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Posted on8 June 2020

Atlas Translations Win Community Award

Woo Hoo! Atlas Translations have won the Community Spirit and Champion Award 2020 at the socially distant The Businesses Community awards!

The Business Community Award St Albans

The Business Community Virtual Awards 2020

The virtual awards ceremony was held online due to current government guidelines in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Business Community announced the award, commenting that not only are the team at Atlas Translations an absolute joy to work with, Atlas’ contributions to the local community and charity really do go above and beyond.

Random questions about translating recipes about a particular sort of chilli into German – not a problem. Coloquial business English into Hindi? They don’t even flinch! Keeping in touch with thousands of translators, across the world and making them part of the Atlas experience – always. Running fundraising projects at the heart of the community – absolutely!

Community Fundraising Projects

Did you know that as well as providing translation services, Atlas also run a bra bank at the St Albans office, where the community can recycle unwanted bras for the charity Against Breast Cancer? (Note that this is still operating during lockdown – just bag your bras up and pop them in through our large letterbox, marked for Atlas Translations).

Community fundraising doesn’t end there. Atlas Translations founder and director, Clare Suttie, is also the driving force behind a local yarn bomb project that raises thousands of pounds every year. The St Albans office co-ordinate donations of yarn and fundraising as part of the St Albans Postboxes yarnbomb initiative. In 2019, Atlas Translations and St Albans Postboxes raised an amazing £12,325.99 for local charities Earthworks, Small Acts of Kindness and Age Concern St Albans.

You can read more about the St Albans Postboxes project here.

Outstanding Community Champion

Atlas Translations is proud to provide professional and bespoke customer service, whilst also raising thousands of pounds for charity. Atlas nurtures a willingness to share knowledge and support others – that’s what makes Atlas Translations stand out in this year’s awards.

Thank you The Businesses Community. We think this calls for a little celebration – virtually, of course – woo hoo!

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We hold a full membership in the Association of British HealthTech Industries. The ABHI supports the HealthTech community by providing products and services that help people live healthier lives. As the voice of the industry, we show the value of health technology and overcome barriers to people benefitting from it now and in the future.

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Corporate membership of the ITI (Institute of Translation and Interpreting) since 1994. Corporate Member of the Year 2021. ITI is the only UK-based independent professional membership association for practising translators, interpreters and all those involved in the language services sector.

CIEP: We’ve held Corporate membership Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading since 1993. CIEP are an international membership organisation that offers training and community for editorial professionals (copy editors and proofreaders) while helping members develop business confidence.

ATC: We hold full membership with the Association of Translation Companies, a trade association representing the interests of language service companies in the UK and internationally. It is the leading voice for companies operating in the UK’s language services industry.

Living Wage Employer: As a living wage employer, we believe our staff deserve a wage which meets every day needs. The Living Wage Foundation has a mission to encourage employers to play their part in tackling in-work and post-work poverty and provide a decent standard of living by paying the real Living Wage, adopting Living Hours and Living Pensions as well as wider good employment practices.
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