LITS - Lancashire Interpretation & Translation Service

LITS, interpretation and translation agency in Lancashire

LITS (Lancashire Interpretation & Translation Service) is a British language services agency based in Blackburn, Lancashire. The company presents itself as one of the UK's leading interpretation and translation agencies and states that it has over twenty years of experience serving its clients. Its team of linguists comes from a range of backgrounds and has developed specialisms spanning from law and finance to legal documentation and judicial proceedings.

The company describes itself as one of the UK's fastest growing language services companies and states that it has a network of professional interpreters and qualified translators, as well as forensic linguists. The website indicates that it offers nationwide coverage and service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Interpretation services

The interpretation area focuses on facilitating communication between languages and cultures in diverse situations. The agency's catalogue includes the following modes:

• Face-to-face interpreting
• Video remote interpreting
• Telephone interpreting
• Conference interpreting
• Specialist interpreting
• Legal Aid interpreting
• British Sign Language interpreting

Translation and transcription

In the field of translation, the company states that it handles assignments ranging from foreign property documents or legal contracts to websites and film transcripts. Among the translation services it lists are document translation, legal translation, localisation, subtitle translation, technical translation and website translation. It also mentions certified translation, app translation, proofreading and translations in alternative formats and braille.

Among its complementary services, LITS provides verbatim and intelligent transcription, in order to provide a detailed written record of meetings, interviews or multimedia content, as well as audio transcription, subtitling and video transcription services. It also offers forensic linguistics and document examination services: its forensic linguists analyse dialects, grammar and phonetics to verify authenticity and investigate documents.

Languages and sectors served

The agency states that it covers more than 300 languages. Its list includes, among others, Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Chinese Mandarin, Czech, Dari, Dutch, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Malay, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh and Zulu.

The website mentions sectors of activity among its content sections, although the available material does not detail which specific services are assigned to each one.

Client profile and recognition

The testimonials collected on the website come mainly from barristers, King's Counsel (KC) and judges, and illustrate interpreting assignments in courts and tribunals such as Manchester Civil Justice Centre, Liverpool Crown Courts, Wigan County Courts, Manchester High Court and Belfast. Among the cases cited are interpretations from Urdu, Gujarati and Latvian, as well as the urgent translation of a complex medical report from French. The company shows a rating of 5.0 based on 50 reviews.

How it works and recruitment

The working process described by the agency consists of three steps: identification of the need, request for a quote via an online form and execution of the project by the linguists. The company keeps open the reception of applications from professional linguists, who are asked to send their CV to join the team.

Location and contact

Maitri House, 16 Strawberry Bank, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 6AA, UK · Phone: 01254 674514 · Email: info@lits-service.co.uk · Hours: Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 17:00