A newly formed Lincolnshire company backed by The Princes Trust is making rapid national and international inroads with its multi-language translation services.

Translation Lincs Limited  based at Manor Farm Business Court, Walcott , formed by 24 year old  Stephanie Denton, herself a trained and qualified linguist, offers translations in over 250 languages to companies and organisations covering all fields ranging from Astronomy to Zoology and boasts amongst its clients a number of large fashion companies, Lincolnshire County Council and a local firm of solicitors.

Initially formed as a team of translators, Translation Lincs grew so rapidly due to its exceptional success that the next stage in its development was inevitable, becoming a fully-fledged agency and incorporated company.

"All of our translators are native speakers of their target languages and are fully fluent in their source languages. Each translator is handpicked for his or her skills and specialties. They must hold a degree in translation or equivalent relevant experience and each translator is tried and tested by Translation Lincs before they are added to our database and they must have at least 5 years of translation experience," said Stephanie, who translates in eight languages.

"No job is too big or too small for us. Our translation service is bespoke, and as such is tailored to suit individual needs. We have an expanding carefully selected network of 5000 highly qualified linguists to draw upon"

Raised in a RAF household, at the age of 14 Stephanie moved to the South of France thanks to her father's RAF exchange. There she was immersed in French culture and attended a French school. She obtained a French Baccalaureate and moved to Paris, where she attended the University of London Institute. She obtained a BA (Hons) degree in French Studies and subsequently moved back to the UK. After working for a sales company in Essex, she moved back to Lincoln and started working for the family business, Lucette - lingerie boutique in the Bailgate.

Whilst still working part-time for the family business, she started an MA in Translation Studies via Distance Learning with the University of the West of England. She started translating when she moved to France as a hobby and as part-time job during her studies.

"I enjoyed it so much whilst completing my MA assignments that my passion was rekindled and I decided to supplement my part-time job with translating and interpreting. I decided to contact the Prince's Trust for support in becoming self-employed. However, I was so busy with translation work that I couldn't attend the course until much later."

"The translation and interpretation work became such an active role in my life that I decided to leave the family business and focus on my career as a translator. I decided that my workload was becoming too much for me to handle by myself. I attended The Prince's Trust workshop over two sessions and opened my own translation agency in September 2011. We offer translation, interpretation, proofreading and language tuition amongst other language-related services and are currently looking to expand our services and are actively seeking Eastern European translators," said Stephanie,

Stephanie who has worked in the industry as a translator, proofreader and interpreter since 2002, before starting her own business had a word of encouragement to other would-be young entrepreneurs. "I'm very proud of what I've achieved so far, and want other people to know that they can do it too."

Translation Lincs, which received a £3,000 loan from The Prince's Trust has benefited from The Prince's Trust Intensive Start-Up Support Programme, which is funded through Solutions For Business.