Translation Los Angeles

Translation Services Los Angeles

Although LingoStar is based in Vancouver, Canada, we regularly serve corporate and individual clients in Los Angeles. With such close proximity and sharing of the same Pacific Standard time zone, we have an advantage to service your Los Angeles language needs. LingoStar can help your Los Angeles business achieve multilingual communication across Canada, the USA and overseas.

Los Angeles - City of Angels

Los Angeles, located on the west coast of the United States, is the largest city in the state of California. It is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, mountain ranges, deep valleys, forest, and desert.

Interestingly, Los Angeles was first founded in 1781 by a Spanish governor and 44 Hispanic settlers and named, ‘El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula’. It became a part of Mexico in 1821 following the Mexican War of Independence. In 1848, at the end of the Mexican–American War, Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Today, the city is simply referred to as ‘L.A.’

Los Angeles, and in particular Hollywood, is a world centre for the entertainment industry. In fact, about 24 million people visit Los Angeles every year to explore the 90 stage theatres and more than 300 museums and tourist attractions, including Dodgers Stadium, Universal Studios, and Disneyland.

Languages in Los Angeles

Los Angeles has the largest number of Spanish speakers in the United States. In 2010, Los Angeles housed a large percentage of Hispanics or Latinos of any race, totaling 48.5% of the population. Among them, 31.9% are Mexican, 6.0% Salvadoran, 3.6% Guatemalan, 0.6% Honduran, 0.4% Nicaraguan, 0.4% Puerto Rican, 0.4% Peruvian, 0.4% Cuban, 0.3% Colombian, 0.2% Argentinean, and 0.2% Ecuadorian.

Other widely spoken languages besides English and Spanish are Chinese, Tagalog (Filipino), Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Thai, no doubt due to a percentage of 12% of the foreign-born population coming from Asian backgrounds.

Industry in Los Angeles

Los Angeles is a world center of business, international trade, entertainment (television, motion pictures, video games, and music production), aerospace, technology, petroleum, fashion, apparel, culture, media, science, education and tourism.

Los Angeles is also the largest manufacturing center in the western United States. The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach together comprise the fifth-busiest port in the world. Other significant industries include media production, finance, telecommunications, law, healthcare, and transportation.

The performing arts play a major role in Los Angeles' cultural identity. There are over 1,000 musical, theater, dance, and performing groups, Los Angeles is often billed as the "Creative Capital of the World", due to the fact that one in every six of its residents works in a creative industry.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles