Stepping up to the plate
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…
Feeling the effect of coronavirus
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…
ATC launches Coronavirus Pulse Survey
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…
ATC Newsletter Corona Special April 2020
CEO’s Greeting The way we live and how we experience the world has changed. The UK is in a Coronavirus lockdown and our thoughts are with the people putting their own health and wellbeing at risk to take care of…
The ATC calls for support for self-employed translators and interpreters
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…
Global Language Services Industry in 2020
Language industry research company Nimdzi Insights has published The Nimdzi 100, reporting on the size and state of the language services industry in 2020. This includes ranking of the top 100 largest global language service providers. Why does this matter?…
ATC Networking Event with the Google Digital Garage
A dreary start to the day with rain lashing down on the South Coast didn’t detract from the enthusiasm of the ATC’s Networking Event attendees on 27 February 2020 in Portsmouth. “Use your website to lead the audience on a…
The ATC’s Immigration Analysis
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…
ATC Public Sector Manifesto
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…
Certification of translations in the UK
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…