Every year and in the run-up to Christmas time it is once again time to get the tills ringing. Christmas is big business. During the festive season, purse strings are not quite as tight, something that also benefits the Christmas markets. Did you know that there are approximately 2,500 of them in Germany? Year after year they look for visitors ready to spend and thirsty for mulled wine. And the attractions to entice these customers have to be upped as time goes by.

In England the typical German Christmas markets are popular and the attraction is increasing. Pre-Christmas celebrations “Made in Germany” have become an export hit, with the warm and friendly German atmosphere finding more and more fans.

The first English Christmas market was in Lincoln, back in 1982. Today this market (which has always sold wine from its German partner town Neustadt an der Weinstraße) is attracting the crowds. A well-meaning warning – if you have claustrophobic tendencies, you should avoid this market. The official figures indicate that on the four days it is held, more than 250,000 people push and shove their way through the medieval streets. To put this into perspective - Lincoln has a population of only 90,000. The larger Christmas markets are designed in line with the Frankfurt Christmas market, one of Germany’s oldest and largest. This is particularly true of Birmingham, a partner town of Frankfurt since 1966. Here whole stands along with their staff are “imported” from Frankfurt. Today the Birmingham Christmas market, which was the first to be designed in the style of the Frankfurt Christmas Market, is considered the largest Christmas market outside Germany.

England has made huge progress. Even though Germany can look back on a much longer history (with the Frankfurt Christmas Market dating back to the 14th century) the hard figures certainly have something in common:

-          Birmingham and Frankfurt each recorded more than 3 million visitors. (The most popular market in Germany is Cologne which racks up some 5 million visitors a year.)

-          In Manchester and Frankfurt, drinks, food and Christmas (as well as not so Christmassy) goods are sold at over 200 stands.

-          It is estimated that gross sales at the Frankfurt Christmas market will top EUR 100 million. In Manchester every year the Christmas market generates approximately GBP 50 million.

-          It has been reported that visitors to German Christmas markets spend roughly EUR 30 per visit, with money also being spent in shops, restaurants and inner-city hotels. Food and drink regarded as “typically German” such as mulled wine are sold on English markets. Even though the English term exists, the German term Glühwein is preferred which further adds to the Germanness of it all. In general prices are higher than in Germany, which could well indicate that average spending per person on Christmas markets is somewhat higher than in Germany.

But enough with the figures. After all Christmas is meant to be about something entirely different. And it is along these lines that we wish you all the best for the holiday period.

Othello Act 3, scene 3, 155–161

On the subject of human versus machine translation, the articles have been long, long-winded and plentiful but the issue actually boils down to two key points: the mutability of language and its inherent link with what it means to be human. Plainly put, to be human is to be unpredictable. It is an unknown quantity and an infinite concept – which, so far and thankfully is not something that can be processed by a machine.

David Bellos, in his book “Is That a Fish in Your Ear?” (the publisher’s entirely unpredictable grammar), describes the appearance of dictionaries as being more or less coincidental with the arrival of the printing press. Printers therefore had every interest in standardizing spelling, grammatical conventions and later meaning, in order to produce in bulk. Dictionaries essentially then started out as word lists between two languages, to which translators dutifully referred. But what does it mean to create a dictionary? Can one really identify all the words in a given language and even if one does, is there any way to account for all the permutations of the ways in which they can be combined to convey meaning? And even then, how long before that list becomes obsolete? Bellos’s analogy is particularly illustrative:

“To try to capture 'all the words of a language’ is as futile as trying to capture all the drops of water in a flowing river. If you manage to do it, it wouldn’t be a flowing river any more. It would be a fish tank."

In other words, it dooms a language to stagnancy. However much certain bodies try to “dumb it down” and international organizations, composed in large part of non-native English speakers and readers, are particularly guilty of such travesties as Globish and back translations, language continues to evolve relentlessly.

So why the title? Because, all this could very well be moot in a few years, when machine translation actually reaches that perfect, highly desirable balance of profitability, speed and quality (in that order) to make it an option that does away with any human intervention at all in the equation. In the meantime, it can be pure entertainment, so why not enjoy it?

The bard’s lines, machine-translated from Farsi, Arabic, Estonian and eventually back into English came out this way:

"Who stole the wallet of spam? But he said that I'm good Muslims, Felix move a pain."

I kid you not.

At EVS Translations, the large in-house team of native language translators and proofreaders is one of the finest in the industry. Combining professional language skills and technical knowledge in specific business areas is the hallmark at EVS Translations.

With more than 160 leading exhibitors and 80 free language courses and 60 seminars, the show is the best place for language learners, teachers, professional linguists and anyone with a passion for languages.

The Teacher’ Networking Lounge, the TEFL Forum and the numerous Career Zones in the Recruitment Village, will help you find all the advice and resources needed to learn or teach languages and find a career using your language skills.

With world cultures, music and cuisines; Language Show Live in London Olympia promises to be a unique and exciting language event.

Edward Vick, Managing Director of translation company EVS Translations, will hold a seminar at the Language Show Live 2011 on 21st October 2011.

Seminar Title: Death of the translator?

Key subjects: Machine translation and translation memories in business and governance. The future of machine translation and professional translators.

Seminar Details

With nearly 70% of translations worldwide done electronically, does the translator have a career in the future? Find out why big companies such as Microsoft are not allowed to use individual translators. Why as many as 2 million pages need to be translated before a new version of one single car goes into production and what the key to success in this rapidly changing profession is.

Language Show Live 2011 in London 21st - 23rd October 2011

Olympia National Hall, Hammersmith Road, London W14 8UX

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7288 6463

http://www.thelanguageshow.co.uk/

Numerous global automotive manufacturers and component suppliers are continually setting up new and substantial investment and development projects in Austria.

Automobiles and automotive components made in Austria are particularly in demand around the world - the export ratio is approximately 90%.

The prime export destinations are the European Union and the United States.

Austria is home to about 80 international automotive suppliers.

The business and research communities are closely linked in Austria. Component suppliers, motor vehicle manufacturers, service providers and research institutions work together in clusters and competence centres and exploit innovations.

The three most important automotive clusters located in Upper Austria, Styria and the Vienna Region promote strategic partnerships and support the automotive industry’s developments and effective competitiveness.

Professional automotive translation services could become a competitive advantage as well because will help the industry to expand further.

And in reality, to compete effectively on the global market, Austrian-based automotive OEMs and automotive suppliers invest huge sums of money to make sure that their materials are accurately translated.

Translation services requirements for the automotive sector

For one of the biggest industries in Austria professional translation is not an option, it is a necessity.

The Austrian automotive industry must make technically complex products easy to be produced, sold, serviced and operated for millions of professionals, agents, service centres and customers around the globe by:

• Providing training and user materials in different languages to its international workforce

• Providing all production and maintenance documents into the languages of the professionals who will produce, maintain and service the automotive industry products

• Providing customer-facing documents into in the respective languages of the markets in which its products are sold

• Meeting the legal, language and cultural preferences and local customer preferences on different markets.

How EVS Translations can fuel the automotive industry in Austria

Our automotive translation expertise

EVS Translations is a leading translation services provider to the automotive sector.

EVS Translations is proud to include European, Japanese and American OEMs and Tier 1 and 2 suppliers among its clients, which also include advertising agencies operating in the automobile industry.

They all rely on our expertise in particular when it comes to translating their most complex and challenging automotive translation projects.

Our team of professional automotive technical translators

EVS Translations only employs highly skilled and experienced native automotive translators who can deliver top quality automotive-related documents translation.

We assign automotive technical translation projects to only the best automotive translators who are not only expert linguists, but who also have vast experience in the scientific and technical engineering field.

Our pool of in-house automotive technical translators includes linguists who are specialised in translating to and from many different technical domains e.g. automotive and industrial equipment, mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, telecommunication, aviation etc.

All our technical translators have shared real-time access to dictionaries, specialised glossaries and translation memory systems – guaranteeing that the correct terminology and register is consistently applied in every automotive translation project, no matter how small or large.

All our automotive translators have up-to-date knowledge of the latest developments in the automotive industry.

Our automotive technical translation services portfolio

- Warranty books translation
- Diagnosis, maintenance and product manuals translation
- Assembly manuals translation
- Training, user, dealer documentation translation
- Technical and service bulletins translation
- Service and diagnostic literature translation
- Wiring and electric diagrams translation
- Rollout schedules translation
- Logistics concept guidelines translation
- Development and construction
- Control and measuring technology
- Automation technology
- Electronics and microelectronics

Translation services for automotive non-technical documents

Besides automotive technical documents translation, EVS Translations provides translation of many automotive industry-related non-technical documents.

• Legal translations: Translations of cooperation and maintenance contracts, translation of licenses, translation of legislation and implementing rules etc.

• Advertising translations: Translations of websites, translations of brochures, advertising campaigns and other commercial materials etc.

• Corporate translations: Translation of bid and tender documentation, translation of Expression of Interest and Request for Proposals, translation of crew training and internal communication, translation of press releases, corporate identity, etc.

• Financial translations: Translations of annual reports, financial summaries and planning translations, stock exchange documentation translation, etc.

Automotive translation quality

Standardised workflow procedures ensure that both quality standards and delivery schedules are maintained, even when multiple projects are handled simultaneously.

Whether the topic relates to sales and marketing, engineering, legal or financial work, our teams of specialised in-house native translators and reviewers work intensively with project managers to provide consistent and accurate automotive translations.

EVS Translations is a full-service translation company with a global presence and over 20 years experience and processes in line with ISO 9001.

Automotive translation is one of the key areas of expertise at EVS Translations which has master agreements with OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers.

Each key account has its own project manager who stipulates the individual work flow, coordinating the internal IT and vocabulary teams who do preparatory work before the work is handed on to the automotive translator teams and internal quality control. Because it has a large in-house team of translations and proof readers, almost 95% of all translation and work is done in-house.

EVS Translations has the resources and experience to complete even the most challenging automotive translation projects (high volume, tight deadline, multilingual, IT resources).

Value-added services for automotive translation

With special value-added services, EVS Translations offers more than language translation to the automotive industry.

EVS Translations offers to its customers interpreting, localisation, desktop publishing and marketing services.

Whether simultaneous, consecutive or whispered interpreting is called for, our specialists translate smoothly and with a high degree of precision. EVS Translations provides experienced interpreters and will be happy to consult with you in order to identify the most suitable interpreting solutions for your business needs.

Our in-house IT department includes software developers and SEO experts, who can translate, localise and optimise any automotive business website regardless of the nature of the source code.

We work closely with marketing researches and specialists and can assist in the successful creation and execution of your automotive marketing campaigns.

REQUEST AN ONLINE TRANSLATION QUOTE FOR YOUR AUTOMOTIVE TRANSLATION PROJECT

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On 6th and 7th June 2011, the 14th annual DIRK Conference will be taking place in the Marriott Hotel in Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

The conference is organized by the German Investor Relations Assosiation (DIRK).

This year’s programme, titled "IR 2020–Fresh Ideas for the Capital Markets of Tomorrow”, will discuss the constant changes of capital markets.

As usual, at a gala dinner ceremony, the “German Investor Relations Award” for 2011 will be awarded in the categories:

• DAX30
• MDAX
• SDAX
• TecDAX
• as well as to outstanding IR managers.

You can meet us personally (on 7th June) by visiting EVS Translations’ workshop The Annual Report – Chore or Choice (Annual Report in English – why you should want to do what you have to do) and find out about the processes involved in handling your corporate and financial communication from the viewpoint of financial/project management and IT specialists of an experienced translation firm, the market leader for financial translations in Europe.

All German, French and Austria companies have their annual reports in English and most of them in the local language. Actually the majority of the DAX is held outside Germany (to be more precise 52%).

EVS Translations translates between 70 and 100 annual reports into English every year.

EVS Translations has everything required for this: a large team of in-house translators, effective project management and optimised processes in all areas. With extremely high standards of security and confidentiality, the use of internal IFRS/HGB databases and state-of-the-art equipment, EVS Translations helps many companies to perfect their presence on the international financial market year in, year out. Not only during the annual report season.

Request a quotation for annual report translation now: Annual report translation quotation  

The 1st TRANSLATA International Conference, which will be held at the Institute for Translation Studies at the Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck, aims to have a new impact on fundamental translation and interpreting research whilst offering a forum for broad exchange between researchers, teachers and practitioners.

The conference hopes to provide new insights into the different kinds of translation and interpreting activities, at the same time gaining ground on the way to scientifically-based quality standards in translation and interpreting.

Edward Vick will hold a speech on: The Death of the Translator. Key subjects: English and Machine Translation.

Abstract:

Machine translation and translation memories in business and governance. The future of machine translation and professional translators. Most translation done for localisation is likely to follow the MT-assisted TM model, with the translator thus becoming a de-facto post-editor of machine output.

TRANSLATA International Conference

CIUTI is the world’s oldest and most prestigious international association of university institutes with translation and interpretation programmes.

This year's topic: Global strategic partnership policy and its effect on the translation and interpreting industry, professional organisations and the market – the Chinese example.

Edward Vick, Managing Director of EVS Translations, the leading company for financial translations will talk about how English is gradually becoming the only language for the financial and business world.

Abstract:

The arrogance of English – English the world’s leading language for business. Major corporations worldwide report in English and perhaps in another language. Increasing globalisation is marginalising other languages. In almost all countries the key language combination for translations is English into local language and back.

CIUTI Forum 2011

Renewable energy technologies offer significant advantages over conventional ones for meeting energy needs worldwide.

With the steadily increasing demand for renewable energy worldwide, it has never been more important to find a translation company with a familiarity in the terminology of the renewable energy sector and a proven expertise in the field. A translation company that has capacity to handle large scale multi-language projects and meet tight deadlines.

• Global challenge

With the increasing worldwide demand for energy, the development of renewable energy has become one of the most important issues facing the global community nowadays.

World summits and conferences are being held all over the globe in an attempt to ensure that future energy demands are met in a more sustainable way by using renewable sources of energy.

For example, the European Union sets ambitious targets for all member states, such that the EU will reach a 20% share of energy from renewable sources by year 2020.

The success of such a global challenge is based on the ability of all international shareholders and stakeholders to intercommunicate and interact.

Language barriers can pose a great obstacle to the efficient communication and cooperation of all interested parties.

Based on this international symbiosis comes the need for professional translation services providers with expertise in the field of renewable energy.

• Logistics/transference of energy

Most renewable energy projects are large-scale and they cross national borders.

For example Niagara Falls provides energy for both Canada and the USA.

The same applies to the HydroQuebec project. Successful professional translations allow different language groups and cultures to communicate effectively with each other and share the benefits of renewable energy.

• Renewable energy production

While most of the management communication can be carried out in English, there are vertical communication streams that contribute to the production process. The workers involved in the renewable energy sector must clearly understand what they are being asked to do and how to ensure a safe working process.

One badly translated line in a document can send out the wrong message, possibly resulting in life-threatening situations for the workers in the renewable energy industry.

• Renewable energy marketing

There are significant opportunities for companies that operate in the renewable energy technology development industry to market their activities internationally. Accurate translation is therefore the most effective way to reach these rapidly expanding international markets.

Successful product launch requires that advertisements and informational materials along with technology and all supporting documents be available to customers in their language.

• Changing technology/New terms and concepts

One of the biggest challenges in the renewable energy sector is the constant change and development of terms and concepts. Those terms and concepts must be communicated consistently and accurately into the target Language/languages. The world of renewable energy is rapidly evolving, resulting in the need for parallel synergies in both translation quality and technology.

• Subject matter expertise

A thorough vendor selection process is crucial to ensure high quality translation. Often with vendors having to prove their capabilities in translating and localising the key technical terminology, abbreviations and phrases common to the renewable energy industry.

Specific areas of expertise can include:

• Biofuel and biomass energy
• Geothermal energy
• Engineering
• Hydropower
• Photovoltaics
• Solar thermal power
• Water and tidal treatment
• Wind power

Examples of some documents related to the renewable energy sector that often require language translations.

• Annual reports translation
• Data sheets translation
• Energy security reports translation
• Environmental studies translation
• Functional specifications translation
• Feasibility studies translation
• Health & Safety reports translation
• Legal acts translation
• Marine ecology studies translation
• Ornithological and other wildlife impact studies translation
• Resource assessments translation
• Technical specifications translation
• Wind farm reports translation

• Renewable energy translation process. Best practice

• Renewable energy translation project management and evaluation.

Renewable energy translation project to be assigned to an experienced project manager who to perform the project management and coordination.

Project manager to analyse the translation project and decide on the resources needed, both in human and technical terms, as well as, to create a schedule for each stage of the translation process.

• Renewable energy translation process

Project manager to cooperate with experts in the field (most often technical engineers) and prepare the translation project localisation documentation and to establish the standard vocabulary.

To select the members of the renewable energy translation team. Native speaking translators and experts with proven subject matter expertise and in-depth understanding of the renewable energy industry and terminology used in it.

• Renewable energy translation quality control

Proofreading, sampling assessment and periodic review to be performed throughout the translation process stages.

EVS Translations produces excellent translations for diverse language pairs, always on time, and is ideal for listed companies with tight deadlines and high volume, as well as companies and organisations who demand high-quality translations.

Thanks to our in-depth expertise in the translation of industrial texts, EVS Translations supports numerous international companies from the renewable energy and environmental sectors.

Our qualified renewable energy linguists, translators and interpreters have many years of experience of translating renewable energy industry specific documents and are reliable and accurate.

To find out how EVS Translations can help with you renewable energy related documents translation or to request a free quote, please contact our UK Sales Manager – Mr Gregg Babbs, either by phone 0044-1159-644283
or by email:

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As a full-service translation company, at EVS Translations, we offer a variety of multilingual desktop publishing and graphic design services to meet the unique needs of your translation project.

 

Electronic documents

 

Nowadays, more and more documents are published in an electronic format. Whether you require a PDF file or a rich media one or web based files, EVS Translations can provide you with the best translation and desktop publishing solution to fit your project requirements.

At EVS Translations, we have an in-house IT team of professionals experienced in web design and scripting, internet marketing and search engine optimisation. When you require a web file or web site translation, our IT team will rework and test your source code and ensure that you receive web files ready to be published and as effective in other languages as the original.

 

Print-ready documents

 

Many translated documents are designed for printing, or for distribution in a print-ready form. Our desktop publishing team will finalize your translated documents, preserving the page layout and margins of the original ones as far as possible and will deliver the final documents ready for immediate printing/ publishing for your chosen distribution media.

EVS Translations will deliver your translated documents in formats that will not result in any formatting or conversion problems during the subsequent print processes. We are able to provide you with a solution that ensures your documents will be opened and printed out without a problem under any given platform, font set, size or hardware.

 

Supported file formats:

 

At EVS Translation, we are able to process and create files in the following formats, for both Windows and Macintosh platforms:

• Adobe Acrobat Professional
• Adobe FrameMaker
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe PageMaker
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Premiere
• Autocad
• Corel Ventura Publisher
• Corel Draw
• Corel WordPerfect Suite
• Macromedia Dreamweaver
• Macromedia Flash
• Macromedia Freehand
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Project
• Microsoft Publisher
• Microsoft Visio
• Microsoft Word
• Nissus Writer
• OpenOffice.org
• Page Plus
• QuarkXpress
• Ready,Set,Go
• Scribus
• Serif PagePlus
• Web-based files (HTML, XML, Flash, PHP, ASP etc.)

If your desktop publishing project requires software that is not listed above, feel free to contact us for further information.
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Desktop publishing languages

 

Our translation departments have extensive experience in desktop publishing translations with:

• Bulgarian Desktop Publishing
• English Desktop Publishing
• French Desktop Publishing
• German Desktop Publishing
• Italian Desktop Publishing
• Japanese Desktop Publishing
• Portuguese Desktop Publishing
• Russian Desktop Publishing
• Spanish Desktop Publishing
• Multilingual Desktop Publishing

If your desktop publishing translation project requires a language that is not listed above, feel free to contact EVS Translations to discuss your lingual/multilingual requirement.
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Our portfolio of desktop publishing translation and typesetting includes, but is not limited to:

• Advertisements
• Annual and quarterly reports
• Books
• Brochures
• Calls for tender
• Catalogues
• Clinical studies
• Drug development documents
• Guides and manuals
• IFRS accounting
• Labels and packaging
• Magazines
• Multimedia presentations
• Newsletters
• Posters
• Press releases
• Safety Data Sheets
• Websites

Request a free quote for your desktop publishing project.

 

EVS Translations usually offers desktop publishing services as a part of the complete translation process, but we can also offer DTP services for translations done by another translation services company.

 

Our experienced professionals will work with you to plan and execute your publishing requirements.

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EVS Translations Bulgaria is a preferred language services provider to many UK and USA based multi-language vendors (MLVs) and is often contacted to perform language translation services on a subcontractor basis.

If you are a MLV searching to outsource a language translation project, here are the top reasons why should EVS Translations Bulgaria be your translation vendor of choice:

• Experienced team of in-house native speaker translators

EVS Translations Bulgaria has an experienced team of translators working exclusively into their native language, who work on a local basis to ensure optimum text translation and localisation.

• Complete portfolio of language services

EVS Translations Bulgaria is a full-service translation company that offers translation, back translation, interpreting, localisation, proofreading, transcription and DTP services. This ensures that your project is in good hands from beginning to end that you receive a finished file ready for further use and distribution.

With a large team of in-house native speaker translators and a complete service portfolio, EVS Translations Bulgaria has the capacity to handle high volume projects at tight deadlines.

• In-house IT team

EVS Translations Bulgaria has an in-house experienced specialist IT team dedicated exclusively to providing customers with the answers to all their technical language-related questions.

• Translation software to support and facilitate the translation process

Translators at EVS Translations Bulgaria use translation software which helps improve translation efficiency, ensuring consistency of terminology, avoiding reuse of previously translated material, reducing time and cost while simultaneously enhancing quality.

• Our areas of expertise:

<> Financial/banking translation

EVS Translations directly supports over 200 listed companies, translating annual and quarterly reports, equity analyses, ad-hoc notifications and press releases.

Financial translation services portfolio

<> Technical translation

EVS Translations specialises in the translation of a wide range of technical documentation, and our translations are renowned for their quality and accuracy.

Technical translation services portfolio

<> Advertising translation

From storyboards and copy to posters and POS material: EVS Translations understands how best to convey your message in every market in any country.

Advertising translation services portfolio

<> Legal translation

Our specialised translation services caters to the entire spectrum of legal documentation, including, but not limited to contracts, company foundations, legislation and judgements.

Legal translation services portfolio

<> Automotive translation

The range of translations provided in this industry includes documentation regarding the planning and preparation of series production, as well as technical documentation for vehicles.

Automotive translation services portfolio

<> Construction translation

EVS translates a wide range of documents, such as planning studies and construction documentation, as well as those concerning mergers and acquisitions.

Construction translation services portfolio

<> Pharma/Chemical translation

EVS Translations provides companies in the pharmaceutical and chemicals industries, as well as medical institutions, with a comprehensive portfolio of technical, medical and legal language services.

Pharmaceutical, chemicals and medical translation services portfolio

EVS Translations has successfully complied customer and area-specific dictionaries and glossaries over the past decade which are incorporated into the software tools that it works with.

Area-specific dictionaries can assure the consistency of terms in the translation and take into account the terminology demands of specific industries

• References

EVS Translations is a specialist translation and language service provider with over 600 corporate clients in various business areas. It has accrued numerous references project testifying to its expertise and quality of services over our many years of service.

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• Project management

Project Managers act as your central contact partner to guarantee optimum cooperation, thereby ensuring an efficient and friendly one-stop complete service. A project manager is in turn supported by an operations manager, who acts as the central contact person for the client.

Contact our Project Management team today

• Quality assurance department

The solid reputation enjoyed by EVS Translations Bulgaria can be largely attributed to its Quality Assurance Department and its effective and exacting translation and service standards.

Contact EVS Translations Bulgaria.

EVS Translations
Bulgaria

Alexandar Stamboliyski 47

1000 Sofia, Bulgaria

Tel./Fax: +359-2-9805668

Tel.: +359-2-9805254

Email: bg(at)evs-evs.com.