The ATC believes action is needed on European language learning after today’s A level results reveal another drop in the number of pupils studying modern languages, with German and French – the languages of our key European trading partners –…
Whether you’re confident, confused, or simply clueless about the GDPR, the Association of Translation Companies (ATC) will save the day by providing straightforward and relevant resources to help all Language Service Providers meet the GDPR obligations. The ATC, the world’s…
The ATC’s ISO Certification Service has awarded TranslateMedia and Sandberg Translation Partners (STP) certification to machine translation post-editing standard ISO 18587. TranslateMedia and STP are the first two UK-based language service providers to be certified to the standard and the…
ATC council member and Lead on Standards, Raisa McNab, attended the Parliamentary launch of the new British Council report, Languages for the Future , which revealed that a dwindling number of young people are studying modern languages at school or…
Several ATC members are playing a welcome part in supporting language studies at their local universities in the face of declining numbers of school leavers embarking on modern language degrees. There are fears that the dwindling number of young people…
It’s less than four months until the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force and we know lots of language service providers are wondering exactly how to implement GDPR within our data-heavy environment. To help them out, we’ve…
We’re delighted to have signed a Partnership Agreement with Elia, the European Language Industry Association, which will mean ATC member discounts for Elia’s events. Elia, a trade association for the language services industry with a European business focus, shares many…
The Federation of Small Businesses’s latest economic survey makes interesting – if gloomy – reading as a record number of UK SMEs say they are planning to close down or sell up because of weakening demand since the Brexit vote…
The UK’s language services industry grew by 7% in 2016 and will have grossed more than £1.15bn in 2017, according to our annual Language Services Market report. We appointed an independent researcher to analyse the work of the UK’s 1,200…
The Government needs to take action now to ensure there are enough home-grown translators in a post-Brexit Britain where effective global communication will be vital for the economy’s future, according to the Association of Translation Companies (ATC). It is making…
