Welcome to the ATC’s first-ever quarterly newsletter: Spotlight on AI. Each quarter, we’ll be bringing you the latest AI news, opinion and best practice from across the UK and global language services industry, curated by the ATC team, member companies,…
Four years into the GenAI era, every language services company has had to answer the same question: are you using AI? By now, the answer is almost universally yes, but how and to what extent AI is deployed varies widely…
The ATC’s AI upskilling news brings you the latest support and resources in leveraging the power of AI-enabled services. AI Skills Hub by DSIT The AI Skills Hub is a directory of learning materials to help UK organisations and individuals…
In 2025, the ATC partnered with Magic Beans Agency for Reclaim the Future, a 10-week bespoke course to support language service companies with AI upskilling their teams. Now in it’s fourth edition, the highly rated course will run again, starting…
ATC Technology Showcase The rapid adoption of AI and machine translation has fundamentally changed how language service companies operate. Content is produced faster than ever, turnaround times are shrinking, and volumes continue to grow, yet expectations around quality, consistency, and…
Our latest UK Language Services Industry Report paints 2025 as a year of pressure, adaptation, and growing clarity for UK language service companies. Market conditions have been unforgiving (think longer sales cycles, aggressive pricing, client budget cuts, and intense AI-driven…
Real Impact or Easy Scapegoats? Response to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s report ‘Impact of growth of data centres on energy consumption’ by the Association of Translation Companies. Published in August 2025, the report Impact of growth…
The UK economy is delicately balanced – advancing amid pressure, shaped by shifting markets, and defined by resilience. For the language services industry, these conditions present both challenge and opportunity. We believe that understanding the wider economic picture is essential…
The Association of Language Companies (ALC), United States, the Association of Translation Companies (ATC), United Kingdom and Magic Beans Agency are excited to announce a strategic partnership to launch “Reclaim the Future 3.0 – AI Upskilling for Language Services”, a…
When asked if the language specialists of today have the skills needed in the future, 47% of participants in a global language industry conversation said ‘No’. In a rapidly changing industry landscape, we still have a long way to go…
