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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Translation associations and schools in United States

AssociationOregon Society of Translators and Interpreters
SchoolTest of English for International Communication - TOEIC
SchoolUniversity of California at Davis
SchoolWake Forest University, Department of Romance Languages
AssociationHawaii Interpreters & Translators' Association
SchoolKalamazoo College
SchoolUniversity of Washington, Department of Asian Languages and Literature
AssociationThe California Court Interpreters Association
SchoolRose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
AssociationAmerican Translators Association

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Upcoming and past ProZ.com events in United States

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
Powwow United States - Cooperstown, N.Y. Jun 8, 2019
Powwow United States - Albuquerque May 16, 2019
Powwow United States - New York Apr 4, 2019
Powwow United States - San Francisco Mar 1, 2019

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United States vital statistics
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Time now
(Washington)
12:14 EDT (GMT-4)

(4 hrs behind you)
Official languageEnglish

Largest citiesNew York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, San Francisco, Dallas, Philadelphia
CurrencyU. S. dollars (USD)
Calling code+1


ProZ.com users in United States
Logged in now45
Translators93768
Interpreters45813
Translation companies16
Popular outsourcers in United States
Responsive Translation / Formerly: 1-800-translate
(Avg. LWA 5 out of 5, 105 entries)
MLG International LLC
(Avg. LWA 5 out of 5, 64 entries)
Translate Media / TranslateMedia
(Avg. LWA 5 out of 5, 49 entries)
Glyph Language Services
(Avg. LWA 5 out of 5, 44 entries)
Strommen Inc
(Avg. LWA 5 out of 5, 38 entries)
Translators Without Borders
(Avg. LWA 5 out of 5, 33 entries)
Acclaro / Acclaro Inc.
(Avg. LWA 5 out of 5, 33 entries)
Rebuild Babel
(Avg. LWA 5 out of 5, 32 entries)
CIT / Cal Interpreting & Translations
(Avg. LWA 5 out of 5, 32 entries)
OJ-LanguageHub LLC
(Avg. LWA 5 out of 5, 30 entries)

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