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Thread poster: native_Mandarin
native_Mandarin
native_Mandarin
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Feb 21, 2024

Hi there. I want to open up a translation agency. Dear Members please guide me how to start? Is ATA certification necessary for that? Basically, Currently I am in Pakistan and want to establish virtual office in US. My major concern is about how to stamp the document to certify a document. Looking forward for your kind replies. Thanks
 
Milan Condak
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Local time: 09:40
English to Czech
Follow working private agencies Feb 21, 2024

A very small piece of my cynical advice: follow the big(gest) private agency:

The agency does not translate. It sells translations, organizes their purchase.

TransPerfect (o... See more
A very small piece of my cynical advice: follow the big(gest) private agency:

The agency does not translate. It sells translations, organizes their purchase.

TransPerfect (or other)

https://www.proz.com/?sp=forum&action=SearchForum&advanced=y

https://www.transperfect.com/

Translation Management System:

https://globallink.translations.com/

You need:
a) lots of good paying customers, and
b) lots of cheap quality translators willing to work at the prices you set for them.
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And US offshore-company, study some links:

https://www.delawareinc.com › delaware › companies

https://www.offshorecompanycorp.com

https://www.discoverresultsfast.com

https://corp.delaware.gov

(Results of Google search, I have no practical experience.) ▲ Collapse


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Matthias Brombach
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Dutch to German
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Why a virtual office in the US? Feb 21, 2024

native_Mandarin wrote:

Hi there. I want to open up a translation agency. Dear Members please guide me how to start? Is ATA certification necessary for that? Basically, Currently I am in Pakistan and want to establish virtual office in US. My major concern is about how to stamp the document to certify a document. Looking forward for your kind replies. Thanks


Why would you establish a virtual office at all and why in the US? I always thought that a key of success would be to establish a virtual office in the heart of LONDON (because, you know, London = England = heartland of the English language and, hey, it's London calling, which means for your potential translators that they always will sell their services for a best rate because of numerous long-term projects to come from the UK = English and all that stuff, well, we all know how it works etc. )

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Baran Keki
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Türkiye
Local time: 11:40
Member
English to Turkish
'Major concern' Feb 22, 2024

native_Mandarin wrote:
My major concern is about how to stamp the document to certify a document.

I wish that were my 'major concern'. A 'major concern' with 'opening up an agency' would be finding/getting corporate clients from the affluent West (supposing you won't be serving Pakistani clients much seeing as you're asking about ATA certification), I would've thought.
If I knew how to do that, I'd open a London agency in a heartbeat. To hell with freelancers and bottom-feeders!!!

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Lucia Leszinsky
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A couple of useful links Feb 22, 2024

Hello native_Mandarin,

You may find some useful information in the "Translation agencies" forum, https://www.proz.com/forum/57

There is also a few interesting articles available in the articles knowledgebase. Here is one that may add to the process of learning the ins and outs of tra... See more
Hello native_Mandarin,

You may find some useful information in the "Translation agencies" forum, https://www.proz.com/forum/57

There is also a few interesting articles available in the articles knowledgebase. Here is one that may add to the process of learning the ins and outs of translation agencies: http://www.proz.com/doc/4231

Hope these help, and if you need any assistance from site staff when setting up your business, feel free to contact the support team through the help center: https://go.proz.com/help

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