INTELLIGENT SOLUTIONS FOR PROGRESSIVE ENTERPRISES
The American Bureau of Professional Translators (ABPT) has been “Bridging the Language Gap” since 1986. ABPT was founded by Richard Rosenthal, who also founded the Bilingual Education Institute, a 25-year-old nationally accredited language and culture institution. In its 20-plus years of operation, ABPT has obtained respect and admiration for its work in the profession. ABPT is a U.S. corporation based in Houston, Texas, with an extensive network of translators, interpreters, and linguists engaged in professional activities ranging from technical translations to world-class conference interpretations. ABPT specializes in the official languages of the Americas (English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French) and all of their variations.
Our Mission
ABPT is committed to our clients’ success by providing effective and efficient language and cultural support with the highest quality and service responsiveness possible. From translation/localization to interpretation and related services, we use the latest technologies and tools to become a natural extension of our clients’ operations, dedicating ourselves to our clients’ success through the use of best practices, solutions, and technologies in the field. What our clients obtain in return for our services is experience and expertise, global presence, excellence in quality, strict confidentiality, and personal and professional satisfaction. In other words, peace of mind. ABPT . . . we translate your business into success.
Language Technology
Language technology is changing the way we communicate, changing the requirements for international software, and changing how business is done all over the world. ABPT keeps up with the latest developments and information and provides insight into how these developments will affect you and your business. From Unicode-enabled operating systems to language-specific encodings to systems that recognize your speech in any language to application software that brings in efficiencies, ABPT is at the forefront of language technology.
Global Web
ABPT services are beneficial whether you use the Internet and worldwide Web for e-mail, purchasing services, promoting your business, or conducting fully international e-commerce. Because every Web site is a global Web site, and even a site designed for one country may require several languages to be effective, ABPT can help you create a site that works for non-English speaking users. We can also show you how to attract those users to your site and how to keep the site current.
Managing Content
How do you answer customer inquiries promptly and in the clients’ own languages? How do you track all the words and the changes to your literature and multilingual Web site? How do you know who’s doing what and where? ABPT offers content management systems, global management systems (CMS and GMS), and other management disciplines that may help.
Internationalization
Will the pictures and colors you select for a user interface in Argentina be the same for users in China? What about dates, currency formats, electrical power, and metrics? You cannot afford to ignore the requirements of your global customers; otherwise, you might find that your products or services are a failure.
Localization
How can you make your product or service look and feel just right for users of another world region and for that language and culture? To find out, engage ABPT’s services. We’ll save you time and money in your localization projects.
As an all-integrated language and culture services company, we offer the following:
• Single language authoring or editing in various styles
• Double language translation and interpretation
• Multiple language translation and interpretation
• Consecutive or simultaneous interpretation
• Localization services
• Cross-cultural consulting
• Multi-language e-learning
• Desktop publishing
• Editing, proofreading, typesetting, and subtitling
• and more
WHY ABPT?
Twenty years experience and a combination of unique strategic and logistical characteristics make ABPT a viable choice for long-term service contracts. ABPT is a leading provider of language and cultural services. We can translate virtually any language in the world, but what makes us unique is that we specialize in the official languages of the Americas (English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French) and all of their variations.
Our commitment is to excellence. We undertake each project with the same enthusiasm, efficiency, and quality, regardless of length, urgency, or complexity. We strive to meet and exceed our clients’ most rigorous requirements and tightest deadlines.
Quality
ABPT works with the latest technologies and updates, utilizing these modern tools to deliver top-quality services and to create world-ready applications. Our localization, desktop publishing, and internationalization disciplines are developed under strict quality assurance procedures, which govern their completion. We help companies communicate and conduct business in any language and in any locale. No matter your company or project size, ABPT has a solution for you.
Technological Expertise• Our investment in extensive training for our staff and the constant improvement of our methodology and products means that we deliver the latest technological advances and solutions to our customers.
Customer Satisfaction• Your satisfaction is our top priority. We search for the solutions best-suited to our clients’ needs, and apply all our knowledge and expertise to keep you satisfied.
Confidentiality• We sign and apply non-disclosure agreements when dealing with confidential information.
Customer Service
We provide exceptional customer service in two ways. First, we work worldwide with a team that’s extremely client-focused. Second, client education is our top priority. We are willing to assist and coach you during all the stages of your project. We’re available when you need us. Around the clock; every day. Our Language and Culture Management Plus Services™ (LCMaPS) is an integrated proactive approach that handles not only all of your language and culture needs but transfers know-how and expertise to your team.
A customer-focused service is available for you when you need it. That’s why ABPT designed a system that provides our clients with next-door service anywhere in the world. With ABPT, your company has flexibility and options. You can relax knowing that your deadlines and specifications will be met.
All-inclusive
Translation, proofreading, editing, localization, desktop publishing, and a smart classification system to accommodate your specific needs are part of our core services.
ABPT recognizes that clients’ needs vary as much as their desired outcomes. This is why ABPT has invested in a flexible system that adapts to our clients’ requirements. The classification of translations is only one of ABPT’s innovations that accommodate the specific needs of our clients.
Customers request different
• Types of translations: post-edited machine translation (MT), informative, standard, for publication
• Lengths of translation: 1 page to more than 100,000 pages
• Single or multiple language translations
• Technical, personal, documentary, or marketing translations
Check out our Translation Classifications section for more information.
Flexibility
ABPT offers responsiveness and the ability to adapt to ever-changing requirements. Whether you choose ABPT’s stand-alone, on-demand services or the cost-effective large volume annual contract LCMaPS, when you choose ABPT, you can rest easy. We’ll complete your projects in a precise, cost-effective, timely manner. We perform within your workflow by aligning our 20 years of experience with integrity and performance.
Location
Founded in 1986, ABPT is based, owned, and operated in Houston, Texas. Houston is the energy capital of the world and a world-leading center for medicine, the aerospace industry, and a gateway to Latin America. This strategic location allows for competitive operations in the East or West coasts while meeting or exceeding the performance and quality of like firms.
The Texas Gulf Coast has a high concentration of industries with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) labor forces. Our broad expertise ranges from language and cultural services for the LEP workforce to solutions for global customers using American products and services. We understand that our clients’ needs and requirements are unique. Meeting each clients’ challenges is what we do best. Our in-depth knowledge and experience localizing for specific locales is just one more reason to choose ABPT.
Give us a call, you’ll be glad you did.
MEMBER OF PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
1 - American Translators Association (ATA)
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Association of Language Companies (ALC)
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Austin Area Translators and Interpreters Association (AATIA)
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Better Business Bureau (BBB)
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City of Houston (COH)
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Houston Interpreters and Translators Association (HITA)
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Northern California Translators Association (NCTA)
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Port of Houston Authorities (POHA)
ABPT: A Proven Record of Success
Since 1986, ABPT has offered single-source solutions for our clients’ multilingual communication needs and international cross-cultural communication requirements through a variety of customized services. ABPT provided simultaneous interpretation services and equipment for:*The 1990 World Economic Summit of Industrialized Nations
*The 1993 Inter-American Petroleum and Gas Conference (English-Spanish)
*The 1993 International Conference on the Health Effects of Low Dose Radiation
After the Chernobyl accident, a major international delegation converged in Houston to discuss its effects. ABPT amassed a team of 12 Russian simultaneous interpreters to assist, and in this letter we were given the highest praise for our efforts.
*The 1996 World International Airports Summit (English-French-Spanish)
*And many more!
What Our Clients Are Saying...
Thank you for the incredible turnaround for our Japanese brochure. Your ability to “go with the flow” enabled us to do the impossible.
> Cindy
We were most pleased and impressed with the professionalism of the interpreters and their reliability, diligence, and efficiency in interpreting the presentations of our prestigious participants. They did an excellent job...
> Jane Smith-Martin
> East West Center
I would like to thank you for all of the time and effort you and your staff put into our proposal for Seguros Génesis in Mexico City. Your promptness and professionalism told us immediately that your agency was the one CB/Madison could rely on.
> David Durbin
> CB/Madison
It has been such a pleasure working with your organization! Last weekend’s meeting was superb and your interpreters are largely responsible for that. They did a fantastic job and made the AUA look great in the process.
> Ellen Seaback
> AUA Surgical Learning Center
We greatly appreciate your staff’s professionalism, cooperation and assistance with our language translation requirements.
> Larry Gahagan
> BP Exploration
I wanted to thank you and your staff for jumping to the occasion and making every effort to complete this task in an impossible time frame. It is nice to work with a vendor that truly understands “Customer Service.”
> Sue Burnfin
> MCFA
Thank you so much for your fast and professional service.
> Jerry
> ISO of SAA
ABPT has 20-plus years of experience meeting the language needs of the global marketplace and enabling clients to communicate effectively across cultural and linguistic borders. We’re designed to merge professional, technical, and communication resources for our corporate, group, and individual clients. We customize specific solutions to maximize quality, service responsiveness, and value-added services while minimizing turnaround time.
ABPT: “We find the best pathways to satisfied customers.”
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