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International Standards are recognized in an incredibly broad range of industries. They seek to establish a set of requirements, specifications, guidelines, or characteristics that will be consistently applied to the product or service that you are procuring from an organization. The purpose is to help improve confidence that what you are paying for will be fit for purpose. ISO 17100, the set of global standards designed for the translation industry, has raised [...]

ISO 17100 on translation services – requirements ISO 9001:2015 quality management system Surveillance audit The specifications included in the review: - ISO 17100 - Requirements for Translation Services - ISO 9001 - Quality Management System Authorized international auditor: Dr. Mohammed Ali Ibrahim, ISO 17100 - Certified Translation Services and Certified Auditor for ISO 9001: 2015 Quality Management System. Services included: Translation services On April 26, 2017 TransTech successfully passed the annual review of [...]

The importance of a standard to adhere to when working within the field of translation is impossible to overestimate, since working across different languages requires a firm grip on the process at every step of the way. Without such a stylistic ballast, translators can very easily fall prey to the perennial ‘lost in translation’ problem. This is why it’s important to appreciate the importance of working with ISO 17100 certified translation agencies, [...]