Global Interpreting understands the importance of working in the Dutch language. For over 10 years, Global Interpreting has worked with the Dutch language as well as hundreds of other from around the word. We are a one stop full language service provider. Offering Over the Phone, Video Remote, Face to Face, Transcription, Document and Website Translation in 150 languages including American Sign Language (ASL) nation and worldwide.

Dutch is a West Germanic language spoken by over 22 million people as a native language and over 5 million people as a second language. Most native speakers live in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, with smaller groups of speakers in parts of France, Germany and former Dutch colonies. It is closely related to other West Germanic languages (e.g., English, Scots, West Frisian and German) and also to the North Germanic languages.

Dutch is the parent language of Afrikaans and of several Creole languages, most of which are now extinct. The Dutch Language Union coordinates actions of the Dutch, Flemish and Surinamese authorities in linguistic issues, language policy, language teaching and literature.

Dutch dialects are remarkably diverse and distinct in the Netherlands. The same applies to the dialects in the Flanders region in Belgium. A special series on Dutch dialects provides detailed information on this subject. The introduction of Standard Dutch in the 1960s began later in Flanders, due in part to the suppression of the Dutch language by the French language in Belgium.

Dutch devoices all obstruents at the ends of words, which presents a problem for Dutch speakers when learning English. This is partly reflected in the spelling: the singular of huizen (houses) becomes Hui, and that of duiven (doves) becomes duif. The other cases, viz. "p"/"b" and "d"/"t" are always written with the letter for the voiced consonant, although a devoiced one is actually pronounced, e.g. sg. Baard (beard), pronounced as baart, has plural baarden and sg. Rib (rib), pronounced as rip has plural ribben.

The Dutch language is an important language worldwide. It is vital to understand the general nature and specific idiosyncrasies of Dutch. For over 10 years Global Interpreting has provided outstanding Dutch translators, over the phone, face to face and conference interpreters nation and worldwide.