POLISH ASSOCIATION OF TRANSLATION COMPANIES

The Polish Association of Translation Companies (PSBT) was established in 2001 and celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2011.

The PSBT is the only industry organisation representing professional translation and localisation service providers in Poland.

The PSBT’s main goals are: representation of Polish translation and localisation service providers, promotion of industry best practice, quality standards and services offered by member companies, educational and training activities, networking and exchange of know-how, development of professional, high-quality translation and localization services, enhancing the image and prestige of the whole industry, and professional service providers in particular.

PSBT is member of the following international organisations: EUATC, OASIS, EAMT & tekom.

Members' News

8 May 2012, 10:32

The “Translation and Localization Conference” took place in Warsaw on April 28-29. It was the first edition of the new conference organized by Localize.pl.

During the conference, CEO, Michał Tyszkowski, PhD, participated in the discussion entitled „Kontrola jakości - czym jest jakość tekstu z perspektywy zleceniodawcy, jak obiektywnie oceniać jakość tłumaczeń?” (“Quality Control - What Does Text Quality Mean for a Customer, and How To Objectively Assess the Quality of translations?”).

7 May 2012, 20:22

On April 20-21, the Philological School of Higher Education and C&M Localization Center jointly organized “The Translator and the Computer” conference in Wrocław. During this two-day event, many interesting presentations were held, some of the speakers presented their research findings on the usage of widely available and specialized translation software. Moreover, the features characterizing the work of professional translation agencies along with their cooperation with freelance translators were addressed.

18 March 2012, 0:35

The Social Care Center in Legnickie Pole is an institution that provides care to people who are unable to live on their own due to their physical or mental condition. The institution runs 6 therapy groups for a total of over 400 persons living there.

26 February 2012, 0:34

The internship programme led by Centrum Lokalizacji C&M proved to be very popular among students and graduates from Polish universities. The number of candidates still exceeds the number of vacancies, so we choose only the best ones.

21 February 2012, 15:34

We are pleased to inform that Bireta Professional Translations Kempińska & Woźniakowska s.c., a specialist translation provider, has moved to a new location.

The company’s dynamic progress, taking on new employees and the need for more office space had an impact on our decision to move.

After ten years of our stay at the Institute of Power Engineering at Siekierki (Warsaw) we have moved our office to Kabaty (Warsaw).

News

29 November 2011, 21:00

The fourth TM-Europe 2011 International Conference was held in Warsaw, Poland from September 28 to September 30, 2011. The conference traditionally focuses on management issues for the translation and localisation industry and this year’s theme was “Process Management and Standards for the Translation and Localisation Industry”. The conference featured presentations and panel discussions on project management, business development and process optimization, technology and other translation management topics.

28 November 2011, 21:37

The Polish Association of Translation Companies celebrated its 10th anniversary with a Gala Party on the 28th of September 2011 at the Harenda Club in Warsaw.

It was attended not only by PSBT members and partners but also representatives of other industry associations, and in particular STO, TEPIS and NOT, media and many PSBT friends from all over the world.

16 September 2011, 18:24

The fourth TM-Europe 2011 International Conference will be held in Warsaw, Poland from September 28 to September 30, 2011. The conference will traditionally focus on management issues for the translation and localisation industry and the theme is “Process Management and Standards for the Translation and Localisation Industry”. The conference will feature presentations and panel discussions on project management, business development and process optimization, technology and other translation management topics.

16 July 2011, 19:08

TM-Europe is an international conference for the Translation and Localisation industry and it is also the PSBT annual conference. The 2011 conference will focus on management issues for the translation and localisation industry, with particular emphasis on process management, standards and best practice.

TM-Europe 2011 will be held in Warsaw, from 28-30.09.2011, at the Mercure Hotel. The pre-conference day of TM-Europe is the 2nd XLIFF Symposium (28.09.2011) and it will focus on presentations around the XLIFF standard.

5 March 2011, 1:00

Veni.Vidi.Vici: 2011 EUATC Rome Conference
6th EUATC INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
8 – 9 APRIL 2011, ROME
DAY ONE – PARTNERSHIPS

The future of translation in a changing world: new business perspectives
The European Union of Associations of Translation Companies’ 2011 international Spring conference takes place in Rome from Friday 8th to Saturday 9th April. The EUATC’s Italian member UNILINGUE is hosting it.
The meeting convenes as the profession faces some significant economic challenges in an increasingly globalised environment and will be tackling them head on.