Translation in United States

Freelance translators and translation companies

The United States has a large and growing translation industry. The U.S. market is bigger than any other country, and many of the largest translation companies are based there as well. The U.S. also has many independent freelance translators.

Several thousand professionals are members of the "American Translators Association", which offers certification and promotes the profession.

The ProZ.com community in the United States is one of the largest. Over 100 powwows and events have been held throughout the country


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ProZ.com members in United States



Translation associations and schools in United States

AssociationAustin Area Translators and Interpreters Association
SchoolUniversity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Extension, Programs in Interpretation & Translation
AssociationAssociation of Translators and Interpreters of Florida
AssociationUpper Midwest Translators and Interpreters Association
AssociationMid-America Chapter of ATA
SchoolUniversity of Oregon
SchoolVia Lingua
AssociationMetroplex Interpreters and Translators Association
SchoolHampshire College
SchoolGallaudet University, Department of Interpretation

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Upcoming and past ProZ.com events in United States

Powwow United States - New York City Feb 10, 2025
Powwow United States - Syracuse, NY Dec 17, 2024
Powwow United States - Utica, NY Oct 5, 2024
Powwow United States - Los Angeles, CA Jun 19, 2022
Powwow United States - Aventura, FL Mar 14, 2020
Powwow United States - Pensacola, FL Mar 13, 2020
Powwow United States - Owego Sep 29, 2019
Powwow United States - Pompano Beach Sep 14, 2019
Powwow United States - Houston Sep 14, 2019
Training session Around the Worldfast - Buenos Aires - Wordfast Pro Training Level 1 Mar 23, 2011

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Recent discussions in forums relevant to United States

-Real job opportunities?
-Invoice template
-New translator looking for career advice.
-translating simple sentances
-Quoting deadlines
-An idea...
-Contacting the vendor himself
-Adding credentials
-I urgently need an L3 MTPE+R certification to get paid 12 USD per hour
-Literary Translation

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United States vital statistics
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Time now
(Washington)
10:00 EST (GMT-5)

(5 hrs behind you)
Official languageEnglish

Largest citiesNew York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, San Francisco, Dallas, Philadelphia
Calling code+1


ProZ.com users in United States
Logged in now12
Translators115665
Interpreters49272
Translation companies22
Popular outsourcers in United States
Responsive Translation / Formerly: 1-800-translate
(Avg. LWA 5 out of 5, 102 entries)
MotaWord, Inc.
(Avg. LWA 5 out of 5, 76 entries)
Lingoflow (Formerly FeelGoodTech)
(Avg. LWA 5 out of 5, 73 entries)
MLG International LLC
(Avg. LWA 5 out of 5, 51 entries)
Shoreline Translation
(Avg. LWA 5 out of 5, 29 entries)
Glyph Language Services
(Avg. LWA 5 out of 5, 22 entries)
GDIT
(Avg. LWA 5 out of 5, 22 entries)
Strommen Inc
(Avg. LWA 5 out of 5, 22 entries)
Arabicized.com
(Avg. LWA 5 out of 5, 20 entries)
Alconost, Inc. / Alconost Translations
(Avg. LWA 5 out of 5, 20 entries)

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