A professionally-qualified and experienced, user-friendly,
ethical UK translation service
Why "Lifeline" Language Services?
We set up in 1990 providing the haulage industry with emergency language translation services - "Lifeline" seemed appropriate! We now provide language translation services UK-wide to most commercial and public sectors, private clients, NGOs, and more.
An ATC customer awareness survey confirmed Lifeline Language Services as one of the best known UK translation services - which with almost zero complaints in over 21 years, great references, and nomination as our Chamber's "Business of the Year", seems reasonable!
Preston-based means lower operating costs, providing more cost-effective translation services for you - including Translation, Interpreting, Voiceover + Subtitling, Transcription, and multilingual Typesetting , in over 150 languages. (Hint; beware of translation services offering "all languages" - that's just silly!).
OK - so WHY Lifeline Language Services? I mean, why come to you?
Lots of reasons...
First, unlike most translation services we're a Translation Company, not merely an Agency. If you need translation services, the difference REALLY matters - see our FAQ page. Translation Companies should translate and proof-read in-house, adding value by assuring quality; as well as translating and reviewing in-house, all our external translation services are mother-tongue, professionally qualified and experienced, and all work is 100% reviewed. Our professional bodies' strict Codes of Conduct should maintain high translation services standards; we're Members of the Association of Translation Companies (ATC) AND Corporate Members of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI).
Second, we're exceptionally qualified with 6 professional linguists in-house of whom 4 hold MA in Translation including our MD, Lynn Everson, who's also MITI and MCIL (a Full Member of both the Institute of Translation and Interpreting - ITI - and the Chartered Institute of Linguists - CIoL) - she's also an International CPC-qualified Transport Manager with six years international Logistics experience. Our Translation Manager is a German State Certified Translator and Interpreter, and we work closely with a Spanish Government-authorised Sworn Spanish Translator and Interpreter. Complementing great language experience, our Production Director is a Chartered Engineer, Eur Ing and MIET bringing 17 years blue-chip technical & engineering management experience, including 5 years health, safety, environmental and quality management plus 8 years of shop-floor manufacturing management and comprehensive software & website experience.
Third, we're highly ethical, so we're trusted by clients. We appreciate buying translation services is tricky - unless you speak the language, QA of translation services is difficult and you place great trust in the provider. We ensure that trust is justified - as our references show. We support translation services buyers throughout, whether buying for a multinational or for their marriage certificate.
We're also trusted by suppliers; unlike (too) many translation services, we never impose low rates on suppliers and we pay reliably. Consequently we attract and retain the best translators and interpreters for our clients.
Translation services are like everything else - you get what you pay for. Cheap interpreting or translation services usually means the translator or interpreter was bullied down on rates, and/or that your project is done by inexperienced, sometimes unqualified, translators. Worse, such translation services set ridiculous output targets so even basic quality checks are skipped. We're a different breed of translation service - as well as paying linguists proper rates ourselves we're fighting for decent pay for public service interpreters. Our ("Star"!) letter on this is in the May 2009 ITI Bulletin, the journal of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting - read it here. You can also view or download our Sourcing Policy here.
Fourth, we're a socially responsible translation services provider. As well as accepting a full quota of students on placement every year and working with schools to encourage future linguists, we present at Career Fairs and help our ethnic community members qualify as translators and interpreters to raise their community's living standards. Oh - speaking of socially responsible, we of course fully embrace Equal opportunities and Diversity. You can view or download our Equality Policy here.
Finally we're a green company. We try to minimise our footprint on the planet, which is why we've just replaced all our printers and monitors with low-energy ones, and recycle EVERYTHING. We moved our translation services out of badly insulated offices into thermally efficient modern ones - greenness was a key factor in selecting premises. You can view or download our Environmental Policy here.
Your choice of translation service is as key to your success as your choice of any other supplier of critical material or capability.
Companies spend a fortune breaking-in to foreign markets, only to fail because "cheap" translations cost them their credibility. There's some (surprisingly unbiased!) guidance on choosing a translation services partner on our FAQs page, here.
Like our style and what we do? Keep track on our blog - or download our Company Profile here.....
... it's an Adobe PDF - you can download the (free!) Acrobat Reader from here - or check out our range of translation services from the menu above. And finally, check out Why LLS!
Thank you for your interest, and we look forward to working with you!
A translation service I can trust would be good! Assuming that's you - what next?
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