TransPerfect
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TransPerfect Translations, commonly known as TransPerfect, is a privately held translation
services company. The TransPerfect family of companies provides a full range of language and global business services in over 100 languages. The company is headquartered at 3 Park Avenue
in New York City
, and has offices in more than 70 cities worldwide.
TransPerfect is one of the fastest growing privately held companies in the U.S. and one of the largest privately held companies in New York. The company has a global network of 4,000 freelance translators and project management staff, and more than 1,700 full-time employees across North America
, Europe
, and Asia
. The company’s 2010 annual revenues reached over $250 million.
and Phil Shawe in an NYU dorm room. met at New York University Stern School of Business in 1991. They founded the company in 1992 with a mission to provide the highest quality language services to leading businesses worldwide. With no external financing, TransPerfect grew from a two-person company operating out of a dorm room into the world’s largest privately held language services provider.
TransPerfect’s sister company, Translations.com, was founded in 1999 to specialize in the areas of software localization, website localization, and enterprise-wide translation services.
Over the years, the TransPerfect family of companies has added a number of divisions to expand service capabilities and value to clients. They include:
Certifications
TransPerfect’s quality management system is fully certified to ISO 9001:2008 and EN 15038:2006. TransPerfect is also a certified Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) under the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).
Services
Products
GlobalLink™ Localization Suite – TransPerfect’s proprietary suite of globalization management system
(GMS) products to manage enterprise web and documentation projects.
GlobalLink™ Portal
GlobalLink™ Content Director
GlobalLink™ Project Director
GlobalLink™ TM Server
GlobalLink™ TransStudio
GlobalLink™ Translation & Review Portal
GlobalLink™ Term Manager
GlobalLink™ OneLink – A minimal-IT solution for launching and managing global websites. OneLink was a finalist at the PhoCusWright Travel Innovation Summit in 2010.
ABREVE® – Content optimization software designed to lower publishing and translation costs
Alchemy Product Suite – Visual Translation Memory solutions for software and documentation
Translation Memory
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
services company. The TransPerfect family of companies provides a full range of language and global business services in over 100 languages. The company is headquartered at 3 Park Avenue
3 Park Avenue
3 Park Avenue is an office building located on Park Avenue at 33rd Street in New York City, built in 1976 by Cohen Brothers Realty. The building was designed in the International Style by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon, designers of the Empire State Building, and replaced Clinton & Russell's armory of...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, and has offices in more than 70 cities worldwide.
TransPerfect is one of the fastest growing privately held companies in the U.S. and one of the largest privately held companies in New York. The company has a global network of 4,000 freelance translators and project management staff, and more than 1,700 full-time employees across North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, and Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
. The company’s 2010 annual revenues reached over $250 million.
About TransPerfect
TransPerfect founders Elizabeth EltingLiz Elting
Elizabeth Elting, who also commonly goes by Liz Elting, is a New York-based entrepreneur. She is co-founder and co-CEO of TransPerfect, the world's largest privately-owned language and business services company with revenues exceeding $250 million. TransPerfect is an industry leader with over 1800...
and Phil Shawe in an NYU dorm room. met at New York University Stern School of Business in 1991. They founded the company in 1992 with a mission to provide the highest quality language services to leading businesses worldwide. With no external financing, TransPerfect grew from a two-person company operating out of a dorm room into the world’s largest privately held language services provider.
TransPerfect’s sister company, Translations.com, was founded in 1999 to specialize in the areas of software localization, website localization, and enterprise-wide translation services.
Over the years, the TransPerfect family of companies has added a number of divisions to expand service capabilities and value to clients. They include:
- Adams Globalization
- AD-COM
- Alchemy Software Development
- ArchiText
- Astoria Software
- Crimson Life Sciences
- Epic Global Solutions
- eTranslate
- iSP
- Iverson Language Services
- Overtaal
- Quagnito Solutions
- TerraPacific
- TransPerfect Deal Interactive
- TransPerfect Interpretations
- TransPerfect Legal Solutions
- TransPerfect Staffing Solutions
- TransPerfect Transcriptions[j1
]
Certifications
TransPerfect’s quality management system is fully certified to ISO 9001:2008 and EN 15038:2006. TransPerfect is also a certified Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) under the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).
Services
- TranslationTranslationTranslation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
- InterpretationInterpretation-Language:* Language interpretation, the facilitation of dialogue between parties using different languages* Interpretation of tongues, a supernatural ability to understand unknown languages* Semantics, assignment of meanings to symbols-Philosophy:...
- Website localizationWebsite localizationWebsite localization is the process of adapting an existing website to local language and culture in the target market.Two factors are involved—programming expertise and linguistic/cultural knowledge....
- Software Localization
- Multilingual TypesettingTypesettingTypesetting is the composition of text by means of types.Typesetting requires the prior process of designing a font and storing it in some manner...
- Desktop PublishingDesktop publishingDesktop publishing is the creation of documents using page layout software on a personal computer.The term has been used for publishing at all levels, from small-circulation documents such as local newsletters to books, magazines and newspapers...
& Graphic Services - VoiceoverVoiceOverVoiceOver is a screen reader built into Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X, iOS and iPod operating systems. By using VoiceOver, the user can access their Macintosh or iOS device based on spoken descriptions and, in the case of the Mac, the keyboard. The feature is designed to increase accessibility for blind...
& DubbingDubbing (filmmaking)Dubbing is the post-production process of recording and replacing voices on a motion picture or television soundtrack subsequent to the original shooting. The term most commonly refers to the substitution of the voices of the actors shown on the screen by those of different performers, who may be... - Subtitling
- Multicultural marketingMulticultural marketingMulticultural marketing is the practice of marketing to multiple audiences that are each descendant of a different ethnicity. Ethnic marketing, by contrast, is the practice of marketing to one audience of a certain ethnicity...
Services - Legal Support Services
- Reprographic Services
- Multilingual Recruiting and Staffing
- E-Learning and Training Localization
- Linguistic validationLinguistic validationLinguistic validation is the process of investigating the reliability, conceptual equivalence, and content validity of translations of Patient-reported outcome measures.-Methodology:...
Products
GlobalLink™ Localization Suite – TransPerfect’s proprietary suite of globalization management system
Globalization Management System
A Globalization Management System or GMS automates transactions to reduce the time and money employed by manpower performing repetitive, non-productive labour. Thus, human resources can be redeployed to more productive and strategic tasks...
(GMS) products to manage enterprise web and documentation projects.
GlobalLink™ Portal
GlobalLink™ Content Director
GlobalLink™ Project Director
GlobalLink™ TM Server
GlobalLink™ TransStudio
GlobalLink™ Translation & Review Portal
GlobalLink™ Term Manager
GlobalLink™ OneLink – A minimal-IT solution for launching and managing global websites. OneLink was a finalist at the PhoCusWright Travel Innovation Summit in 2010.
ABREVE® – Content optimization software designed to lower publishing and translation costs
Alchemy Product Suite – Visual Translation Memory solutions for software and documentation
Translation Memory
Awards and honors
- TransPerfect ranked on the Women Presidents' Organization's list of "Top 50 Fastest Growing Women-Led Companies” for third time
- TransPerfect CEO Liz Elting receives the “Distinguished Alumnae Award” from New York University’s Stern School of Business
- TransPerfect ranked #1 on DiversityBusiness.com’s list of the “Top 100 Women Owned Businesses in New York”
- TransPerfect ranked on DiversityBusiness.com’s list of the “Top 500 Diversity Owned Businesses in the US”
- Crain's New York Business names TransPerfect among "Largest Privately Held Companies" for seven years running
- TransPerfect ranked one of the fastest growing companies in North America on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™ for sixth time
- Crain's New York Business ranks TransPerfect among "Largest Women-Owned Companies" for seven years running
- TransPerfect recognized on Inc. magazine's list of America’s fastest-growing private companies, the Inc. 5000, for third time
- Translations.com named finalist at 2009 PhoCusWright Travel Innovation Summit
- TransPerfect VP Jessica Eker Named "National VP of Sales of the Year" at the 2010 Stevie Awards
- TransPerfect wins "Sales Meeting of the Year" at the 2009 Stevie® Awards
- TransPerfect Co-Founder, Phil Shawe, is named to the Crain's New York Business "Forty Under 40"
- TransPerfect VP Kevin Obarski Named “National VP of Sales of the Year” at the 2007 Stevie Awards
- Liz Elting receives the "Alumni Medal for Excellence" from her alma mater, Trinity College
- TransPerfect's sister company, Translations.com, is named among the "Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 50" for the third time
- Liz Elting is named "Woman of the Year" by American Express and Entrepreneur magazine
- Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year" award presented to co-founders of TransPerfect/Translations.com
- Working Woman Magazine awarded Liz Elting the "Entrepreneurial Excellence Award for Customer Service"
- TransPerfect wins "Blue Chip Enterprise Initiative Award"