Language Services West Inc

A marina and the five-story Tokai Bank Building on West Coast Highway near Newport Boulevard in Newport Beach will be renovated and the building converted to offices, while the marina will become a private yacht club. The project is a joint venture between Haseko (California) Inc.--the Los Angeles-based arm of a Japanese real estate company--and Language Services West Inc., a Tokyo language instructor. The project, which will now cost far more than the $2.3 million originally estimated, is scheduled for completion in the fall.

A marina and the five-story Tokai Bank Building on West Coast Highway near Newport Boulevard in Newport Beach will be renovated and the building converted to offices, while the marina will become a private yacht club. The project is a joint venture between Haseko (California) Inc.--the Los Angeles-based arm of a Japanese real estate company--and Language Services West Inc., a Tokyo language instructor. The project, which will now cost far more than the $2.3 million originally estimated, is scheduled for completion in the fall.

Local sailors may have to learn to say port and starboard in Japanese if they want to avoid a collision in an international regatta being held Thanksgiving weekend in Newport Harbor. That's because there will not be time to translate during the fast-paced races pitting some of Japan's top collegiate sailors against top Western U.S. sailors. The inaugural Japan-United States Intercollegiate Goodwill Regatta, which will begin at 11 a.m.

Argentine immigrant Marta Marquez had always dreamed of becoming a teacher, while her son, Alex, had his heart set on becoming a business executive. So when the enterprising mother of four and her son started a language-translation and interpreting service in 1984, they counted themselves lucky to land 15 customers a month and ring up $10,000 in sales the first year. But much to their surprise, Iberia Language Services Inc.