Elena Mansur O’Dowd

Founder | General ManagerElena is a pioneer in Intercultural Communication in Chile.In 2011, upon returning from Sydney, Australia, where she earned a Master’s in Crosscultural Communication from the University of Sydney, she founded her startup, CROSSCULTURAL®, the first company in Chile that was born to answer the need for more efficient communications between people of different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. With over 18 years of translation experience, she is also the only ATA (American Translators Association) certified translator in Chile who is a native English speaker.She has dedicated most of her professional life to translating but has also been involved in professional proofreading, intercultural communication consultations, and tailor-made cultural adaptation workshops.  Her other areas of expertise are migration, sociolinguistics, dialectology, cross-cultural business relations and management, and multicultural teams.Native bilingual in American English and Spanish, she is also fluent in Portuguese and Greek.  She adores dialects, slang, and etymology. One of her favorite hobbies is the collection of all types of words and idiomatic phrases from different countries. Proudly, she is a fully-fledged language nerd. 

Translation pioneers

 CROSSCULTURAL® TRANSLATES WITH CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE 

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WHAT IS CROSSCULTURAL®?

TRANSLATION AGENCY WITH CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE

Cultural intelligence

Is the backbone of CROSSCULTURAL®.

CROSSCULTURAL

We promote smooth and efficient communications between people from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds, avoiding misunderstandings caused by cultural clashes.

We are a network

Of native translators and professional linguists.

We are a team

Of interculturally competent professionals with native knowledge of several countries.

PURPOSE AND MISSION

“We strive to work towards an interconnected world of communication with cultural intelligence.”

We are driven by a deep desire for companies and individuals to have mechanisms for bringing their cultures closer and overcoming language barriers.

MORE THAN 500 TRANSLATIONS DONE IN THE LAST YEAR!

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    OUR CLIENTS

    TESTIMONIALS

    Paula García / Owner and founder of the brand PAULASHES
    Joseph Weiner / Sr. Talent Strategist

    As a supplier, CROSSCULTURAL offers the flexibility that a multinational company needs to bring its message and value proposition to the different markets where our business operates. There is fluid and direct interactions with their team of professionals and the ability to understand the specific needs of each industry’s challenges.

    Marco Dasencich / Head of Marketing, SQMC

    CROSSCULTURAL’s important contribution as a strategic partner to REPRISE is its concrete development of a ‘cultural insight’ concept, which is applied in the content writing and translation services provided for us. This has allowed Reprise to add value and stand out in positioning itself as a marketing agency that delivers what brands require for a truly global perspective. CROSSCULTURAL’s native input allows us to offer a differentiated and competitive service in the content market.

    Gustavo Rothkegel / Business Director REPRISE GLOBAL DIGITAL MARKETING AGENCY

    Nathaly Arias / Operations Management Prosegur