Acuity Key People

Favourite Food:  Curry     

Favourite Drink: Baileys (large, without ice please) 

Hobbies: Motorbikes, dogs, gardening, food and drinking good claret

Interesting fact: Ruth’s a qualified Metatronics® and Intuitive Core Healer in her spare time 

Awards: Young Business of the Year 1997 (RP Translate), Bedfordshire Businesswoman of the Year 2000

Memberships: MRS, ATC Council Member, ESOMAR, Camaro owners' club

Languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, plus bits of Chinese, Hebrew, Greek, and a handful of others too!

What Ruth says:  My life revolves around Acuity. I’ve been running it for nearly 20 years, brought up 5 kids over that time, moved country (there and back – and left some kids there too!), and it still won’t go away!  I suppose languages and effective communication are underlying passions for me.  Although I laugh at funny mistranslations, something still grates that it wasn’t properly done in the first place…  Maybe that’s why they call me ‘Mrs Pedantic’ in the office?

E-mail: ruth.partington@acuitytranslations.com Skype: rpt_ruth

Favourite Food: Curry

Favourite Drink: A good Single Malt

Hobbies: Motorbikes, MotoGP, dogs, organic gardening, food and drinking good claret

Interesting facts: John’s a qualified Metatronics® healer and works with energy and crystals in his spare time, as well as biking off round Europe to watch as many Moto GP’s as time will allow. Being half Scottish, he loves to wear a skirt whenever the opportunity arises.

Memberships: MRS, BIG, ESOMAR, Mercedes fan club

Languages: English and French

What John says: My life revolves around Acuity. I’ve been helping to run it for over 14 years, moved country (there and back), and am still driven to continuously develop our offering!  I am passionate about doing business with a smile and I firmly believe that it should be fun.  Maybe that’s why they call me ‘Mr Funny’ in the office?

E-mail: 
john.temple@acuitytranslations.com
Skype: rpt_john

Favourite Food: I couldn’t possibly choose a favourite….there isn’t much I don’t like!

Favourite Drink: A Hendrick’s and tonic

Hobbies:  Cooking, yoga, cinema and television

Interesting fact: Becky has spent time living in France, Spain, Russia and Switzerland, but found Russia was by far the most eye-opening country of all (not least thanks to her rather eccentric Russian landlady…).

Qualifications: MA Translation & Professional Language Skills and BA Modern Language Studies from the University of Bath

Languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian and a bit of Chinese

What Becky says: Translation Memory and CAT (Computer Aided Translation) tools are my key remit at Acuity.  I’m the one in charge of cataloguing your translation memories and making sure you get best value for your XML exports!

E-mail: becky.kinnersley@acuitytranslations.com   Skype: rpt_becky