Translation Montreal

Translation Services Montreal

At LingoStar we serve many corporate and individual clients in Montreal. The province of Quebec is home to a diversified group of industries that require language services on an on-going basis, particularly from French to English and English to French. Our knowledge and expertise in the Montreal business market can enrich your company with multicultural communication and help you expand on a national and global scale.

Montreal - A Multicultural City

Montreal is located in the province of Quebec and is the second-largest city in Canada. It was founded in 1534 and remains one of the oldest cities to be settled in North America. It was heavily influenced by French culture and has managed to maintain its distinctive European style.

People of European descent form the largest population of ethnic groups in Montreal: These include French 23%, Italian 10%, Irish 5%, English 4%, Scottish 3%, and Spanish 2%.

Languages in Montreal

Montreal is the largest French-speaking city in North America, and the second in the world after Paris, France. Both English and French are taught in schools, but in post-secondary institutions in Montreal, French is prevalent.

In Montreal, approximately 68% of the population speaks French at home, compared to 17% who speak English. The remaining 15% of the population speaks a language other than English and French, including Italian, Arabic, Spanish, Creole, Chinese, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Vietnamese and Russian.

Industry in Montreal

Montreal today is a leading centre of commerce, finance, industry, technology, culture, and world affairs, with prominence in industries including aerospace, electronic goods, pharmaceuticals, print media, software engineering, telecommunications, textile and apparel manufacturing, tobacco and transportation.
The Port of Montreal is the largest inland port in the world handling 26 million tonnes of cargo annually. Montreal is the railway hub of Canada and has always been an extremely important rail city; it is home to the headquarters of the Canadian National Railway.

Montreal is also a centre of film and television production, as well as a booming video game industry. The city is home to many recognized cultural, film and music festivals, including the world re-known Just for Laughs Festival and the Montreal Jazz Festival, as well as the Montreal International Literary Festival, one of the world's first multilingual literary festivals.

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