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name = TransPerfect<br />Translations.com |
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location = [[New York, New York]], [[United States|USA]] |
location = [[New York, New York]], [[United States|USA]] |
key_people = [[Liz Elting]] and [[Phil Shawe]], Co-Founders and Co-CEOs |
key_people = [[Liz Elting]] and [[Phil Shawe]], Co-Founders and Co-CEOs |
num_employees = 3,000 (2014){{citation needed|date=January 2014}} |
industry = [[Translation]] <br/>[[Language interpretation]]<br/>Multicultural Marketing |
industry = [[Translation]] <br/>[[Language interpretation]]<br/>Multicultural Marketing |
products = |
products = |
slogan - The Leader in GLobal Language and Business Services |
slogan - The Leader in GLobal Language and Business Services |
revenue = {{profit}}$401 million [[United States dollar|USD]] (2013)<br />{{profit}}$342 million [[United States dollar|USD]] (2012)<br />{{profit}}$300 million [[United States dollar|USD]] (2011)<br />{{profit}}$251 million [[United States dollar|USD]] (2010)<br />{{profit}}$221 million [[United States dollar|USD]] (2009)<br />{{profit}}$204 million [[United States dollar|USD]] (2008)<br />{{profit}}$156 million [[United States dollar|USD]] (2007)<br />{{profit}}$113 million [[United States dollar|USD]] (2006){{citation needed|date=August 2013}}| |
net_income = |
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homepage = http://www.transperfect.com |
homepage = http://www.transperfect.com |


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'''TransPerfect Translations''', known as "'''TransPerfect'''", is a [[translation]] services company based in [[New York City]]. The company provides language and global business services.
'''TransPerfect Translations''', commonly known as "'''TransPerfect'''", is a privately held [[translation]] services company. The TransPerfect group of companies provides language and global business services in 170 languages. The company is headquartered at 3 Park Avenue in [[New York City]], United States (U.S.) and 85 TransPerfect offices exist internationally.<ref name="About">{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.transperfect.com/about/_about_us.html|work=Transperfect|publisher=Transperfect|accessdate=19 June 2013|date=2013}}</ref>

TransPerfect has received recognition for its rapid growth as a privately held company in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web|title=TransPerfect|url=http://www.inc.com/inc5000/profile/transperfect|work=Inc.com|publisher=Mansueto Ventures LLC|accessdate=19 June 2013|date=2012}}</ref> and is one of the largest privately held companies in New York.<ref name="Top">{{cite web|title=Many top private firms in NY area predict 2010 revenue rise|url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20101121/SUB/311219990|work=Crain's New York Business|publisher=CRAIN COMMUNICATIONS INC|accessdate=19 June 2013|author=Aaron Elstein|date=21 November 2010}}</ref> The company’s annual revenue for 2013 was over US$401 million.

==History==
⚫
TransPerfect founders [[Liz Elting|Elizabeth Elting]] and [[Phil Shawe]] met in a [[New York University]] (NYU) dormitory room and founded the company in 1992. With no external financing, TransPerfect grew from a two-person dormitory-based operation into one of the 125 largest privately held companies in the New York area.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 125 Privately Held Companies|url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/data-lists/business-lists/details/30/2706842|work=Crain's New York Business|publisher=Crain Communications, Inc|accessdate=19 June 2013|date=19 November 2012}}</ref>

In July 2013, TransPerfect prevailed in a U.S. Federal patent trial against competitor MotionPoint. The trial began as a result of MotionPoint's claim that TransPerfect's use of its own translation technology patent was invalid. TransPerfect chose to take the matter to court to defend its intellectual property, and MotionPoint filed a counter-suit.<ref name="Internet Retailer">{{Cite web|title=In a web translation patent battle, the jury sides with TransPerfect|url=http://www.internetretailer.com/2013/07/29/jury-sides-transperfect-web-translation-patent-battle|work=Internet Retailer|publisher=Vertical Web Media|accessdate=18 August 2013|author=Paul Demery|date=29 July 2013}}</ref> After three weeks of arguments, a California jury voted in favor TransPerfect and awarded $1 million in damages.<ref name="Common Sense Advisory">{{Cite web|title=Jury Decides Translation Automation Case|url=http://www.commonsenseadvisory.com/Default.aspx?Contenttype=ArticleDetAD&tabID=63&Aid=5544&moduleId=390|work=Common Sense Advisory|publisher=Common Sense Advisory, Inc.|accessdate=18 August 2013|author=Donald DePalma|date=15 July 2013}}</ref>

In 2014, Elting sought to remove Shawe as an officer of TransPerfect Translations International, Inc. (TPI). Elting also motioned for an injunction barring Shawe from conducting any managerial activity related to TransPerfect and sought the dissolution of TransPerfect, alleging that Shawe had engaged in "erratic and abusive behavior".<ref>{{cite court |litigants=Elting v. Shawe |court=Supreme Court Of The State Of New York County Of New York |date=August 4th, 2014 |url=http://cases.justia.com/new-york/other-courts/2014-2014-ny-slip-op-32125-u.pdf?ts=1408054329}} </ref> In response, Shawe sought an order of protection against Elting after an incident in which she allegedly "pushed, shoved, kicked, slammed and otherwise assaulted and battered” Shawe.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ross|first1=Barbara|title=Co-founder of $400 million company seeks restraining order against his business partner and former lover|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/co-founder-400-million-company-seeks-restraining-order-business-partner-lover-article-1.1833346|website=New York Daily News|publisher=NYDailyNews.com|accessdate=18 June 2014}}</ref>

==Certifications==
TransPerfect is a certified Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) under the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).{{Citation needed|date=June 2013}}

==Services==
* Translation
* [[Language interpretation|Interpretation]]
* [[Typesetting]] and graphics
* Transcription
* [[Voiceover]] and [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbing]]
* [[Subtitling]]
* [[Multicultural marketing]]
* [[Linguistic validation]]
* Virtual data room services
* [[Staffing]]
* Legal<ref>{{cite web|title=Services|url=http://www.transperfect.com/services/_services.html|work=Transperfect|publisher=Transperfect|accessdate=19 June 2013|date=2013}}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
* TransPerfect named a Winner of the SmartCEO 2014 Brava! Awards.
* TransPerfect named Recipient of World Trade Week's 2014 "Global Technology Award".
* TransPerfect Ranked on the Women Presidents' Organization's "50 Fastest-Growing Women-Owned/Led Companies" List for 2014.<ref name="WPO">{{cite web|title=The 7th Annual 50 Fastest Growing Women-Owned/Led Companies|url=http://www.womenpresidentsorg.com/www.womenpresidentsorg.com/50fastest|work=Women Presidents' Organization|publisher=WPO|accessdate=14 June 2014|author=WPO|date=24 April 2014}}</ref>
* Delta Air Lines Names TransPerfect as Their 2014 Women-Owned Business of the Year.<ref name="Delta">{{cite web|title=TransPerfect Wins Women-Owned Business Delta Star Award|url=http://finance.yahoo.com/news/transperfect-wins-women-owned-business-170700861.html|work=Yahoo Finance|publisher=Yahoo Finance|accessdate=12 June 2014|author=BusinessWire|date=23 April 2013}}</ref>
* ''Crain’s New York Business'' includes TransPerfect on its list of the top 50 fastest-growing companies in 2012.<ref name="Fifty">{{cite web|title=Fast 50 2012|url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/gallery/20120624/FEATURES/620009999/38|work=Crain's New York Business|publisher=Crain Communications Inc|accessdate=19 June 2013|author=Buck Ennis|date=24 June 2012}}</ref>
* ''Crain's New York Business'' includes TransPerfect on its list of the top 125 largest privately held companies for eight consecutive years.<ref name="Top" />
* ''Crain's New York Business'' ranks TransPerfect among the New York Area's "Largest Women-Owned Companies" for eight consecutive years.<ref>{{cite web|title=NY Area's Largest Women-Owned Companies|url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/21707699/ny-areas-largest-women-owned-companies|work=EBSCO Host Connection|publisher=EBSCO Publishing|accessdate=19 June 2013|date=2013}}</ref>
* TransPerfect included on the Women Presidents' Organization's list of "Top 50 Fastest Growing Women-Led Companies” on three occasions.<ref>{{cite web|title=http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml|url=http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml}}{{Dead link|date=June 2013}} {{Dead link|date=June 2013}}</ref>
* TransPerfect ranked number 1 on DiversityBusiness.com’s list of the “Top 100 Women Owned Businesses in New York.”{{Citation needed|date=June 2013}}
* TransPerfect ranked one of the fastest growing companies in North America on "Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™" on six occasions.<ref>{{cite web|title=http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_US/us/Industries/technology/technology-fast500/89225738ab4cb210VgnVCM3000001c56f00aRCRD.htm|url=http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_US/us/Industries/technology/technology-fast500/89225738ab4cb210VgnVCM3000001c56f00aRCRD.htm}}{{Dead link|date=June 2013}} {{Dead link|date=June 2013}}</ref>
* TransPerfect VP Jessica Eker Named "National VP of Sales of the Year" at the 2010 Stevie Awards.<ref>{{cite web|title=2010 Honorees|url=http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/sales/awards/426_2281_20382.cfm|work=Stevie Awards|publisher=Stevie Awards, Inc|accessdate=19 June 2013|date=2013}}</ref>
* TransPerfect wins "Sales Meeting of the Year" at the 2009 Stevie® Awards.<ref>{{cite web|title=2009 Honorees|url=http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/sales/awards/426_2281_19531.cfm|work=Stevie Awards|publisher=Stevie Awards, Inc|accessdate=19 June 2013|date=2013}}</ref>
* Shawe is included in the ''Crain's New York Business'' "Forty Under 40" list in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Phil Shawe, 38|url=http://mycrains.crainsnewyork.com/40under40/profiles/2008/phil-shawe|work=Crain's New York Business|publisher=Crain Communications, Inc|accessdate=19 June 2013|author=Erik Ipsen|date=12 October 2012}}</ref>
* Ernst & Young's "Entrepreneur of the Year" Business Services Award for the New York Region in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hall of Fame|url=http://eoyhof.ey.com/MemberProfile.aspx|work=Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year|publisher=Ernst & Young|accessdate=19 June 2013|date=2001}}</ref>


== See also ==
⚫
The founders are [[Liz Elting|Elizabeth Elting]] and [[Phil Shawe]], who met at [[New York University]] (NYU) in 1992. TransPerfect grew from a two-person dormitory-based operation into one of the largest privately held companies in the New York area.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 125 Privately Held Companies|url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/data-lists/business-lists/details/30/2706842|work=Crain's New York Business|publisher=Crain Communications, Inc|accessdate=19 June 2013|date=19 November 2012}}</ref>
*[[Translation memory]]


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
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== External links ==
== External links ==

Revision as of 23:44, 30 August 2015

TransPerfect
Translations.com
IndustryTranslation
Language interpretation
Multicultural Marketing
FoundedNew York, New York, USA (1992)
HeadquartersNew York, New York, USA
Key people
Liz Elting and Phil Shawe, Co-Founders and Co-CEOs
RevenueIncrease$401 million USD (2013)
Increase$342 million USD (2012)
Increase$300 million USD (2011)
Increase$251 million USD (2010)
Increase$221 million USD (2009)
Increase$204 million USD (2008)
Increase$156 million USD (2007)
Increase$113 million USD (2006)[citation needed]
Number of employees
3,000 (2014)[citation needed]
Websitehttp://www.transperfect.com

TransPerfect Translations, commonly known as "TransPerfect", is a privately held translation services company. The TransPerfect group of companies provides language and global business services in 170 languages. The company is headquartered at 3 Park Avenue in New York City, United States (U.S.) and 85 TransPerfect offices exist internationally.[1]

TransPerfect has received recognition for its rapid growth as a privately held company in the U.S.[2] and is one of the largest privately held companies in New York.[3] The company’s annual revenue for 2013 was over US$401 million.

History

TransPerfect founders Elizabeth Elting and Phil Shawe met in a New York University (NYU) dormitory room and founded the company in 1992. With no external financing, TransPerfect grew from a two-person dormitory-based operation into one of the 125 largest privately held companies in the New York area.[4]

In July 2013, TransPerfect prevailed in a U.S. Federal patent trial against competitor MotionPoint. The trial began as a result of MotionPoint's claim that TransPerfect's use of its own translation technology patent was invalid. TransPerfect chose to take the matter to court to defend its intellectual property, and MotionPoint filed a counter-suit.[5] After three weeks of arguments, a California jury voted in favor TransPerfect and awarded $1 million in damages.[6]

In 2014, Elting sought to remove Shawe as an officer of TransPerfect Translations International, Inc. (TPI). Elting also motioned for an injunction barring Shawe from conducting any managerial activity related to TransPerfect and sought the dissolution of TransPerfect, alleging that Shawe had engaged in "erratic and abusive behavior".[7] In response, Shawe sought an order of protection against Elting after an incident in which she allegedly "pushed, shoved, kicked, slammed and otherwise assaulted and battered” Shawe.[8]

Certifications

TransPerfect is a certified Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) under the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).[citation needed]

Services

Awards and honors

  • TransPerfect named a Winner of the SmartCEO 2014 Brava! Awards.
  • TransPerfect named Recipient of World Trade Week's 2014 "Global Technology Award".
  • TransPerfect Ranked on the Women Presidents' Organization's "50 Fastest-Growing Women-Owned/Led Companies" List for 2014.[10]
  • Delta Air Lines Names TransPerfect as Their 2014 Women-Owned Business of the Year.[11]
  • Crain’s New York Business includes TransPerfect on its list of the top 50 fastest-growing companies in 2012.[12]
  • Crain's New York Business includes TransPerfect on its list of the top 125 largest privately held companies for eight consecutive years.[3]
  • Crain's New York Business ranks TransPerfect among the New York Area's "Largest Women-Owned Companies" for eight consecutive years.[13]
  • TransPerfect included on the Women Presidents' Organization's list of "Top 50 Fastest Growing Women-Led Companies” on three occasions.[14]
  • TransPerfect ranked number 1 on DiversityBusiness.com’s list of the “Top 100 Women Owned Businesses in New York.”[citation needed]
  • TransPerfect ranked one of the fastest growing companies in North America on "Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™" on six occasions.[15]
  • TransPerfect VP Jessica Eker Named "National VP of Sales of the Year" at the 2010 Stevie Awards.[16]
  • TransPerfect wins "Sales Meeting of the Year" at the 2009 Stevie® Awards.[17]
  • Shawe is included in the Crain's New York Business "Forty Under 40" list in 2008.[18]
  • Ernst & Young's "Entrepreneur of the Year" Business Services Award for the New York Region in 2001.[19]

See also

References

  1. ^ "About Us". Transperfect. Transperfect. 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  2. ^ "TransPerfect". Inc.com. Mansueto Ventures LLC. 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  3. ^ a b Aaron Elstein (21 November 2010). "Many top private firms in NY area predict 2010 revenue rise". Crain's New York Business. CRAIN COMMUNICATIONS INC. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Top 125 Privately Held Companies". Crain's New York Business. Crain Communications, Inc. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  5. ^ Paul Demery (29 July 2013). "In a web translation patent battle, the jury sides with TransPerfect". Internet Retailer. Vertical Web Media. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  6. ^ Donald DePalma (15 July 2013). "Jury Decides Translation Automation Case". Common Sense Advisory. Common Sense Advisory, Inc. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  7. ^ Elting v. Shawe (Supreme Court Of The State Of New York County Of New York August 4th, 2014), Text.
  8. ^ Ross, Barbara. "Co-founder of $400 million company seeks restraining order against his business partner and former lover". New York Daily News. NYDailyNews.com. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  9. ^ "Services". Transperfect. Transperfect. 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  10. ^ WPO (24 April 2014). "The 7th Annual 50 Fastest Growing Women-Owned/Led Companies". Women Presidents' Organization. WPO. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  11. ^ BusinessWire (23 April 2013). "TransPerfect Wins Women-Owned Business Delta Star Award". Yahoo Finance. Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 12 June 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  12. ^ Buck Ennis (24 June 2012). "Fast 50 2012". Crain's New York Business. Crain Communications Inc. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  13. ^ "NY Area's Largest Women-Owned Companies". EBSCO Host Connection. EBSCO Publishing. 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  14. ^ "http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml". {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)[dead link] [dead link]
  15. ^ "http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_US/us/Industries/technology/technology-fast500/89225738ab4cb210VgnVCM3000001c56f00aRCRD.htm". {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)[dead link] [dead link]
  16. ^ "2010 Honorees". Stevie Awards. Stevie Awards, Inc. 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  17. ^ "2009 Honorees". Stevie Awards. Stevie Awards, Inc. 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  18. ^ Erik Ipsen (12 October 2012). "Phil Shawe, 38". Crain's New York Business. Crain Communications, Inc. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  19. ^ "Hall of Fame". Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Ernst & Young. 2001. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
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