How This First-Gen Somali American Turned His Knack for Languages Into a Go-To Enterprise Service

How  is First-Gen Somali American Turned His Knack for Languages Into a Go-To Enterprise Ser vice

a million dollars. It made sense to initially focus on winning government contracts because of our location, and we had steady growth from 2016 up until 2020. The pandemic was defi nitely a challenge, but we also won some big federal contracts and acquired a local language training company, resulting in 2021 being our best year ever, by far.

Our mission is to help organizations thrive in a global, multilanguage environment, so we work on everything from marketing materials to training manuals and website copy, but we also help government agencies translate foreign documents and provide linguists. Knowing whom to assign to a specifi c project is key, because they need to understand the context. If we're working for a health care company, the translator needs to understand the terminology as well as the language. Finding that mix of language mastery and knowledge of the subject matter is what makes our people so impressive.

I'm still keeping myself busy with side hustles, but mostly as a minority shareholder. At the same time, I'm trying to expand my own language knowledge. I'm fl uent in English, Arabic, and Somali, but I'd like to have at least fi ve languages in my back pocket, so I'm working on improv ing my high school Spanish and learning American Sign Language, which I think will be a major focus for us going forward. I know from experience that being able to talk directly with a client can go a long way in strengthening relationships. https://www.inc.com/magazine/202209/bensherry/piedmont-global-language-solutionslanguage-business-mohamed-husseininc-5000-2022.html Image credit: prlog.org www.blackillustrations.com