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The ATC’s Language Industry Awards recognise and show our appreciation to the people and companies who innovate, stay resilient in the face of challenges, and make change happen.
These are the finalists of the ATC’s annual Language Industry Awards for 2026, congratulations to you all!
Join us at ATC Gold, our 50th anniversary conference and our Awards Ceremony in Glasgow on 22 October to raise a glass to the winners, and spend the evening in the best company!
Company of the Year Finalists
Category judged by Geoffrey Bowden, General Secretary, EUATC
Wolfestone Group
Wolfestone Group has built resilience through strategic diversification, including international acquisition and an expanded portfolio of accessibility and multimedia services under the VoiceBox subbrand. Their pivot away from reliance on a single service line has paid off, with newer service areas now outperforming traditional translation in new business generation.
Silent Sounds Communications
Silent Sounds Communications’ InterpretCart project which deploys mobile video interpreting units across hospital sites to provide on-demand access in a wide range of languages is a standout, tangible innovation with real social impact. Their principled stance on sustainable interpreter booking practices, combined with workforce stability and zero redundancies, reflects a values-driven business operating with integrity.
Translators Family
Translators Family’s story of resilience is exceptional. Originally founded in Ukraine, relocating amid conflict and opening a UK office after the 2022 invasion, all while team members continue working from Ukraine. Commercially, their “psychology over technology” approach, combined with smart AI-assisted workflows and subscription packages, has delivered significant profit growth.
https://www.translatorsfamily.com/
Empower Translate
Empower Translate has achieved strong revenue growth while expanding into new countries and welcoming a significant number of new clients, driven by deep specialist focus on the market research vertical and responsible AI adoption. Their use of data modelling for staff engagement and personalised development programmes reflects an unusually sophisticated approach to people management.
Geo Language Services
Celebrating 20 years in business under the same name and ownership, Geo has maintained consistent quality certifications throughout, with their most recent year being their best commercially. The soft launch of a proprietary AI-supported tool suite designed specifically for life sciences alongside a HIPAA-compliant transcription tool demonstrates impressive, sector-focused innovation built on two decades of domain expertise.
https://www.geolanguages.co.uk/
TranslateAble
TranslateAble’s outstanding client satisfaction and retention rates are particularly impressive given the budget pressures facing the events industry, and their new multilingual stand staff service directly addresses a genuine, unmet need for exhibitors facing international audiences. Their model of offering a comprehensive range of language services as a single events-specialist partner makes them genuinely difficult to replace.
https://www.translateable.com/
New Member of the Year Finalists
Category judged by Graeme Lawrence, Managing Director, Snowball Strategic Growth
Avocate Legal and Business French Services
Avocate has made a strong impression in the language services community since joining the ATC, taking on an ISO representative role for the ATC and leading a significant website modernisation project for the ITI LIFT Committee. Their willingness to contribute beyond their own business, sharing knowledge through workshops and CPD on AI-related challenges, reflects a genuinely community-minded new member.
Govan Community Project / VoiceOver
VoiceOver is a distinctive entrant as the language services arm of Govan Community Project, a charity-rooted organisation supporting refugees and asylum seekers, now transitioning into a Community Interest Company with a commitment to gifting back a significant sum annually to its parent charity. Their investment in contractor wellbeing, including vicarious trauma support and counselling, alongside research partnerships with Glasgow University, reflects an unusually thoughtful and mission-driven approach.
https://www.voiceoverinterpreting.org.uk/
Thought In Motion
Botswana-based Thought In Motion brings a well-established Africa-wide network of language experts and a track record of delivering under pressure, demonstrated by a last-minute deployment of interpretation equipment for a large-scale event. Their development of an intern-led quality control workflow and an Afro-Lusophone QC system shows a commitment to building sustainable, socially conscious language services in underserved markets.
Translators Family
Translators Family’s story of resilience is compelling, having relocated from Ukraine to Poland and opening a UK office following the 2022 invasion, with team members still working from Ukraine today. Their ability to triple revenue through a combination of AI-assisted workflows, strong vendor relationships and subscription-based packages, all while maintaining a people-first culture, marks them out as an exceptional new member.
https://www.translatorsfamily.com/
Team of the Year Finalists
Category judged by Marco Baglioni, CEO, LanguageCheck.ai
Intonation
Intonation’s production team has delivered a defining year, most notably leading the full implementation of a complex system integration now supporting a high volume of projects per month, while also reshaping the production model to deliver a significant step-change in efficiency. Their involvement in live LLM testing and API integration work, grounded in real production insight, marks them out as a team driving genuine innovation from within.
Translators Family
Translator’s Family’s team demonstrated exceptional cohesion under pressure, most notably delivering a complex, large-scale medical e-learning localisation project that required coordinating over twenty linguists across multiple unfamiliar platforms within an extremely tight timeframe. Their structural innovations, including internal role evolution, subscription-based packages and AI-assisted workflows, helped them triple revenue, while their support for colleagues still working from Ukraine adds a deeply human dimension to their achievements.
https://www.translatorsfamily.com/
Silent Sounds Communications
Silent Sounds Communications’ team delivered a transformational portal migration project, successfully transferring over twelve years of historical data with no disruption to essential interpreting and accessibility services, often working outside normal hours to ensure continuity. Their people-first approach throughout the transition, keeping both interpreters and clients informed and supported, reflects a team whose commitment goes well beyond standard delivery.
TranslateAble
TranslateAble’s team brings a rare dual expertise in both events and languages, enabling them to serve four of the top global exhibition organisers with a client satisfaction and retention rate that reflects consistent, trusted delivery. Their identification and rapid execution of two new market opportunities, AI captioning brokerage and a first-of-its-kind multilingual stand staff service, demonstrates a team that is commercially sharp and genuinely attuned to its industry.
https://www.translateable.com/
Peak Translations
Peak Translations’ team delivered strong growth across all key metrics, including turnover, gross profit and interpreting assignments, while maintaining a high Net Promoter Score and achieving perfect on-time delivery. Their launch of the Peak Service Range, investment in CRM and technology, and commitment to community through volunteering and pro bono work reflect a well-rounded team that balances commercial ambition with genuine values.
https://peak-translations.co.uk/
Wessence Language Lab
Wessence Language Lab’s Project Management team navigated a complex three-way merger with remarkable unity, cross-training across translation and multimedia workflows and achieving dual ISO certifications in under six months with zero disruption to client delivery. Their grassroots, collaborative approach to building a unified culture from three distinct organisations makes them a compelling and inspiring example of what teamwork under pressure can achieve.
https://wessencelab.com/en/home/
Sustainable Business of the Year Finalists
Category judged by Guillaume Lane, Engagement & Impact Lead, Climate Action for Associations
Atlas Translations
Atlas Translations demonstrates a deeply integrated approach to sustainability, combining a four-day working week, Living Wage accreditation, Fair Payment Code Gold Award and a fully paperless operation with active community fundraising initiatives. Their membership of the Good Business Charter and Fair Tax accreditation reflects a business where ethical and sustainable practice is genuinely embedded across people, planet and profit rather than treated as a separate agenda.
https://www.atlas-translations.co.uk/
TranslateAble
TranslateAble’s sustainability credentials are built around a compelling operational reality: by sourcing local language professionals for every onsite job, they simultaneously reduce carbon emissions, support local economies and deliver a better, more cost-effective service for clients. Their purpose of making events accessible and inclusive for all, regardless of language or background, is backed by concrete commitments to sign language, AI-assisted captioning and multilingual support, reflecting a business where social and environmental responsibility reinforce rather than compete with commercial success.
https://www.translateable.com/
Young Professional of the Year Finalists
Category judged by Corinne Smith, Chair, ATC
Osman Hussain
Nominated by Silent Sounds Communications
Osman has grown from a professional with limited confidence into a self-assured leader who has delivered deaf awareness training to numerous clients, contributing directly to improved satisfaction ratings, all while bringing invaluable personal insight as a Deaf professional himself. His mentoring of colleagues, grassroots community involvement and proactive approach to inclusivity signal strong future promise within both his organisation and the wider language industry.
Caitlin Glover
Nominated by VoiceBox, part of Wolfestone Group
Caitlin has progressed from Junior Project Manager to a trusted and versatile project manager specialising in multimedia accessibility, managing high volumes of work independently while also providing on-site support for live captioning events internationally. Her embrace of new technologies and service lines, including AI-led multimedia workflows, alongside her positive contribution to team culture, reflects a young professional with clear trajectory and genuine future potential.
Joseph Smith
Nominated by Business Language Services Ltd. and Dixon Associates
Joseph is described as his company’s “details man”, combining meticulous research and workflow improvement with a willingness to turn his hand to any task, from multilingual document coordination to website development following a company acquisition. His creation of practical resources that directly support colleagues in serving clients more effectively marks him out as a quietly impactful and highly dependable young professional.
https://businesslanguageservices.co.uk/
Victoria Tanoni
Nominated by Wessence Language Lab
Victoria transitioned from Project Manager to Account Manager in just six months, immediately leveraging her background in International Relations to build high-stakes corporate partnerships and successfully upselling existing clients into multimedia services. Her combination of technical knowledge, diplomatic skill and proactive commercial mindset marks her out as an exceptionally fast-developing talent with significant future promise.
https://wessencelab.com/en/home/
Linguist of the Year Award
The Linguist of the Year Award is awarded in collaboration with Women in Localization UK Chapter
Anaïs Maniaval
Nominated by Geotab
Anaïs has taken on primary responsibility for translating Geotab’s core product interface and technical manuals into French, delivering with remarkable consistency and accuracy in a business-critical context where linguistic precision directly affects end-user experience across multiple markets. Her contribution extends across marketing, HR localisation and RFP support, and her proactive, communicative approach makes her an invaluable and trusted member of a globally distributed team.
Debbie Garrick
Nominated by Acolad France
Debbie consistently goes beyond accurate translation to capture brand tone of voice and propose creative alternatives, demonstrating big-picture thinking particularly valued on luxury and fashion projects. Her proactive communication, solutions-oriented attitude and smooth collaboration with project managers, reviewers and clients make her an exemplary professional in every respect.
Emmanuelle Jeannot
Nominated by Peak Translations
Emmanuelle delivers high-quality translation and revision for medical clients with exceptional care and precision, proactively querying ambiguities, seeking reference materials and aligning her continuous professional development directly with her clients’ specialist needs. Her generosity in sharing valuable resources with the wider linguist network, combined with her reliability and thoughtful approach to proofreading, makes her a trusted and collaborative professional.
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