Translation and Transcription Procurement: Data Privacy and Compliance

The Translation and Transcription: Data Privacy and Compliance guidance is designed to create a shared starting point between research practitioners and the language service community for buying translation and transcription services.

It covers vocabulary and core areas to clarify communications in the glossary of terms and looks in depth at some of the more common areas to consider during the translation and transcription procurement process such as data privacy and translation memory.

We wish to express our thanks to Derek Jones from Acuigen and Ruth Partington from EMPOWER, for their drafting of this document, and Raisa McNab, CEO of the Association of Translation Companies for her input to this report.

Translation and Transcription Procurement: Data Privacy and Compliance

This guidance covers vocabulary and core areas to clarify communications in the glossary of terms and looks in depth at some of the more common areas to consider during the translation and transcription procurement process such as data privacy and translation memory.

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Best Practice Guide: AI Driven Research Translation and Transcription

This guide is designed to create a shared starting point between research practitioners and the language service community for buying translation and transcription services. It covers vocabulary and core areas to clarify communications in the glossary of terms and looks in depth at some of the more common areas to consider during the translation and transcription procurement process such as data privacy, translation memory, and the use of machine and AI-assisted translation and transcription. 

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Please note: this guidance is provided for information. It is not legal advice and cannot be relied upon as such. Legal advice should be taken in relation to any specific legal problems or matters.

Buying Translation Services: Please also see the MRS/ATC Checklist for Buying Translation Services for guidance about using translation agencies.

If you would like to know more about navigating the data privacy and compliance challenges when commissioning translation tune into our webinar in February: