Pictured above: Ann Elphick and team at Foreign Language Services Ltd

A recognised leader in the field of technical and business document translation is celebrating a milestone anniversary with the second quarter of 2011 marking their fortieth year of trading.

Foreign Language Services Ltd was started by Peter Elphick and John Peck in 1971 and operates in a number of business sectors with particular expertise in the electrical, electronic, engineering, aero and automotive markets.

Today, and since 1993 the company has been run by Peter Elphick's daughter, Ann Elphick who commented: "To be celebrating forty years in business is a remarkable achievement.  The document translation industry is now a massively competitive sector with a number of the larger translation companies aggressively growing through acquisition. We have indeed been approached to sell on a number of occasions." 

Ms Elphick intends to keep the company as a family run independent entity and her sights are firmly set on developing the business for the future: "Our fortieth year in business will be a year in which we lay the foundations for future success. I can see the way in which the industry is developing and we intend to stay at the cutting edge of technology whilst focussing on service, quality, turnaround times and transparent pricing" said Ms Elphick. 

In addition to being at the forefront of translation technology by using some of the latest software programs for Memory Aided Translation and Computer Aided Translation, the company has its own in-house desktop publishing department and is able to provide custom formatting for manuals, handbooks, catalogues and brochures.  

Indeed it appears that the company is well positioned for the future and with the drive and vision coming from Ms Elphick it is no wonder that they deal with some of the biggest companies in the region and country.

Foreign Language Services Ltd is based in Stafford, employs eight people, works with over fifty mother-tongue translators and can translate any type of document in any language combination.