Jeffrey C. Worthington Chair, Energy and Environmental Division American Society for Quality OEI Director of Quality Office of Environmental Information
If a translator is unfamiliar with the language, he or she is almost guaranteed to make an error. A successful translation begins with language fluency; nevertheless, speaking a language fluently does not make a translator complete and effective, as his actual comprehension is assessed during the translation process. A translator must have a fundamental familiarity with all languages because they all have words that are distinctive to their civilizations.
The global translation services market was valued at $43 billion in 2017. North America was the largest geographic region accounting for $26.6 billion or 61.8% of the global market. The USA was the largest country accounting for $20.1 billion or 46.7% of the global translation services market.