We regret to announce that there are some translators and translation agencies pretending they had a valid LICS EN 15038 certificate from the Austrian Standards Institute. Stop: You're cheating on your clients by doing this, if you don't have a valid one. Your clients usually ask us and we tell them the truth. Even when you once obtained the certificate, it doesn't mean it's validity is forever. Translators and translation agencies with valid certificates have to go through a Surveillance Audit every year. A valid certificate means that LICS &The Austrian Standards Institute confirm that the certified companies and/or individuals still fulfill the standard requirements in accordance to the international standard EN 15038 and this can only be done by means of a mandatory Surveillance Audit. Moreover, we shall ask our lawyer to take legal action in case of repetition.
Companies and individuals on our blacklist:
Eid Ibrahim http://www.proz.com/profile/1176086
Salt Group http://www.saltgroup.org/#company
Talal Abu Ghazala http://www.tagtranslate.com/page.aspx?page_key=certificate_en_15038&lang=en
Translation Partners / Sherif Abu Zaid http://www.translationpartner.com
Further more, we never audited the following company:
ME Localize http://www.melocalize.com/
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