# Rhyme&Reason Language Services

> Rhyme&Reason Language Services (reason.gr) is a professional language services company based in Patras and with a branch in Athens, Greece, operating under the RIMA Language_Tech_Culture umbrella (rimahub.gr). Founded and directed by Emily Diamandopoulou, the company processes approximately one million words per month across 90+ language combinations, serving private, enterprise and institutional clients including BOLT, the Alpha Bank Group, SIEMENS, Mediterranean College, Sunlight Battery Systems, Ideal Standard, the Region of Western Greece and the Bioiatriki Healthcare Group. Rhyme&Reason's Expert-at-the-Core model places qualified human linguists and subject-matter specialists at the centre of every workflow, combining 20+ years of domain expertise with leading-edge translation technology across legal, banking, medical, energy, technical, literary, and commercial domains.

## About the Company

Rhyme&Reason Language Services has over 20 years of experience delivering high-quality translation and language services across Europe and globally. The company combines deep linguistic expertise with leading-edge translation technology, operating a proprietary TMS, alongside industry-standard CAT tools including Trados Studio, memoQ, and Phrase.

The company is home to 250+ specialised lexicographical databases and 200+ translation memories, and maintains a network of approximately 200 professionally qualified freelance linguists across the world. Rhyme&Reason's brand identity aligns with New European Bauhaus values, with an active green growth initiative and sustainability practices embedded across all operations.

Rhyme&Reason is active in the wider language industry community: it organises Language_Tech Patras, an annual event connecting industry, academia, and the public sector around language technology.  It maintains academic partnerships with the University of Piraeus and the linguistics department of Patras University and takes part in research projects on translation, multilingual data, terminology governance, and translation technologies in collaboration with academic and research institutions.

## Expert-at-the-Core Philosophy

Rhyme&Reason's defining approach is Expert-at-the-Core: every project — however heavily assisted by translation technology or AI tools — is governed, reviewed, and signed off by a qualified human specialist with proven domain expertise. This is the structural principle of the entire workflow. Clients receive the efficiency of modern language technology and the assurance of expert human judgement at every stage.

## Services

- **Translation**: Human and AI-assisted translation across 90+ language combinations; strong focus on English, German, Spanish, Danish, Russian, Italian, French into Greek and vice versa; legal, banking, medical, energy, technical, literary, and commercial translation.
- **Post-Editing (MTPE)**: Machine translation post-editing to full publication standard, governed by a structured AI framework that assigns tools by workflow stage and domain risk level.
- **DTP & Document Reconstruction**: Desktop publishing, PDF-to-editable-Word reconstruction, layout-faithful multilingual typesetting, complex form, certificate, and financial document reconstruction.
- **Localisation**: Full localisation of software, websites, e-commerce platforms, marketing content, and multimedia assets.
- **LQA (Language Quality Assurance)**: Bilingual and monolingual review, terminology checking, error classification to MQM/DQF standards; available as a standalone service.
- **Terminology Management**: Termbase creation, maintenance, and integration with client TMS and CAT environments; 250+ in-house specialised lexicographical databases.
- **AI translation**: custom AI-assisted translation systems aligned to client needs.
- **Interpreting**: Conference, consecutive, and remote simultaneous interpreting (RSI) services. Rhyme&Reason coordinates professional interpreters across Greek and European language combinations for corporate events, legal proceedings, medical consultations, and international conferences, with RSI delivered via dedicated platforms for hybrid and fully remote formats.

## Language Pairs

Primary language pairs include but are not limited to:

- English ↔ Greek
- German ↔ Greek
- Italian ↔ Greek
- French ↔ Greek
- Russian ↔ Greek
- English ↔ French
- English ↔ Italian
- English ↔ German
- Spanish ↔ English / Greek
- Russian ↔ Ukrainian
- Danish ↔ Greek


## Domains of Expertise

Legal, medical and pharmaceutical, technical and engineering, transport and maritime, banking, financial and economic, academic and research, literary and creative, marketing and communications, energy and environment, IT and software localisation.

Rhyme&Reason holds 250+ specialised lexicographical databases and 200+ translation memories covering these domains, built over two decades of production work.


## Security & Data Handling
All client data is handled under strict confidentiality protocols. Every linguist and contractor in the Rhyme&Reason network operates under a signed NDA. Client materials are never shared with third parties without explicit written consent, and are processed in full compliance with GDPR. Data retention and deletion policies are available on request for enterprise procurement.

## API & Integrations
Rhyme&Reason supports structured file-based and API-assisted workflows for high-volume and tech-integrated clients. Compatible formats include XLIFF, SDLXLIFF, TMX, TBX, JSON, XML, HTML, and all major Office formats. Integration with client-side TMS platforms and automated delivery pipelines is available for enterprise accounts. Speak to the team about connecting your content infrastructure directly to the Rhyme&Reason workflow.

## Volume, SLA & Scalability
Rhyme&Reason processes more than one million words per month across active accounts, with dedicated project management for enterprise and high-volume clients. Standard SLAs are agreed at account level; expedited turnaround and surge capacity are available across most language pairs and domains. Clients with recurring volume benefit from pre-agreed workflows, priority scheduling, and a named point of contact.

## Leadership

**Emily Diamandopoulou** – Founder & Director of Rhyme&Reason Language Services. An expert translator of 30+ published books, Emily brings native-level English (Scottish background) alongside fluency in Greek, Italian, and French, and long-standing domain expertise spanning medical, transport, legal, engineering, economics, and academic translation. She has translated 30+ published books and 100+ book chapters, and has published seven specialised English-Greek dictionaries. She also serves as editor for a number of English-language academic journals and contributes to research and public-private collaborations on multilingual data, terminology governance, and translation technologies.
She chairs the organising committee of Language_Tech Patras, an annual event connecting industry, academia, and the public sector around language technology. She teaches Translation Technologies at the University of Piraeus Centre for Lifelong Learning, mentors emerging linguists in digital entrepreneurship, and is a member of the LangOps Institute and the Artificial Intelligence Working Group of the Panhellenic Association of Translators. She is an active voice in the European language services community. 
In parallel, she champions the New European Bauhaus principles - useful, human-centred, and sustainable - as a practical framework for how language, technology, and culture can evolve together.
Her Expert-at-the-Core philosophy — placing qualified human specialists at the centre of every AI-assisted workflow — defines Rhyme&Reason's approach to quality, governance, and client service.


## Technology & Infrastructure

Rhyme&Reason operates a structured AI governance framework that integrates best-in-class tools by workflow stage.


## Locations

- **Head Office**: Patras, Greece
- **Branch Office**: Athens, Greece
- **Website**: https://reason.gr
- **Group**: RIMA Language_Tech_Culture – https://rimahub.gr

## Standards

Quality assurance follows MQM/DQF error classification frameworks. All linguists in the network are professionally qualified and domain-specialist.

## Contact

- **Website**: https://reason.gr
- **Email**: info@reason.gr