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Norwich HEART, Digital Heritage Project

Wed 5 Oct 11

The Digital Heritage project is an Anglo-Franco collaboration to make archive film more accessible to a wider audience. Working as a cross channel partnership, films are being selected from regional archives to be brought inline with new technology as digitised files. The digital content is then being researched and brought to life :

  • Online – on a bilingual, moving image timeline website
  • Onscreen – in a series of thematic archive productions comparing and contrasting life in East Anglia and Upper Normandy
  • On mobile – on tourist and heritage phone apps and other innovative platforms.

As an Anglo-Franco collaboration, Norwich HEART’s involvement in the Digital Heritage Project depended on bridging the language gap. Integro provided translation for the project briefs, proposals and presentations. As the project has advanced, we have also provided interpreters for their regular video conferences, as well as document translation for their on-going needs around the project.

Having trialled in-house translation, Norwich HEART approached Integro about finding a dedicated resource, and someone who would get to know the project, understand their needs and accompany them from start to finish.

We appointed a designated head translator to manage their project and created term bases and language references for them. Over time we have developed a complete understanding of the language surrounding their projects, as well as their needs and objectives.

Jane Jarvis, Digital Heritage Project Manager said: “Integro have become very much part of our team involved in delivering this exciting, creative, new project and have responded to our requests for translation and interpreting – sometimes with very little notice and always in an efficient and professional way. The designated interpreter has taken a keen interest in the project and is always well prepared to ensure the smooth running of meetings and video conferences and, as a result, plays a key role in the success of HEART’s cross border relationship.”