Acuity Key People
The Acuity team are a dedicated team of qualified professionals, who work hard and play hard. Meet key members of the team and find out more about who we are and what we do.

Ruth Partington
Director
My life revolves around Acuity. I’ve been running it for nearly 20 years, brought up 5 kids over ...
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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

John Temple
Co-owner and Director
My life revolves around Acuity. I’ve been helping to run it for over 14 years, moved country ...
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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