The UK Government’s white paper setting out plans for the future skills-based immigration system maps a path which will restrict UK LSPs’ ability to recruit linguists from outside of the UK after Brexit. The ATC is launching a Brexit immigration…
ATC’s ISO Certification Service is one year old. Congratulations and thank you to the quality-minded companies who have gained certification with us! And what a year it has been. If anything, it has cemented our belief that there is a…
Around 60% of ATC member companies are micro and small businesses. While much of the support offered by industry bodies to LSPs is invaluable, regardless of what size your organisation is, smaller LSPs often face challenges that are very distinct…
As a member of the ATC, we know you have stories to tell about your business; stories that show why you value ATC membership; stories that share your examples of best practice; stories that showcase what our industry has to…
In the UK, there’s a lot of talk about a new “Global Britain”, post-Brexit. It’s not entirely clear what that is yet, but it sure isn’t going to go global without language services enabling multilingual communication. So far we’ve established…
ATC has been at the forefront in the development of language industry standards since the inception of the European translation services standard, EN 15038, published in 2006. The standard, in whose development ATC experts’ work was instrumental, was the first…
A new report from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has given further focus to our call for urgent Government action to be taken to improve UK language learning to help secure the economic future of a post-Brexit Britain. The…
We need your support for a unique PhD project aiming to prove that language skills are vital for UK businesses planning to expand into competitive global markets. Everyone in the translation industry knows language communication capabilities are essential for any…
We are proud to introduce you to ATC’s new leadership and Council, experts in the language services industry who are taking the Association of Translation Companies forward. Ruth Partington, Chair, RP Translate Dan Peachey, Vice Chair, Intonation Raisa McNab, Chief…
The new Chair of the Association of Translation Companies (ATC) is Ruth Partington, who replaces Roy Allkin after he formally stood down at our recent AGM. Ruth, who steps up from Vice Chair, founded long-standing ATC member RP Translate in…
