Management: Lingua-World founder Nelly Kostadinova
Language “is the formative organ of thought”, declared the linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt in the 19th century.
All Lingua-World translations our founded on this one important idea. Lingua-World’s founder and CEO Nelly Kostadinova has been living this philosophy for over 20 years – her own life story is inextricably connected with Lingua-World’s operating principles.
Lingua-World’s philosophy and company history
Of course we can think without speaking – but we are driven to communicate our thoughts to the outside world, and to that end language is and will always be our most important instrument. 200 Years after Wilhelm von Humboldt, we find ourselves in a time called the Age of Communication: We find ourselves increasingly in dialogue with people whose thoughts are grounded in a language system other than our own.
Lingua-World’s philosophy and company history
1997 she founded the translation office Lingua-World in Cologne- as the subleaser of a lamp seller in the “Belgischen Viertel”, where a great number of agencies and media companies are still located today.
2001 Lingua-World moved to its own company house in the neighbourhood of Klettenberg.
Owner/CEO: Nelly Kostadinova
2001 the first branch office opened in Aachen, with further locations in Frankfurt, Nuremburg and Stuttgart following soon after.
2006 the Dusseldorf branch opened. In the same year, Nelly Kostadinova decided to expand the business concept through franchising. The first partner, Andrea Gaviel, opened a branch in Bremen. The translator and interpreter still leads this office, which is one of Lingua-World’s most successful offices in Germany.
2008 the Hamburg branch opened.
2009 Lingua-World was nominated for the Cologne Entrepreneur Award. In January of this year the Berlin and Essen branches opened.
2010 Nelly Kostadinova was nominated as one of three female entrepreneurs for the international Business Woman Award – Veuve Clicqot. The winner has not yet been chosen.
