Make the Invisible Visible: Attitudes, Barriers and Strategies for Inclusive Language in UK Translation and Healthcare Communication by Aidan Luker (Centre of Translation Studies, University of Surrey) is a collaborative MA dissertation with the ATC. It explores how professionals in…
The Credit Services Association (CSA), the sole national trade association in the UK representing organisations active in the debt collection and debt purchase industry, has published a new report examining how language barriers can affect customer engagement across the sector…
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…
Universities hold the key to reversing the UK’s language crisis The Association of Translation Companies (ATC), the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI), and the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL) have jointly published a new report – The strategic case for languages…
Your views on language services industry trends ELIS is the European Language Industry Survey, and it scopes the trends, challenges, and opportunities in the European language services landscape. ELIS 2026 continues to monitor the impact of AI and the development…
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…
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 UK’s new, ten-year Modern Industrial Strategy was published by the Labour Government in June 2025 – but what does it mean for language service companies, as providers of multilingual services, and as SME businesses? This ATC Briefing decodes the…
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…
The ATC’s latest snapshot report on the state of the language services industry takes a deep dive into buyer sentiment, and explores how language service companies can position themselves in a rapidly changing buyer market. In the first quarter of…
