Introducing GALA's Newest Member Companies

Compass Languages is a software and website translation specialist. They provide turn-key services to Fortune 500 clients in over 100 languages. They are considered a leader in incorporating the new multi-media requirements of software and websites across a multi-language and multi-cultural product range. Their services include: voice-over in 100 languages, full service translation services in all media, content management support, website cross-cultural usability testing, I18N support, Q&A offsite software testing and consulting.

Why did your company join GALA?  Compass Languages joined GALA in order to be able to benefit from GALA's excellent position in the booming localization industry as a networking and knowledge association.

Kaleidoscope is a specialist in automating and optimizing multilingual product information. Founded in 1996 and one of the first Trados technology partners, we offer market-leading translation and content management software, consulting and implementation. With our sister company eurocom, Austria's largest LSP, we offer turnkey solutions from authoring through translation.  We have developed many "missing links" for existing tool environments, above all QuickTerm, an application to easily integrate MultiTerm-based terminology into any Windows software. QuickTerm enables end users to look up, request and provide feedback to terminology with a single keystroke and without terminology know-how.

Why did your company join GALA?  Kaleidoscope joined GALA for two reasons: First, GALA offers a very efficient instrument to stay in close touch with developments and people. Staying in tune with technology and people is primordial to success in the language industry.  Second, we expect GALA to offer us a platform to share our know-how and tools with a wider geographic audience. Many providers and clients face similar challenges and we believe GALA is a platform to share thoughts and technologies.

M.I.S. is a dynamic localization company, keeping pace with customers for 28 years. This experience, unceasingly tested, is our main asset and the proof lies in regular customers always encouraging us in our main goals: quality and fairness. Instead of trying to do everything, we succeed in doing our best in one field. Our 'secret'? Being a company of flexible people servicing customers rather than an organization of facilities and systems.

Why did your company join GALA?  We joined GALA because we firmly believe that unity means strength, that it is essential to privilege cooperation rather than competition, that exchange and dynamism are the only possible policies, and although we have chosen to be a small company, we are so solid and trustworthy that we are able to offer a valid contribution to the world of localization.

Neotech is one of the leading translation companies in Russia and CIS countries, offering a full range of linguistic services to global corporations.  Neotech is the first translation company on the Russian market, which has certified its quality management system to international ISO 9001:2000 standards. Fields of expertise: automotive, oil & gas, IT, legal and medical. Target languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Kazakh, and Azeri.

Why did your company join GALA?  The main reason we joined GALA is that today translation and localization are one of a number of high-technology and complex fields, to which our customers voluntarily or involuntarily compel us to respond.  In order to be at the level of their expressed (and at times unspoken) demands we have to be well-informed, employ the latest technologies, and possess professional expertise and skills at universal-standard levels.  The chance to learn from others’ experience, exchange views, share expertise – all these and many other benefits we receive in becoming members of GALA.

Teknotrans AB is a translation agency located in Gothenburg, Sweden. The company was founded in 1971 and is one of Swedens' oldest company in our trade. We mainly translate technical and commercial material for the automotive industry in Sweden and the rest of Europe. We are almost thirty dedicated co-workers who speak more than 10 languages. We mainly translate from and into the European languages. The company is ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified.

Why did your company join GALA? We joined GALA because we want to participate and share our knowledge when it comes to translation automation and other related areas.

ZELENKA is a Czech translation agency with 18 years of experience, specializing in translations and localization into Central and Eastern European languages in all fields of expertise. We offer excellent quality, reasonable prices and more than 1400 language professionals. We use all CAT tools like SDL TRADOS or TRANSIT. We work according to ISO 9001:2001 and EN 15038:2006.

Why did your company join GALA?  I believe that GALA is a excellent association for networking within the translation industry and we hope that this membership will give us new possibilities to enlarge our network of professionals and share know-how with other members.