Who are we?

The Belgian Quality Translation Association is a non-profit making organisation founded in 1995 whose members are translation companies established in Belgium.

The association pursues the following aims:

	to promote and maintain contact between translation companies in accordance with a strict professional code of ethics;
	to contribute towards enhancing the image and the quality of the language services sector;
	to standardise certain business practices and/or working methods promoting greater transparency for those buying language services;
	to assure the joint representation of members, in particular as regards the Belgian authorities, in all areas related to language services;
	to play an active part in all issues relating to translation at European level, and in particular as regards the preparation of a European quality standard;
	to promote the use of modern translation support tools;
	to safeguard freedom of initiative and the free market in the translation and language services sector in Belgium and to intervene if necessary should restrictive and/or inappropriate plans for regulation be put forward;
	to expose situations involving unfair competition in the language services sector and in the translation sector in particular.

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