Becoming certified allows you or your agency to be listed amongst those translation service providers worldwide, which fulfill the quality standard set and approved by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). This proves that you or your agency are/is able to provide translations of constantly high quality, as well as confirming that your projects are comprehensively documented from start to finish, in a transparent and sound fashion.

The institute in charge of these certifications is the “Austrian Standards Institution” in co-operation with the “Language Industry Certification System®” (LICS) with their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, and their global network of partners carrying out the actual certification process. Some advantages of being amongst these exclusive translation service providers are:

• Get ahead of your competitors: Conforming to ON + LICS® EN 15038 is a quality label, showing that you or your agency is/are competent and committed to the client; you will be allowed to use our logos (see below)

• Be in demand when it comes to public procurement: Contracting and public bodies opt for certified service providers rather than non-certified ones when considering translations in their tenders

• Greater appeal to clients overall: Certification shows that you or your translation agency meet(s) set standards in compliance with the European Norm, which appears more trustworthy to business clients

The Austrian Standards + plus and LICS® certification process involves systematic support from our side to and is particularly applicable to small and medium-sized companies, as the time spent by the auditor on site and the amount of paperwork is kept to a minimum. We also provide continual updates of how to improve your potential in the future and we carry out annual re-audits to ensure your translation services are certified and still conform with the norm requirements.

If you are interested in becoming one of the best and acquiring this globally recognized, third-party certificate on the EN 15038 norm, please contact me using the application form attached to this letter.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Your local Lead Auditor,

Mohamed-Ali Ibrahim
Lead Auditor & Trainer EN 15038 & ISO 9001:2000
Manager & Representative for Austria, Arab Area & Turkey
http://www.lics-certification.org/
http://en15038.blogspot.com/
http://www.as-plus.at/certification