Resources
The RLN provides a wide range of free language resources to help your business access new markets, improve international communications and utilise language services.
Business resource centre
Check out the websites, blogs and online resources which we think could be useful to businesses who want to improve their language and cultural capabilities or are involved in international trade or tourism.
Visit our business resource centre 
How To guides
Our range of How To guides provide advice for businesses on choosing and using language professionals such as translators and language trainers, improving international communications and employing multilingual staff.
Browse our full range of How To guides
Cultural briefings
Our two-page cultural briefings serve as a useful introduction to new markets and incoude general information such as business etiquette, basic phrases, geography and economy. These guides currently cover 29 countries including Brazil, China, India, the Middle East and Russia.
Browse our full range of cultural briefings
Top Tips information sheets
Top tips to help your business better understand the process behind and how to commission language services such as translation and website localisation:
Download top tips for working with translators
Download top tips for localising your website
Download top tips for working with interpreters
Business language research
You might also be interested in some business language research commissioned by the RLN to find out more about employer demand for language and cross-cultural skills in West Midlands businesses.
Find out more about this business research
RLN West Midlands bi-monthly e-zine
You can read the latest from the RLN WM in our bi-monthly e-zine, The Business of Language. Please visit our news pages to browse our newsletter archives.
Read the latest edition of the Business of Language
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