The story of Translations.com began in 1992 when Phil Shawe and Liz Elting founded a document translation company called TransPerfect Translations. TransPerfect (with offices today in 23 cities on 3 continents) grew steadily and without any outside investment to become one of the preeminent document translation firms worldwide.

In 1999, Translations.com was spun-off as a separate corporation to focus on the increasing needs for software localization, website localization, and enterprise-wide translation services, which involve technical skill sets and strategic consulting services beyond the core competencies of a document translation firm. Translations.com leveraged the assets and the goodwill of the legacy firm along with organic growth to acquire and retain a diverse client base including Abbott Laboratories, Anheuser-Busch, American Express, Bacardi, Gucci, J.Crew, Jet Blue, Merrill Lynch, Nokia, Nortel, Royal Caribbean International and others.

In February 2002, Translations.com acquired Language for Industry (LFI), a localization firm based in Boston with substantial operations in Oregon as well as sales operations in Denver and London. The acquisition of LFI significantly deepened Translations.com capacity to handle complex software localization projects and also entered the company into the business of technical writing, and providing translation services to the educational publishing industry for clients such as Harcourt and McGraw Hill.

In July 2002, Translations.com acquired Convey Software, formerly known as eTranslate. With this acquisition, Translations.com acquired blue-chip clients including GE, Avis, and Apple as well as a staff of localization managers and engineers with exceptional industry experience.

The Translations.com story came full circle in early 2005, when the founders announced a 100% stock re-purchase from outside investors. The combination with TransPerfect creates the world’s 4th largest translation and software localization firm. The combined entities have over 300 full-time employees and over $50 million in annual revenues.

Today, Translations.com maintains company headquarters in New York, with offices in Atlanta, Barcelona, Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Munich, Paris, Philadelphia, Portland, Research Triangle Park, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, and West Palm Beach.

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