Nicole Y. Adams founded NYA Communications in 2003 in the United Kingdom before relocating to Australia in 2010. The company, which offers services to companies around the world, including German/English translation, editing, proofreading, and localisation, also offers workshops and coaching for translators.

These innovative products and services are designed to allow the modern business to communicate across cultural and geographic barriers. Adams’s passion for languages, translation and business development through marketing and public relations truly shows. In a 2012 competition she scored 19th on the ranking of the Top 100 Language Twitterers, in addition to being a gold winner at the 2012 Australian Business Quality Awards for Service Excellence scoring over 90% customer satisfaction.

Prior to moving to Australia, Adams was with Xerox GKLS, 2006, serving as its in-house translation project manager, followed by a position at SpinVox, UK, from 2006 to 2007 as the English and German quality manager. She also served as an in-house multilingual account manger with Safenet, UK, from 2004 to 2006. Adams has also been a member in good standing registered with the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs in the UK, mentoring new freelance language professionals since 2009, and currently serves on several committees of the Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators. She is also a member in good standing of the German and American Translators Associations, and the Chartered Institute of Linguists and the Chartered Public Relations Institute in the UK.

With a Masters Degree in Linguistics from the University Reading in the UK and her certification in German/English translation, she is well positioned to help companies meet the demands of the modern global economy. Coupled with certifications in public relations, a diploma in marketing communications and social media marketing, Adams is well placed to be successful in helping businesses launch new multi-national marketing campaigns.