk.com/guildhawk-technologies/|access-date=14 January 2022|website=guildhawk.com}}</ref> digital human twins,<ref>{{Cite web|title=What is Guildhawk Voice|url=https://www.guildhawk.com/guildhawk-voice/|access-date=14 January 2022|website=guildhawk.com}}</ref> transliteration of songs and scripts,<ref>{{Cite web|date=28 February 2021|title=HIT MUSICALS TRANSLATED AND LOCALIZED FOR NEW INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCES DISCUSSED BY STAGE ENTERTAINMENT AND GUILDHAWK|url=https://www.einpresswire.com/article/533682390/hit-musicals-translated-and-localized-for-new-international-audiences-discussed-by-stage-entertainment-and-guildhawk|access-date=23 June 2021|website=EINPresswire.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=13 August 2020|title=Interview with Eric Loustau-Carrere from Stage Entertainment|url=https://www.guildhawk.com/news-insight/interview-with-eric-loustau-carrere-from-stage-entertainment/|access-date=23 June 2021|website=Guildhawk.com}}</ref> interpreting, consulting localisation, voiceover, subtitling and more in over 200 languages.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=7 January 2021|title=Guildhawk What We Do|url=https://www.guildhawk.com/capabilities/|access-date=|website=Guildhawk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=5 January 2020|title=In 1982, a little girl from Lithuania sold seeds at the local market|url=https://www.guildhawk.com/about-us/|access-date=|website=Guildhawk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.todaytranslations.com/|title=Today Translations|website=www.todaytranslations.com|language=en|access-date=2017-05-07}}</ref> The firm uses database software Zilinskiene designed and evolved from the start of the business.<ref name="NicheGeek">[http://www.nichegeek.com/how_to_start_a_six_figure_online_translation_business NicheGeek - How to Start a Six Figure Online Translation Business, 17 September 2006]</ref><ref name="Arabic">[https://www.scribd.com/doc/3110000/arabic-ebook-25-success-stories Arabic eBook, 2008]</ref><ref name="Growing Business">{{Cite web |url=http://www.growingbusiness.co.uk/today-translations.html |title=Growing Business, 1 June 2004 |access-date=21 June 2011 |archive-date=27 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927111504/http://www.growingbusiness.co.uk/today-translations.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Guildhawk, through its research division known as [https://www.gailabs.io Gai Labs], has developed productivity software and algorithms to manage people and information and in 2019 won government backing for a Knowledge Transfer Partnership<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=January 2020|title=Sheffield Hallam University and Guildhawk Limited|url=https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=511783|access-date=|website=gtr.ukri.org}}</ref> in collaboration with Sheffield Hallam University to develop a new software platform to manage people in the Gig economy.<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 September 2019|title=Growth for Sheffield Language Consultancy after Queen's Award Win|url=https://www.weareumi.co.uk/news/sectors/education/growth-for-sheffield-language-consultancy-after-queen-s-award-win}}</ref> Innovate UK Scale-up Edge has backed the company to scale its new GAI AI-translation SaaS solution called GAI Translate<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sheffield Hallam University and Guildhawk maintain their close partnership, and are now Enhancing AI with Multilingual Data {{!}} Sheffield Hallam University |url=https://www.shu.ac.uk/about-us/academic-departments/school-of-computing-and-digital-technologies/news/guildhawk---oct-2024 |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=www.shu.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=44bytes |title=Home |url=https://www.gaitranslate.ai/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=GAI |language=en-GB}}</ref> powered by NLP and GPT technology.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 August 2022 |title=Innovate UK Scaleup Programme to help Guildhawk scale up its next-generation SaaS digital technologies |url=https://www.fenews.co.uk/education/official-announcement-innovate-uk-scaleup-programme-to-help-guildhawk-scale-up-its-next-generation-saas-digital-technologies/ |website=FE News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=16 August 2022 |title=Official Announcement: Guildhawk Joins Innovate UK Scaleup Programme |url=https://www.guildhawk.com/news-insight/guildhawk-joins-innovate-uk-scaleup-programme/ |website=Guildhawk.com}}</ref> The solution won the Market Disruptor Award 2025 at the Safety & Security Entrepreneur Awards<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-08 |title=Winners Announced for the Esteemed Security and Safety Entrepreneur Awards (SSEAs) |url=https://www.thesseas.com/winners-announced-for-the-esteemed-security-and-safety-entrepreneur-awards-sseas/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Security & Safety Entrepreneur Awards |language=en-US}}</ref> for providing a secure translation solution for professionals in high-risk industries.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goddard |first=Sophie |date=2025-06-09 |title=When lightbulb moments become reality: how academics at Sheffield Hallam University are helping firms innovate and grow |url=https://www.theguardian.com/driving-future-economies/2025/jun/09/sheffield-hallam-innovation-academics-helping-business-grow |access-date=2025-06-26 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sketchley |first=Elisha |date=2021-06-29 |title=Joint venture to create smart cities of the future |url=https://www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/digital-construction-news/built-environment-smart-cities/95341/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419221023/https://www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/digital-construction-news/built-environment-smart-cities/95341/ |archive-date=2024-04-19 |access-date=2025-06-26 |work=Planning, Building & Construction Today |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hawcroft revolutionises risk reporting within the mining industry with GAI |url=https://www.gaitranslate.ai/case-studies/hawcroft-revolutionises-risk-reporting-within-the-mining-industry-with-gai-secure-translations/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=GAI |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2025, [https://iuk-ktp.org.uk/case-study/ethical-ai-and-multilingual-innovation-drive-guildhawks-global-success/ Innovate UK named Sheffield Hallam University and Guildhawk] as one of fifty of the [https://www.shu.ac.uk/news/all-articles/latest-news/guildhawk---sheffield-hallam-50 most successful knowledge transfer partnerships] in the 50 year history of the programme<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ethical AI and multilingual innovation drive Guildhawk's global success |url=https://iuk-ktp.org.uk/case-study/ethical-ai-and-multilingual-innovation-drive-guildhawks-global-success/ |access-date=2025-10-17 |website=Knowledge Transfer Partnerships |language=en-GB}}</ref> for development of the [https://www.gaitranslate.ai/ GAI Translate] software<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guildhawk and Sheffield Hallam recognised among Top 50 KTPs in UK history {{!}} Sheffield Hallam University |url=https://www.shu.ac.uk/news/all-articles/latest-news/guildhawk---sheffield-hallam-50 |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=www.shu.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sheffield Hallam and Guildhawk forge new partnership to enhance AI reliability and integrity {{!}} Sheffield Hallam University |url=https://www.shu.ac.uk/news/all-articles/latest-news/guildhawk-knowledge-transfer-partnership |access-date=2026-05-18 |website=www.shu.ac.uk}}</ref>.
Previously known as Today Translations<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=21 January 2021|title=Translation Services|url=https://www.todaytranslations.com/|access-date=21 January 2021|website=todaytranslations}}</ref> and Today Advisory,<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=21 January 2021|title=HOW DOES MULTILINGUAL DUE DILIGENCE PROTECT?|url=https://www.todayadvisory.com/|access-date=21 January 2021|website=Today Advisory}}</ref> the company underwent a full corporate rebrand in June 2019, including the new name, Guildhawk. The rebrand process took two years, after the company determined that "translations" was a limiting term which did not reflect the scope of the company's services.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guildhawk.com/news-insight/a-new-dawn-for-today-translations/|title=Yes, we've rebranded! Here's why…|date=2019-06-10|website=Guildhawk|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Lebrikaite|first=Dovile|date=18 January 2020|title=Entrepreneur Jurgas Žilinskiene receives a medal for merits directly from Prince William|work=Zmones|url=https://www.zmones.lt/naujiena/verslininkei-jurgai-zilinskienei-medalis-uz-nuopelnus-tiesiai-is-princo-williamo-ranku.cc2dd739-391e-11ea-9890-aa000054c883}}</ref> {{Independent source inline|date=May 2020}}<ref>{{Cite web |first=Jeremy |last=Chapnick |title=Jurga Žilinskienė: Creating safe and responsible AI |url=https://www.jessicahk.com/global/jurga-zilinskiene-creating-safe-and-responsible-aiRachel |website=Jessica}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Lebrikaite|first=Dovile|date=25 November 2019|title=Jurga Žilinskiene, founder of Guildhawk: "Small achievements lead to success"|work=Zmones|url=https://www.zmones.lt/naujiena/guildhawk-imones-ikureja-jurga-zilinskiene-mazi-pasiekimai-veda-i-sekme.e04440a7-0d23-11ea-9fe0-aa000054c883|access-date=}}</ref>
The word Guildhawk is a registered trade mark with the UK Intellectual Property Office number UK00003395877. The symbol of the Guildhawk Girl with a Red Scarf is also a registered design of the company registered trade mark number UK00003395936.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=30 April 2019|title=Trade mark number UK00003395877 Guildhawk|url=https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/Results/1/UK00003395877|access-date=|website=trademarks.IPO.gov.uk}}</ref>
==History== Guildhawk was founded under the name Today Translations in London by Jurga Zilinskiene in 2001. Zilinskiene funded the establishment of the company with £13,000 of her own savings.<ref name="NicheGeek" /><ref name="Arabic" /><ref name="Independent">[https://web.archive.org/web/20101009131049/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/business-essentials-debt-is-foreign-to-me-but-how-else-can-i-expand-755654.html The Independent - Business Essentials, 6 June 2004]</ref><ref name="Growing Business" /><ref name="Telegraph">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/2811144/Starting-out.html Telegraph - Starting Out, 26 June 2007]</ref>
In 2003, Zilinskiene received a Shell LiveWIRE award for Young Entrepreneurs for the early success of the company.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://startups.co.uk/today-translations-jurga-zilinskiene/|title=Today Translations: Jurga Zilinskiene {{!}} Startups.co.uk: Starting a business advice and business ideas|date=2007-07-24|work=Startups.co.uk: Starting a business advice and business ideas|access-date=2017-05-07|language=en-US}}</ref>
In June 2014, Guildhawk hosted representatives from the Greater Houston Women's Chamber of Commerce (GHWCC), organising and participating in a series of site visits across London. The events culminated with Today Translations announcing the founding of a London-based commerce organisation for women.<ref name="Management Today">[https://www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/1301198/london-getting-its-first-womens-chamber-commerce/ Management Today - London is getting its first women's chamber of commerce, 30 June 2014]</ref>
The company featured on BBC News when a story about hiring the world's first Emoji Translator, Keith Broni went viral in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Eggert|first=Nalina|date=12 December 2016|title=Emoji translator wanted - London firm seeks specialist|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-38287908|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Elle|first=Hunt|date=14 December 2016|title=Sign of the times: London company advertises for 'emoji translator'|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/14/london-company-advertises-emoji-translator|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Petroff|first=Alanna|date=13 December 2016|title=Now hiring: Emoji translator|work=CNN Business|url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/12/13/technology/emoji-translator-job-language/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213174609/http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/13/technology/emoji-translator-job-language/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 December 2016|access-date=}}</ref> The Victoria and Albert museum and Guildhawk hosted an event as part of the Friday Late events<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=5 January 2021|title=Decoding Systems & Secrets at the V&A|url=https://www.guildhawk.com/our-work/decoding-systems-secrets-at-the-va/|access-date=|website=Guildhawk}}</ref> and Guildhawk provides media commentary on the evolution of emojis that gains international coverage.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wakefield|first=Alyssa|date=17 July 2019|title=20 new emojis revealed on World Emoji Day — but over 80K are needed for true inclusion, expert says|work=Yahoo Life|url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/20-new-emojis-revealed-on-world-emoji-day-but-over-80-k-are-needed-for-true-inclusion-expert-says-173953484.html|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=17 July 2019|title=World Emoji Day 2019: 11 emojis with very different meanings in different countries|work=Sky News|url=https://news.sky.com/story/world-emoji-day-2019-11-emojis-with-very-different-meanings-in-different-countries-11763633|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Dorking|first=Marie Claire|date=29 October 2019|title=The latest Apple iOS update now includes gender-neutral emojis|work=Yahoo Life|url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/apple-gender-neutral-emojis-diversity-111442101.html|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Vanlommel|first=Sofie|date=27 January 2020|title=Will we be signing contracts with smileys soon?|work=L'Echoe|url=https://www.lecho.be/entreprises/general/signerons-nous-bientot-des-contrats-avec-des-smileys/10202770.html|access-date=}}</ref> The use of certain emojis for humorous purposes and with sexual connotations is popular question that Guildhawk is asked about.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Vanlommel|first=Sofie|date=21 January 2020|title=Emojis in the office: 'We give feedback with sushi'|work=DeTijd|url=https://www.tijd.be/tech-media/media-marketing/emoji-s-op-kantoor-wij-geven-feedback-met-sushi/10200037.html|access-date=}}</ref>
In June 2019, the company rebranded as Guildhawk Limited to reflect that the company's offerings extended beyond just translation.<ref>{{cite press release |last1=Zilinskiene |first1=Jurga |title=Yes, we've rebranded! Here's why… |url=https://www.guildhawk.com/news-insight/a-new-dawn-for-today-translations/ |work=Guildhawk |date=10 June 2019}}</ref> The company's vision and values were captured in a one minute film called, ''<nowiki/>'Making Hopes Become Achievable'<nowiki/>'' that followed the journey of a young girl and boy.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=19 June 2019|title=Guildhawk making Hopes Become Achievable|url=https://vimeo.com/guildhawk|access-date=|website=vimeo}}</ref> The film was produced by Lipsync Productions using back projection techniques<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=October 2019|title=case Study Behind the Scenes Film About Guildhawk|url=https://lipsynccreative.co.uk/guildhawk/|access-date=|website=Lipsynccreative}}</ref> that were explained in a subsequent film called, ''<nowiki/>'Secrets of Cinematic Storytelling'''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=December 2019|title=Secrets of Cinematic Storytelling|url=https://vimeo.com/365083886|access-date=7 January 2021|website=Vimeo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Bradshaw|first=Adam|date=7 January 2020|title=Secrets of Cinematic Storytelling Revealed in Short Documentary by Guildhawk|work=Cision PRWeb|url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/secrets_of_cinematic_storytelling_revealed_in_short_documentary_by_guildhawk/prweb16639177.htm|access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref>
Responding to the impact of the global pandemic, in March 2020, Guildhawk pivoted its operations by launching two new technology products called Guildhawk Aided and Text Perfect, providing translations of medical research documents and moving staff to remote work.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=5 January 2021 |title=New Year – New Business Opportunities! |url=https://citybusinesslibrary.wordpress.com/2021/01/05/new-year-new-business-opportunities/ |website=City Business Library}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=9 June 2020|title=First COVID-19 Safety Posters translated into 14 Languages by Guildhawk to Help Protect Businesses Leaving Lock-down|url=https://www.einpresswire.com/article/519030295/first-covid-19-safety-posters-translated-into-14-languages-by-guildhawk-to-help-protect-businesses-leaving-lock-down |website=EIN Presswire}}</ref>
== Corporate identity ==
=== Software development === Guildhawk uses a range of software solutions and has also developed code and algorithms to which it owns the rights. These include launching Guildhawk Aided and Text Perfect during the pandemic and Zilinskiene was quoted by Bloomberg as saying, ''“Instead of looking at tech as some kind of monster to take away your job, now the tech is the hero.”'' <ref>{{Cite news|last=Meakin|first=Lucy|date=20 September 2020|title=The Virus Is Putting Britain's Next Industrial Revolution on Ice|work=Bloomberg Technology|url=https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/the-virus-is-putting-britain-s-next-industrial-revolution-on-ice-1.1496737}}</ref> In 2020, the company launched Guildhawk Voice, a new service producing authentic looking digital twin avatars of humans created using AI-powered technology that instantly turns text into speech in many languages and used to create multilingual videos. One avatar was used to open a formal online meeting to establish a new Joint Venture between Gammon Construction and Guildhawk, backed by the Department for International Trade in Hong Kong.<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 June 2021|title=Joint venture to create smart cities of the future|url=https://www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/bim-news/built-environment-smart-cities/95341/|website=pbctoday.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=30 June 2021|title=A joint effort to bring old buildings into the future|url=https://www.prc-magazine.com/a-joint-effort-to-bring-old-buildings-into-the-future/|access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Davis|first=Anthony|date=29 June 2021|title=Gammon Construction partners with Guildhawk to bring old buildings into the future|work=Highways Today|url=https://highways.today/2021/06/29/gammon-construction-guildhawk/|access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=29 June 2021|title=A joint effort to bring old buildings into the future|url=https://www.gammonconstruction.com/en/articles.php?news_id=113|access-date=14 January 2021|website=gammonconstruction.com}}</ref> The digital twin avatar of the Chairman of the Fraud Advisory Panel was used to provide his Chairman's address at the 2021 AGM.<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 July 2021|title=Fraud Advisory Panel: chairmans update 2021|website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX0YufAtsfM|access-date=13 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Results of the AGM and annual lecture 2021|url=https://www.fraudadvisorypanel.org/events/agm-and-annual-lecture-2021/|access-date=13 January 2022|archive-date=2 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102121831/https://www.fraudadvisorypanel.org/events/agm-and-annual-lecture-2021/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2019, Guildhawk and Sheffield Hallam University won Government funding via Innovate UK to develop a new business management software platform to power the Gig Economy.<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 August 2019|title=Guildhawk To Host Digital Event In 'Booming' Sheffield|work=Yorkshire Times|url=https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Guildhawk-To-Host-Digital-Event-In-Booming-Sheffield}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=January 2020|title=Sheffield Hallam University and Guildhawk Limited|url=https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=511783|website=GTR}}</ref> The design and development team for the Yorkshire project were recruited<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 November 2019|title=Interaction Designer - KTP Associate At Guildhawk, Sheffield|url=https://www.academicgates.com/job/detail/00155d140103-11e9-e663-0dda539c-9a8a|website=Academic gates}}</ref> and in December 2020 the team was expanded.<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 December 2020|title=Senior Software Developer (Enhanced Mentored Associate)|url=https://www.prospects.ac.uk/graduate-jobs/senior-software-developer-enhanced-mentored-associate-2685140|website=Prospects AC UK}}</ref>
On 17 February 2021, in an interview with ICAEW on measuring employee productivity at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, CEO Zilinskiene described how before the pandemic, Guildhawk started towards remote work. She explained that technology was used to focus was on the output of its employees, "not to police them, but rather to understand the impact of how they work". Weekly online CEO briefings and constant dialogue between employees and their managers was also cited as a means to improve efficiency and communication. These initiatives enabled the company to record an 18% increase in overall productivity since staff started remote work.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 February 2021 |title=Measuring employee productivity at home|work=ICAEW |url=https://www.icaew.com/technical/business-and-management/business-and-management-faculty/business-and-management-magazine/bam-february-2021/measuring-employee-productivity-at-home |access-date=7 June 2021}}</ref>
Speaking at Sheffield Hallam University on 25 January 2022 on the future of corporate avatars, CEO Zilinskiene announced that Guildhawk would be the first company in the world to create authentic virtual human twins of all staff that would like one. This was to help Guildhawk staff create immersive multilingual avatar videos and communicate in the new metaverse in more than 50 languages.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Discover the secret future of corporate avatars BTETalks – Jurga Žilinskienė |work=FE News |url=https://www.fenews.co.uk/event/discover-the-secret-future-of-corporate-avatars-btetalks-jurga-zilinskiene/ |access-date=15 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zilinskiene |first=Jurga |date=2 February 2022 |title=Three Instant Improvements Your New Virtual Human Twin Will Create |url=https://www.guildhawk.com/news-insight/3-instant-improvements-your-new-virtual-human-twin-will-create/}}</ref>
=== Next-Generation Digital Technology for Smart Cities === The Balfour Beatty annual report 2021 describes how the Gammon Guildhawk JV would 'accelerate the creation of ... Smart Cities. Using Guildhawk’s AI technology, Gammon is using multilingual information to link data from built assets to digital twins – digitised versions of manuals or PDF drawings. This enables optimisation of all interactions with these buildings, whether in terms of access to and sharing of data, avoidance of costly and potentially dangerous errors, or insights into more efficient maintenance. It allows people to be trained using systems developed using Guildhawk’s ... data lake, avatars and AI, bringing essential training to life'.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 August 2022 |title=Balfour Beatty Annual Report and Accounts 2021 |url=https://www.balfourbeatty.com/media/319316/balfour-beatty-annual-report-and-accounts-2021.pdf |access-date=11 August 2022 |website=balfourbeatty.com}}</ref>
===Promoting the arts and music=== Through its founder Jurga Zilinskiene MBE and the Advisory Board Members actor Sir Timothy Ackroyd,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ackroyd|first=Timothy|title=Plex Profile of Timothy Ackroyd|url=https://plex.page/Timothy_Ackroyd|access-date=22 June 2021|website=Plex.page}}</ref> playwright Roger James Elsgood<ref>{{Cite web|last=Elsgood|first=Roger James|date=2015|title=Roger James Elsgood talks to Aleksander Gatalica about literary translation|url=https://soundcloud.com/guildhawk/roger-james-elsgood-talks-to-aleksandar-gatalica-about-literary-translation|access-date=22 June 2021|website=soundcloud.com}}</ref> and executive TV producer Amanda Murphy<ref>{{Cite web|title=Amanda Murphy Special Advisor on Broadcasting and Entertainment|url=https://www.todaytranslations.com/staff/amanda-murphy/|access-date=22 June 2021|website=todaytranslations.com}}</ref> and others, Guildhawk is an active supporter of the arts and music. This emphasis is closely aligned to the philanthropic aims of the Ackroyd Trust which helps drama students entering their final year of training and ''The John Ackroyd Scholarship'' at the Royal College of Music.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sir Timothy Ackroyd Special Advisor on the Art of the Spoken Word|url=https://www.todaytranslations.com/staff/sir-timothy-ackroyd/|access-date=22 June 2021|website=todaytranslations.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2014|title=ACKROYD TRUST|url=http://www.sirtimothyackroyd.com/?page_id=49|access-date=22 June 2021|website=SirTimothyAckroyd}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=9 May 2014|title=The Ackroyd Trust Concert 2014|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_ZTsAbnSts|access-date=22 June 2021|website=YouTube}}</ref> It also reflects the creative translation, localisation and transliteration of song lyrics, books and scripts that Guildhawk provides for partners in the music and entertainment industry.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rita|first=Metlovaite|date=28 February 2021|title=Hit musicals translated and localized for new international audiences discussed by Stage Entertainment and Guildhawk|work=EIN Newswire|url=https://www.einpresswire.com/article/533682390/hit-musicals-translated-and-localized-for-new-international-audiences-discussed-by-stage-entertainment-and-guildhawk|access-date=22 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Loustau-Carrere|first=Eric|date=13 August 2020|title=Interview with Eric Loustau-Carrere from Stage Entertainment|url=https://www.guildhawk.com/news-insight/interview-with-eric-loustau-carrere-from-stage-entertainment/|access-date=22 June 2021|website=Guildhawk.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Elsgood|first=Roger James|date=2015|title=An Interview with Indian writer, critic, acclaimed musician Amit Chaudhuri by Roger James Elsgood|url=https://soundcloud.com/guildhawk/an-interview-with-indian-writer-critic-acclaimed-musician-amit-chaudhuri-by-roger-james-elsegood|access-date=22 June 2021|website=soundcloud.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=What we do: Literature, Theatre & Art Translation and Transcreation|url=https://www.guildhawk.com/capabilities/literature-theatre-art/|website=Guildhawk.com}}</ref>
Guildhawk and its Advisory Board have co-produced and sponsored a number of charitable and commercial events with young actors and musicians including the ''Courage & Benevolence Ball'' in 2012,<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 September 2021|title=The Courage & Benevolence Ball hosted by Sit Timothy Ackroyd and Jurga Zilinskiene|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqCzCXV3iJA|access-date=22 June 2021|website=YouTube}}</ref> ''<nowiki/>'Dracula in the Dark''' a play starring actor John Challis<ref>{{Cite news|date=24 September 2013|title=Dracula|work=Time Out|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/dracula-8|access-date=22 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=23 September 2013|title=DRACULA – A RADIO THEATRE PERFORMANCE|url=http://www.sirtimothyackroyd.com/?portfolio=dracula-radio-theatre-performance|access-date=22 June 2021|website=SirTimothyAckroyd.com}}</ref> also available as an audiobook<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013|title=Dracula Radio Drama narrated by John Challis|url=https://www.kobo.com/ie/en/audiobook/dracula-747|access-date=22 June 2021|website=kobo.com}}</ref> and the Ackroyd Trust performance at the Royal College of Music in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 May 2014|title=The Ackroyd Trust Performance at The Royal College of Music 2014|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_ZTsAbnSts|website=YouTube}}</ref> The company also supported the production of ''‘The Fuse’'', an atmospheric 1940s radio theatre production portraying the bizarre trial of murderer Brian Donald Hume and performed live in the West End.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bennet|first=Ray|date=11 May 2015|title=Timothy Ackroyd's 'The Fuse' in talks for TV|work=The Cliff Edge|url=https://thecliffedge.com/?p=7788|access-date=22 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Lewisohn|first=Richard|date=2015|title=Stills taken at my local, The Cock and Bottle, during the filming of a short film directed by Ed Andrews, DOP Joshua Fry, screenplay Sir Timothy Ackroyd|url=https://richard4ee2.myportfolio.com/the-fuse-short-film-portraits-and-making-of|access-date=22 June 2021|website=richard4ee2.myportfolio.com}}</ref> A short 1949 film noir shown before the play was produced and directed by Edward Andrews.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015|title=The Fuse a Short 1949 film noir about the murderer Brian Donald Hume. To be shown before the play 'The Fuse' in the West End London|url=https://vimeo.com/128270184|access-date=22 June 2021|website=Vimeo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Me Gustan Cortos International Film Festival - The Fuse by Edward Andrews|url=https://megustancortos.wordpress.com/tag/filmmaker/|access-date=22 June 2021|website=megustancortos|date=8 May 2017 }}</ref>
To celebrate the art, language and culture of Scotland, the company became an official sponsor of the annual Burns Night Supper that takes place in Vilnius<ref>{{Cite web|date=17 February 2020|title=Guildhawk Sponsors the Annual BCCL Burns Night Supper|url=http://bccl.lt/news/charitable-21st-burns-night-dinner-honorable-guests-haggis-bagpipes/|access-date=22 June 2021|website=bccl.lt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=1 July 2019|title=THE PRESTIGIOUS HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY ANNUAL FLANKS SUMMER BALL WAS HELD IN LONDON|url=http://bccl.lt/news/prestigious-honourable-artillery-company-annual-flanks-summer-ball-held-london/|access-date=28 June 2021|website=bccl.lt}}</ref> and in 2019 sponsored the translation of the Uzupis Constitution into Scottish Gaelic and artistic tribute that accompanied the unveiling and received media coverage by the BBC and others.<ref>{{Cite news|date=25 January 2019|title=Constitution of Republic of Užupis translated into Gaelic by Today Translations|work=BBC.co.uk|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-47000898|access-date=22 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019|title=Tiny republic celebrates Scottish links|url=https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2019/tiny-republic-celebrates-scottish-links|access-date=22 June 2021|website=ed.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Hannan|first=Martin|date=29 January 2019|title=How the Republic of Uzupis came to be – and what Scotland can learn|work=thenational.scot|url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/17391298.republic-uzupis-came---scotland-can-learn/|access-date=22 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=25 January 2019|title=Today Translations gifts Scottish Gaelic version of the Constitution of Užipis|url=https://www.todaytranslations.com/news/today-translations-gifts-scottish-gaelic-version-of-the-constitution-of-uzipis/|access-date=22 June 2019|website=todaytranslations.com}}</ref>
In 2019, Guildhawk supported the British bandleader Alex Mendham & His Orchestra to record and publish ''Puttin on the Ritz'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alex Mendham & His Orchestra Album - Puttin on the Ritz|url=https://www.alexmendham.com/music|access-date=22 June 2021|website=alexmendham.com}}</ref> his new album of hit songs from the 1920s and 30s via a Kickstarter campaign and planning a themed transatlantic crossing to New York aboard Cunard’s Queen Mary 2. The latter included a bon voyage concert at the Lansdown Club in Mayfair, tickets for which were auctioned for charity at the 21st Burns Night Supper in Vilnius on 15 January 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 January 2021|title=21ST BURNS NIGHT AUCTION PRIZE: Unforgettable experience at the prestigious Lansdowne Club with Alex Mendham and his Orchestra in April 2020|url=http://bccl.lt/news/21-burns-night-auction-prize-2/|access-date=22 June 2021|website=bccl.lt}}</ref>
When the COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on the livelihoods of musicians in 2020,<ref>{{Cite news|date=6 February 2021|title=Musicians sing the blues as Covid and Brexit devastate sector|work=FT|url=https://www.ft.com/content/64f285c8-7f9b-4a5e-8663-eea7db0d0078|access-date=22 June 2021}}</ref> Guildhawk’s Director David Clarke and CEO Zilinskiene formed a new company with Alex Mendham called the Mendham Guildhawk Song Company.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Companies House - The Mendham Guildhawk Song Company Limited|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12568926/officers|access-date=22 June 2021|website=Companies House}}</ref> The first of these songs, recorded and performed in an authentic manner intended to allow listeners to hear music performed as it was in the 1920s was aired in a concert streamed live from the London Music Museum on 12 May 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 April 2021|title=Live From London Livestream Concert - 12th May 2021|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbWk2R-2rbg|access-date=23 June 2021|website=YouTube}}</ref> Other innovative techniques were also deployed during the pandemic to enable musicians to perform and for listeners to enjoy the orchestra’s music during the pandemic. These included The Lockdown Broadcast, a 1930s themed radio broadcast arranged using sequences performed by the band individually at home during the pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020|title=The Lockdown Broadcast - Alex Mendham & His Orchestra|url=https://www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk/file/lockdown-broadcast-alex-mendham-his-orchestra|access-date=22 June 2021|website=wiltshiremusic.org.uk}}</ref> The work of the orchestra has been described as, ''“There is a dream-like quality to the group that embodies the charm and luxury of the ’20s and ’30s. With their evocative sound and the magic ability to put you on a Hollywood film set in 1933 or the ballroom of a long-forgotten Mayfair Hotel, Alex Mendham & His Orchestra are leaders in performing music from a golden age"''<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 May 2021|title=Watch us live from London on 12th May 2021!|url=https://www.alexmendham.com/post/watch-us-live-from-london-on-12th-may-2021|access-date=22 June 2021|website=alexmendham.com}}</ref>
As participant at the Horasis Global Meeting in June 2021, David Clarke explained how the new artistic collaboration enables the founders to use their combined skills in cultural research, music production, song translation and international trade to create a unique and historic catalogue of hit music from the dawn of the Jazz Age.<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 June 2021|title=Horasis Global Meeting Session with David Clarke Co-Founder of MGSCo Limited|url=https://www.runtheworld.today/app/c/HorasisGlobalMeeting|access-date=22 June 2021|website=Runtheworld.today}}</ref>
===Security assurance===
To provide assurance and interoperability through the supply chain, Guildhawk was the first specialist language services provider to achieve independent United Kingdom Accreditation Service - ISO/IEC 27001:2005 certification for data security throughout its global operations<ref name="IT Governance">[http://www.itgovernance.co.uk/today-translations.aspx IT Governance - Today Translations is ‘first in sector’ to achieve ISO27001 certification, giving them the edge in secure communication, 2014]</ref> transitioning to the 2022 standard in 2025<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thornton |first=Kate |date=2025-10-30 |title=Guildhawk achieves new ISO:27001 gold standard for global data security |url=https://abmec.org.uk/guildhawk-achieves-new-iso27001-gold-standard-for-global-data-security/ |access-date=2026-05-18 |website=Abmec |language=en-GB}}</ref>.
Guildhawk also has a global network of subject matter experts, who advise on how to reduce the risk of fraud, bribery and cyber-crime, as well as how to enhance multilingual communication.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=18 August 2020|title=Police insight – How to protect your business from cyber threats|url=https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/288/427404|access-date=|website=Bright Talk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=O'Sullivan|first=Terianne|date=28 April 2020|title=1st May Online Covid-19 Cyber security challenges now and in the future|url=https://businessnewswales.com/1st-may-online-covid-19-cyber-security-challenges-now-and-in-the-future/|access-date=|website=Businessnewswales.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=17 September 2020|title=Your business is under threat, act now to protect it|url=https://tig.co.uk/police-insight-how-to-protect-your-business-from-cyber-threats/|access-date=|website=tig.co.uk}}</ref> They also provide thought leadership on due-diligence and business integrity.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gill|first=Martin|date=12 May 2020|title=Responding to fraud and economic crime: Where can we look for good practice post Covid-19?|url=https://theospas.com/2020/05/13/responding-to-fraud-and-economic-crime-where-can-we-look-for-good-practice-post-covid-19/|access-date=|website=theospas.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=10 June 2020|title=The COVID-19 Fraud-Organised Crime Nexus: Threats, Challenges and Responses|url=https://rusi.org/event/covid-19-fraud-organised-crime-nexus-threats-challenges-and-responses|access-date=|website=rusi.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=TECA 2020 Judges - David Clarke|url=https://thetecas.com/judges/|access-date=|website=thetecas.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=21 September 2020|title=Cifas Annual Conference 2020|url=https://hopin.com/events/cifas-annual-conference#speakers|access-date=|website=hopin.com}}</ref> On 18 January 2018, the Fraud Advisory Panel charity appointed Guildhawk director David Clarke as its chairman.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=18 January 2019|title=Fraud Advisory Panel appoints David Clarke as new chair|url=https://www.fraudadvisorypanel.org/fap-realese/fraud-advisory-panel-appoints-david-clarke-as-new-chair/|access-date=|website=fraudadvisorypanel.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sims|first=Brian|date=18 January 2019|title=Fraud Advisory Panel appoints former senior police officer David Clarke as new chair|url=https://www.risk-uk.com/fraud-advisory-panel-appoints-former-senior-police-officer-david-clarke-as-new-chair/|access-date=7 January 2021|website=|archive-date=10 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110065858/https://www.risk-uk.com/fraud-advisory-panel-appoints-former-senior-police-officer-david-clarke-as-new-chair/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=29 May 2019|title=Fraud Advisory Panel appoints David Clarke as new Chair|url=https://www.guildhawk.com/news-insight/fraud-advisory-panel-appoints-david-clarke/|access-date=|website=www.guildhawk.com}}</ref>
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company deployed its expertise in multilingual communications to produce a series of free health and safety notices that were made available to the public and business.<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 June 2020|title=First COVID-19 Safety Posters translated into 14 Languages by Guildhawk to Help Protect Businesses Leaving Lock-down|url=https://www.einpresswire.com/article/519030295/first-covid-19-safety-posters-translated-into-14-languages-by-guildhawk-to-help-protect-businesses-leaving-lock-down|access-date=28 June 2021|website=einnewswire.com}}</ref> Guildhawk also provided a series of online briefings to advise companies and the Law Society<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 June 2020|title=Property Section online event one: Fraud - webinar|url=https://events.lawsociety.org.uk/ClientApps/Silverbear.Web.EDMS/public/default.aspx?tabId=37&id=2642&orgId=1&guid=feca3c4d-91e7-432d-ac48-eed4abc1412c|website=The Law Society}}</ref> on measures to protect their information and avoid cyber attacks and fraud during the crisis.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Barnes|first=Jo|date=29 April 2020|title=Covid-19 - Cyber security challenges now and in the future|work=South Wales Argus|url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/business/18413045.covid-19---cyber-security-challenges-now-future/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Clarke|first=David|date=20 May 2020|title=What's Being Done to Fight COVID-19 Fraud?|url=https://www.guildhawk.com/news-insight/whats-being-done-to-fight-covid-19-fraud/|access-date=|website=www.guildhawk.com}}</ref> In March 2021, Economia magazine interviewed Director David Clarke his four lessons the UK should learn from COVID fraud.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Clarke|first=David|date=16 March 2021|title=Four lessons the UK should learn from COVID fraud|work=icaew|url=https://www.icaew.com/insights/viewpoints-on-the-news/2021/mar-2021/four-lessons-the-uk-should-learn-from-covid-fraud|access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref> The company's external Legal Counsel and board member Arun Chauhan,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chauhan|first=Arun|date=25 January 2021|title=Arun Chauhan Prof. PgDip Guildhawk Advisory Board Member|url=https://www.guildhawk.com/about-us/our-people/|access-date=24 January 2021|website=Guildhawk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Chauhan|first=Arun|date=25 January 2021|title=Solicitor Arun Chauhan|url=https://tenetlaw.co.uk/team/arun-chauhan/|access-date=25 January 2021|website=tenetlaw}}</ref> a solicitor specialising in fraud litigation and regulatory compliance matters makes regular appearances at events and on BBC Radio and television providing advice to businesses and consumers.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=28 May 2019|title=NatWest most complained about bank for fraud claims|work=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48437832|access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Quinn|first=David|date=5 December 2018|title='I had £20,000 stolen while unconscious'|work=|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46445299|access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Brignall|first=Miles|date=18 January 2020|title=Monzo bank 'freezing accounts for no apparent reason'|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/jan/18/monzo-account-freeze-app-fraud|access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref>
On 30 March 2020, CEO Jurga Zilinskiene MBE and Chairman Ian Miller MBE wrote a letter<ref>{{Cite web|last=Miller|first=Ian|date=30 March 2020|title=Letter to Boris Johnson MP|url=https://www.guildhawk.com/files/2020/10/Letter-2-to-Prime-Minister-Boris-Johnson-COVID-19-SME-Advisory_Board_2020-1.pdf}}</ref> to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to caution him that, "vulture funds" will use the crisis to "acquire, asset-strip and neutralise good companies". Its warnings fell on deaf ears.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2 October 2020|title=The Guardian view on Boris Johnson's two nations: employers and employees|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/02/the-guardian-view-on-boris-johnsons-two-nations-employers-and-employees}}</ref> Zilinskiene had previously written to the Prime Minister to suggest steps the government could take to help UK companies boost international trade after leaving the European Union.<ref>{{Cite news|date=19 September 2019|title=Sheffield CEO Meets Prime Minister Boris Johnson|work=Yorkshire Times|url=https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Sheffield-CEO-Meets-Prime-Minister-Boris-Johnson}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=September 2019|title=Brexit talks: Boris Johnson meets Lithuanian businesswoman at Downing Street yesterday|url=https://www.londoniete.com/lithuanians-in-the-uk/lithuanian-businesswoman/5550|website=Londoniete}}</ref> The letters followed two meeting with the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street.<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 September 2020|title=PM meets with small businesses|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-meets-with-small-businesses|website=UK HM Government}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=10 September 2019|title=Roundtable on Supporting Britain's Small Businesses|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/860324/Rt_Hon_Boris_Johnson_MP_and_Rt_Hon_Theresa_May_MP_meetings__July_to_September_2019.csv/preview|website=HM Government}}</ref>
=== Quality assurance === Guildhawk is certified to ISO 9001, the international standard for Quality Management.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.todaytranslations.com/iso-translation-company|title=ISO 9001 Quality - Today Translations|website=www.todaytranslations.com|language=en|access-date=2017-05-07}}</ref> The company uses database software Zilinskiene designed and developed herself, which adheres to the standard.<ref name="NicheGeek" /><ref name="Arabic" /><ref name="Growing Business" />
=== Promoting international trade === Guildhawk has been recognised on several occasions for its dedication to promoting international trade, receiving a UK Trade & Investment Certificate of Appreciation presented by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in 2006,<ref name="Duke" /> and the Council of British Chambers of Commerce in Europe (COBCOE) 'Make Europe Work' award for Breakthrough Trade in 2015.<ref name="COBCOE" />
In 2019, Her Majesty the Queen honoured Guildhawk, under its former name of Today Translations, with the Queen's Award for Enterprise, in the International Trade category.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.todaytranslations.com/news/today-translations-wins-queens-award-for-international-trade/|title=Today Translations Wins Queen's Award for International Trade|date=2019-04-23|website=Today Translations|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-24}}</ref> It is awarded to companies who have achieved outstanding growth in overseas earning, and shown year-on-year growth over at least three years. The Award was formerly presented to members of the company by the Rt Hon Peter Estlin, Lord Mayor of London at Mansion House on 28 October 2019, followed by a further presentation by Paul Double, The Remembrancer of London at Guildhall.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bradshaw|first=Adam|date=29 October 2019|title=Lord Mayor of London Honors Woman-Owned Guildhawk with Queens' Award for Boosting UK USA International Trade|url=https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/500474010/lord-mayor-of-london-honors-woman-owned-guildhawk-with-queens-award-for-boosting-uk-usa-international-trade|access-date=7 January 2021|website=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Valerie|first=Carlson|date=29 October 2019|title=Hat-trick of Honours for Guildhawk|url=https://www.guildhawk.com/news-insight/hat-trick-of-honours-for-guildhawk/|access-date=7 January 2021|website=}}</ref> International trade development activities include organising and hosting the first British Trade Mission to Lithuania and a bi-lateral trade Mission to the UK with the Greater Houston Women's Chamber of Commerce (GHWCC).<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 December 2018|title=The GHWCC Economic Development Mission Trip to France|url=https://www.pressreader.com/usa/houston-chronicle/20181203/283046940547234|access-date=28 June 2021|via=PressReader}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Forging Bilateral Trade Between Britain and Texas|url=https://www.guildhawk.com/our-work/forging-bilateral-trade-between-britain-and-texas/|access-date=28 June 2021|website=guildhawk.com}}</ref>
In 2019, the Queen also honoured Guildhawk's CEO Zilinskiene with membership of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to International Trade.
==Awards==
*Shell LiveWire Award for Young Entrepreneurs in 2003.<ref name="Shell">[http://www.pne.org/ifonlyiknew/?i=67 PNE Group - If Only I Knew] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324062923/http://www.pne.org/ifonlyiknew/?i=67 |date=24 March 2012 }}</ref> *UK Trade & Investment Certificate of Appreciation, presented by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in 2006.<ref name="Duke">[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:I2suyz6tQhcJ:www.bccl.lt/get_file.php?id%3D977+zilinskiene+%22duke+of+edinburgh%22&hl=en&gl=uk&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjfIBUKae_jJpFVcQE61-n1njNm0YfwqUCidk0SvWKvi2KwR7dEXwgiCgMXGG-lu9DjZnDdTt1DzkB4Jgx-9D8Pq7KxWcXohoCsuWBDYEaHEk6Es49iONbPuZMBeoHcwOw6uVB1&sig=AHIEtbTeJ5uuMLVLEoBBJrM2t2fsvd6fxw&pli=1 British Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania - BCC Paper, Winter 2006 edition]</ref> *COBCOE 'Make Europe Work' award for Breakthrough Trade in 2015.<ref name="COBCOE">[http://www.cobcoe.eu/about/breakthrough-trade-award-2015-winner/ Council of British Chambers of Commerce in Europe - Breakthrough Trade Award 2015 Winner, May 2015]</ref> *Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2019<ref name=":1" /> *Security and Safety Entrepreneur Awards 2025: Winner of the Market Disruptor Award for GAI Translate<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-08 |title=Winners Announced for the Esteemed Security and Safety Entrepreneur Awards (SSEAs) |url=https://www.thesseas.com/winners-announced-for-the-esteemed-security-and-safety-entrepreneur-awards-sseas/ |access-date=2025-10-17 |website=Security & Safety Entrepreneur Awards |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ponomariovaitė |first=Goda |date=2025-09-28 |title=Lithuanian entrepreneur in the UK builds million-pound translation business |url=https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2690518/lithuanian-entrepreneur-in-the-uk-builds-million-pound-translation-business |access-date=2025-10-17 |website=lrt.lt |language=en}}</ref>
==Associations== Guildhawk is a member of the Association of Translation Companies, and the European Association of Translation Companies.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.atc.org.uk/members/members-links/item/246-today-translations-ltd.html|title=Today Translations Ltd|access-date=2017-05-07|language=en-gb}}</ref> It was also a strategic partner of the Council of British Chambers of Commerce in Europe (COBCOE) prior to the merger into the British Chambers of Commerce.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cobcoe.eu/partnering/cobcoe-connects-partners/today-translations/|title=Today Translations|website=www.cobcoe.eu|access-date=2017-05-07}}</ref>
== Locations ==
=== United Kingdom === * London * Sheffield
=== Worldwide === * Kaunas, Lithuania
==Media and press==
The company was noted in the media for polls to find the 'world's most untranslatable word'<ref name="BBC">[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3830521.stm BBC News - Congo word 'most untranslatable']</ref> and another to identify 'the world's most romantic word'.<ref name="Reuters">[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-valentines-idUSTRE61B3NO20100212 Reuters - Is this the world's most romantic word? 12 February 2010]</ref>
It has also attracted press attention for other events, including the hiring of regional Geordie,<ref name="Guardian">[https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/oct/12/language-firm-geordie-translators The Guardian - Language firm advertises for 'Geordie translators', 12 October 2010]</ref> Glaswegian,<ref name="Times">[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6879460.ece The Times - Is Glswegian lost in translation? 18 October 2009]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and Scouse<ref name="Liverpool Echo">[https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2010/10/09/wanted-scouse-translators-for-foreign-visitors-100252-27435230/ Liverpool Echo - Wanted: Scouse translators for Liverpool's foreign visitors, 9 October 2010]</ref> translators. They have also advertised for speakers of Brooklynese.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schapiro|first=Rich|title=London firm Today Translations give tourists a hand in understanding confusing Brooklynese |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/london-firm-today-translations-give-tourists-hand-understanding-confusing-brooklynese-article-1.163428|access-date=9 December 2013|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=28 April 2010}}</ref> The company maintains that its regional recruitment campaign was motivated by a genuine need to enable foreign business people to do business more easily in the regions. According to Zilinskiene, "We are aware that some of our foreign and UK clients can find the Glaswegian accent difficult to decipher. While it's unusual for us to want someone to translate a dialect of English, there is a clear demand".<ref name="Daily Record">[https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/editors-choice/2009/10/14/london-firm-launches-hunt-for-glaswegian-translators-86908-21745828/ Daily Record - London firm launches hunt - for Glaswegian translators, 14 October 2010]</ref>
In November 2016, Guildhawk advertised for 'the world's first emoji translator',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-38287908|title=Emoji translator wanted - London firm seeks specialist|last=Eggert|first=Nalina|date=2016-12-12|newspaper=BBC News|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-01-20}}</ref> which received widespread media coverage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/12/13/technology/emoji-translator-job-language/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213174609/http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/13/technology/emoji-translator-job-language/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 December 2016|title=Now hiring: Emoji translator in London|last=Petroff|first=Alanna|date=2016-12-13|website=CNNMoney|access-date=2017-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/14/london-company-advertises-emoji-translator|title=Sign of the times: London company advertises for 'emoji translator'|last=Hunt|first=Elle|date=2016-12-13|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2017-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/top-london-firm-seeks-its-first-emoji-translator_uk_58515993e4b067269a063bf9|title=A Top London Translation Firm Is Looking To Hire Its First Emoji Translator|date=2016-12-14|newspaper=HuffPost|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-01-20}}</ref> As a result of the unusual job advertisement, Zilinskeine appeared on BBC News,<ref>{{Citation|last=Today Translations|title=BBC reports on Today Translations' search for an Emoji Translator|date=2017-01-11|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ePNbiceL8U|access-date=2017-01-20}}</ref> ITV News,<ref>{{Citation|last=Today Translations|title=London company looks for an Emoji Translator - ITV|date=2017-01-11|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgnnSXXlN7s|access-date=2017-01-20}}</ref> and Vice News,<ref name=":0">{{Citation|last=VICE News|title=Professional Emoji Translator Is Now A Real Career: VICE News Tonight on HBO|date=2017-02-28|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEn8k-Ud-Tw|access-date=2017-05-07}}</ref> as well as several radio stations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04l13br|title=Wanted: Emoji translator, The Newsroom - BBC World Service|website=BBC|date=11 December 2016 |access-date=2017-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://audioboom.com/posts/5467232-is-there-a-need-for-an-emoji-translator-in-today-s-professional-world|title=Is there a need for an emoji translator in today's professional world?|website=audioBoom|language=en|access-date=2017-01-20|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202075739/https://audioboom.com/posts/5467232-is-there-a-need-for-an-emoji-translator-in-today-s-professional-world|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to Zilinskiene, the position is intended to address the "emerging area of confusion" around the usage and meanings of emojis in different cultures.<ref name=":0" />
Guildhawk and its experts are frequently featured in television and online news articles that range in diversity from the evolution of words and language<ref>{{Cite news|date=17 July 2019|title=World Emoji Day 2019: 11 emojis with very different meanings in different countries|work=Sky News|url=https://news.sky.com/story/world-emoji-day-2019-11-emojis-with-very-different-meanings-in-different-countries-11763633}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Wakefield|first=Alyssa|date=17 July 2019|title=20 new emojis revealed on World Emoji Day — but over 80K are needed for true inclusion, expert says|work=Yahoo Finance|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/20-new-emojis-revealed-on-world-emoji-day-but-over-80-k-are-needed-for-true-inclusion-expert-says-173953484.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAwyTNLdfDnGXEBxk8S4H0Pof2v9g2Whkw0k2oFBkHrXY2Z2-8HW0ITn-aQdqqTMzFV2zFBl7fK5j6K-qWfks9j6920pwe9S4Gs3ts2GHxf5zSQ5MM68XvM9psrg4YTCVHWIazfRO7kJsPOujWtVYkb7kWkPdlyYEpvRNa54lJw5}}</ref> to technology,<ref>{{Cite news|date=20 September 2020|title=Virus is putting Britain's next industrial revolution on ice|work=Bloomberg News|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-20/the-virus-is-putting-britain-s-next-industrial-revolution-on-ice}}</ref> entrepreneurship and international trade.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lebrikaite|first=Dovile|date=25 November 2019|title=Jurga Žilinskiene, founder of Guildhawk: "Small achievements lead to success"|work=Zmones|url=https://www.zmones.lt/naujiena/guildhawk-imones-ikureja-jurga-zilinskiene-mazi-pasiekimai-veda-i-sekme.e04440a7-0d23-11ea-9fe0-aa000054c883}}</ref>
The company funded the professional translation of the Constitution of the Republic of Užupis into Scottish Gaelic which is inscribed on a plaque that was unveiled at a ceremony on 25 January 2019, to mark the birth date of the Scottish poet Robert Burns.<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 January 2019|title=UŽUPIS CONSTITUTION OPENING IN SCOTTISH GAELIC ON THE OFFICIAL R. BURNS BIRTH DATE|url=http://bccl.lt/events/uzupis-constitution-opening-scottish-gaelic-official-r-burns-birth-date/|access-date=18 May 2021|website=BCCL}}</ref> The company has also supported the Annual Burns Night Supper celebrations and charity fundraising event held in Vilnius in partnership with the British Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania.<ref>{{Cite news|date=14 February 2020|title=Burns Night heat in Vilnius|work=The Lithuania Tribune|url=https://lithuaniatribune.com/burns-night-heat-in-vilnius/|access-date=18 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=15 January 2019|title=20TH BURNS NIGHT AUCTION PRIZE|url=http://bccl.lt/news/20th-burns-night-auction-prize/|access-date=18 May 2021|website=BCCL}}</ref>
==Philanthropy== Guildhawk supports several charitable causes, including donating a percentage of its profits to The Fairtrade Foundation<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.todaytranslations.com/today-translations-charity|title=Charity organisation we support {{!}} Today Translations|website=www.todaytranslations.com|language=en|access-date=2017-05-07}}</ref> and sponsoring HRH Prince William's charity the Tusk Trust<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015|title=Tusk Talk: Thanks to our translators|url=https://www.tusk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/TuskTalk2014.pdf|website=Tusk Org}}</ref> and the Courage & Benevolence Ball with Sir Timothy Ackroyd<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ackroyd|first=Timothy|date=4 September 2012|title=Benevolence Ball in aid of the DEBRA charity|url=http://www.sirtimothyackroyd.com/?portfolio=benevolnce-ball|website=Sir Timothy Ackroyd}}</ref> in aid of the Debra charity.<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 September 2012|title=The Courage & Benevolence Ball Programme and Cast|url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/13152097/cafe-de-paris-4th-september-2012-in-aid-of-debra|website=Yumpu|access-date=29 December 2020|archive-date=7 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107150113/https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/13152097/cafe-de-paris-4th-september-2012-in-aid-of-debra|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The company supports those who have served in the police and armed forces by sponsoring charitable police and military events<ref>{{Cite web|last=Clarke|first=David|date=11 June 2019|title=The City of London Police Force Awards 2019|url=https://www.guildhawk.com/news-insight/the-city-of-london-police-force-awards-2019/|access-date=18 May 2021|website=Guildhawk.com}}</ref> and providing training and employment opportunities for military veterans as a signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant.<ref>{{Cite web|date=28 September 2018|title=Today Translation & Business Services Limited signs the Armed Forces Covenant|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/748107/Today_Translation___Business_Services_Limited_Armed_Forces_Covenant_20180928.pdf|access-date=18 May 2021|website=gov.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=19 June 2019|title=Guildhawk Armed Forces Covenant|url=https://www.guildhawk.com/armed-forces-covenant/|access-date=18 May 2021|website=Guildhawk.com}}</ref>
In November 2019, Guildhawk supported Sheffield company Twinkl to enter the Guinness Book of Records with the most people singing relay in multiple songs.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Casci|first=Mark|date=12 November 2019|title=This is how Sheffield company Twinkl has entered the Guinness Book of World Records|work=The Yorkshire Post|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/how-sheffield-company-twinkl-has-entered-guinness-book-world-records-1747562}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|London|Companies}} *Jurga Zilinskiene
==External links== * [https://www.guildhawk.com/ Guildhawk Homepage] * [https://www.todaytranslations.com/ Today Translations website https://www.todaytranslations.com/] * [https://www.todayadvisory.com/ Today Advisory website https://www.todayadvisory.com/] * Guildhawk and Sheffield Hallam University partnership https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=511783 * Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-20/the-virus-is-putting-britain-s-next-industrial-revolution-on-ice
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
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