The UK’s national registers, NPRSI for public service interpreters, NRPST for public service translators, and NRCPD for communications professionals working with d/Deaf and deafblind people, allow you to access thousands of qualified, experienced and vetted interpreters, translators and communication professionals…
ATC webinar: ISO 20771 legal translation ATC webinar on ISO 20771 on legal translation explores the background, requirements and application of this newly published standard in the UK context. Watch the webinar here. Background and requirements ISO 20771:2020 Legal…
Two months into lockdown, the ATC’s Coronavirus Pulse Survey asks the UK’s language service companies how the pandemic has affected their business, and what financial support measures offered by the UK Government they have accessed. See the results…
In all fairness, do you really want to read anything else about pandemics, the global inability to respond, and that this particular tunnel has yet to reveal the light at its end? Chasing the pot of gold at the end…
The ATC’s first Coronavirus Pulse Survey asked the UK’s language service companies how the pandemic has affected their business, and what financial support measures offered by the UK Government they have accessed. Below, we share the initial results; the reality…
The ATC has launched a new monthly Coronavirus Pulse Survey to track the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on UK language service companies, and to gauge the financial support measures accessed by them. The survey will provide continuous, valuable information…
It is an uncertain, unprecedented time for the UK’s language services industry, and the Association of Translation Companies (ATC) welcomes the measures announced by the UK Government to support small and medium-sized businesses. However, more needs to be done to…
The UK is no longer in the EU and a new, stricter immigration system will be put in place in stages from January 2021. The ATC and its members have actively campaigned to secure continued access to the linguistic skills…
The ATC’s newly published Public Sector Manifesto sets out the association’s objectives towards sustainable development within the procurement and provision of language services in the UK’s public sector. The “ecosystem” of language service procurement and provision within the UK’s public…
New research initiated by the ATC highlights the lack of standardisation in how UK public sector organisations accept certified translations, and the diverging practices adopted by producers of certified translations in the UK. David Gray’s Dissertation from Leeds University’s Applied…
