Previous PageSTTI started out in 1993 as a small business based in Toronto, Ontario, offering German to English scientific/technical translation. After a couple of years of quiet existence, an opportunity arose to relocate to Deep River, a small science town on the Ottawa River. Furthermore, the fact that Deep River's cost of living is considerably lower than Toronto's was a factor in the initial decision to move.
After the company moved in 1996, STTI started to expand beyond the original language combination. This was a natural progression, since Deep River and the surrounding area (upper Ottawa Valley) has a diverse base of highly trained, multilingual people.
Years later, STTI has survived and grown, and we have learned that our company has not limited itself by locating around here in the "near north". On a personal level, the quality of life is beyond comparison. The Upper Ottawa Valley is naturally beautiful, there is lots of space and clean water, and it is a safe and wonderful place to raise children. And thanks to the influence of past and present resource-based and research industries in the area, the local population is rich in cultural, academic, and technological resources.
Where else can you find a town of 4,000 people with a 50-year old symphony orchestra, modern equipped hospital, lawn bowling club, indoor 25m pool, and clubs for every pursuit; from astronomy to soaring, pottery to judo?
Life proceeds at a different pace up here. The Internet is also maturing -- the majority of STTI's new business is generated by our web site. By exploiting the latest advances in IT, we are successfully competing in the global translation industry. Even from "the middle of nowhere".
Still, our company's contribution to the local tax base is small because the majority of our expenditures goes towards paying professional freelance translators, most of whom still live outside of the upper Ottawa Valley. These independent people can work and live anywhere there is electricity and a phone line.
Who knows -- they (or you) may actually enjoy the unique mix of clean water, bush, science, multi-ethnicity and snow machines in this area.
People have lived along the Ottawa River since 7000 B.C. Samuel de Champlain, followed by fur traders, travelled these waters for centuries before Upper and Lower Canadian, German, Irish and Scottish settlers arrived in the 1800's. This century, scientists and technologists from around the world have come to work at the Chalk River Laboratories, and the Petawawa National Forestry Institute.
This is why the upper Ottawa Valley, home to 6,000 people, has a diversity of multilingual, specialised talent who are fluent or native speakers of many languages.
This section has been created in association with the Economic Development department of the Town of Deep River to give professional translators the opportunity to learn more about life in the upper Ottawa Valley.
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