... Qualitätssprachendienste Deutschland e. V. QSD. It represents the interests and opinions of the German Translation Industry and, thus, of German translation companies within the EUATC:
Principal tasks of the QSD
- To strengthen professionalism in terms of translation work
- To create a lobby to support the markedly increasing importance of language services within the globalised economy
Objectives of the professional association
To promote quality and professionalism in the translation sector by:
- Encouraging quality assurance and further training
- Maintaining quality standards of translation companies
- Improving relations between freelance translators and translation companies
- Collaborating with other associations
- Cooperating in the field of specialist translations at German and European levels
- Improving the image of the translation sector and its services by providing information and conducting PR activities
- Providing effective economic and political representation of interests in the relevant bodies at national and international levels