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March 19, 2007: Peritus Precision Translations, Inc. is Growing and Moves to a New Location
March 27, 2006: Peritus Precision Translations, Inc. Announces ISO 9001:2000 Certification
Charlotte Toksvig joins the Peritus Team as Project Manager (Fall 2001)
Virtually yours . how the Internet enables a woman's business
Peritus moves headquarters to San Carlos, California (Summer 2000)
June 18, 2008: Dagmar Dolatschko & Dr. Bernard J. Putz, co-owners of Peritus Precision Translations, Inc. publish lead article in ATA Chronicle "ISO Certification: Helping Build Stronger Business Relationships"
ISO certification can be either a burden or the path to best practices, resulting in increased bureaucracy or improved efficiency and effectiveness. The ATA Chronicle is the leading magazine in the translation industry. This article describes how ISO certification, if approached and implemented correctly, can be a strong foundation for growth.For a full view of the press release, go to: ISO Certification: Helping Build Stronger Business Relationships
November 3, 2007: Peritus Precision Translations, Inc. presents on "ISO - Why it Matters" at National ATA Conference in San Francisco
Continuous improvement should be more than lip service. It needs to become a way of life in a quality-conscious translation agency. The presentation covered what International Standard Organization (ISO) 9001:2000 certification means for: 1) translators who work with a certified agency; 2) clients; and 3) small or large agencies that are already ISO-certified or are considering certification.
By having solid processes in place prior to implementing a Quality Management System, and following an honest quality mindset certainly helped to set this company up for success. But it was the disciplined, and persistent approach of both management and all of the staff, that has made Peritus a prime example for how a small firm, with focused management and consistent processes can achieve great things.
For a full view of the press release, go to: Peritus at ATA
November 1, 2007: Peritus Precision Translations, Inc. is Chosen for TÜV Press Release under TÜV Breaking News
Danvers, Massachusetts, September 30, 2007. TÜV SÜD America Management Service’s division has granted ISO 9001:2000 Certification to Peritus Precision Translations, Inc., a small, woman-owned translation agency, located in Redwood City, California. Being a small company, didn’t hinder Peritus from pursuing ISO certification. The continuous improvement required for the yearly audit has actually helped to bring the company to the next level. For more than a decade, Peritus Precision Translations has been committed to delivering high-quality language services to a broad range of clients. The high standards applied to the process of selecting linguists and the care used in assessing projects and setting up project-specific teams has been a key to Peritus’ success over the years. ... [more]
Please use this link for the full online press release: Peritus Selected for TUV Press Release
Peritus Precision Translations, Inc. is Growing and Moves to a New Location
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 19, 2007 Peritus Precision Translations, Inc. is growing and on the move NOTICE: Our chairs are standing in a new location…
PLEASE NOTE our new address and telephone number:
Peritus Precision Translations, Inc.
460 Seaport Court, Suite 101
Redwood City, CA 94063 – United States
Tel: +1.650 421.2500
Fax: +1.650.421.2501
For additional information please visit www.peritustranslations.com, or call +1.650.421.2500
Contact: Dagmar Dolatschko
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Peritus Precision Translations, Inc. Announes Certification as a Women Business Enterprise or WBE
San Carlos, CA - Peritus Precision Translations, Inc. is proud to announce that the company has achieved the Women’s Business Enterprise Certification as of January 1, 2007. The certification confirms the commitment of Peritus Precision Translations, Inc. to America’s leading women-owned and run firms.“Over the past ten years we have provided global communication opportunities through premier translations services not only for our customers”, says Dagmar Dolatschko, President and Founder of Peritus Precision Translations, Inc., “but have developed a compassionate emphasis on working in a win-win environment with our customers and partners. We take great pride in receiving this certification from the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) and are looking forward to being part of leading corporate supplier diversity programs.”
WBENC is the nation’s leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America’s corporations. It is the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned and run by women in the United States. Accepted by over 700 major corporations across the country and a number of federal and government agencies, WBENC has become the nation’s leading source of information on trends in supplier diversity programs for women business enterprises -www.wbenc.com-.
For a full view of the press release, go to: Peritus WBENC Certified
Peritus Precision Translations, Inc. Announces ISO 9001:2000 Certification
San Carlos, CA—Peritus Precision Translations, Inc. is proud to announce that the company has achieved ISO 9001:2000 Certification as of January 27, 2006. The certification proves our commitment to continuous improvement and exceeding client expectations.
“2005 was another good year for Peritus,” Dagmar Dolatschko, the President and Founder of Peritus Precision Translations, Inc., says, “but I felt that it was time to take Peritus to the next level.” In April 2005, Ms. Dolatschko sat down with the project management team at Peritus to describe her vision of incorporating the ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System into the daily operations of the company and becoming ISO certified within a year.
The certification is not only important to our clients in the regulated industries such as bioscience or legal, but it guarantees that all projects are handled according to the same documented, expert procedures. “The strict standards we apply to the processes of selecting linguists and the care used in setting up project-specific teams has been a key to Peritus’ success over the years. These standards and processes have now been further documented and are even more rigorously employed on a daily basis”, says Charlotte Toksvig, Peritus’ QS Manager.
Using a certified translation partner gives our clients peace of mind. Our translation specialists are among the best in the world in ensuring industry-specific, precise translations. This combined with our focus on creating highly efficient virtual teams ensures that we provide superior service.
Roland Berger’s “think: act” with Peritus’ English translation wins international PR awards!
February 17, 2006: Peritus Precision Translations, Inc. is proud to announce that we provided the translations for award-winning magazines for Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, a leading European management consulting firm.
"think: act", the executive magazine by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, has received the renowned "Mercury Award" in New York. It was selected as being the "best consulting magazine" in a competition involving 940 corporate publications from 15 countries.
Two of the elements according to which the publication was judged clearly reflect the high quality of the translation:- how well the material is communicated to the designated audience,
- the overall expression of the message.
For the full article, please follow this link: Roland Berger Mercury Award.
The "Mercury Award" is the second award "think: act" has received within the past year. In June, it won the “Best of Corporate Publishing Award 2005”. think: act held its own against other corporate magazines from financial services, real estate and consulting companies.
Dagmar Dolatschko named Chairwoman of the Board of GABA
Dagmar Dolatschko, the owner and president of Peritus Precision Translations, Inc. (www.peritustranslations.com) based in San Carlos was elected Chairwoman of the Board for the German American Business Association, www.gaba-ca.org. Ms. Dolatschko is a founding board member of GABA. From GABA’s main office in San Carlos, the non-profit membership organization supports chapters in Southern California, Munich, Hamburg, and Berlin, Germany. Their focus is to foster and promote transatlantic trade and provide its members with an active networking platform and monthly events at all the chapters both in California and Germany.
Dagmar Dolatschko was one of the original co-founders of GABA. Prior to GABA, she served on the board of the German American Chamber of Commerce, West; co-founded the German American Council for Business, Boston in 1996 and served as their president for three years; she served as president of the Arizona Chapter of the German American Chamber of Commerce from 1993-1995. Besides her involvement in German American non-profit organizations, she has also been active in other boards such as Women in International Trade, and the Global Business Alliance, Boston.
(San Carlos, September 8, 2005)Peritus Precision Translations, Inc. receives Federal Supply Schedule contract through the General Services Administration (GSA)
San Carlos, California - (May 17, 2002) - Peritus Precision Translations, Inc., a translation agency focusing on high-quality human translations, was accepted by the General Services Administration (GSA) as a federal supplier and was awarded contract number GS-10F-0254M for the provision of Languages Services (translation and interpretation services in over 100 languages) to federal government agencies.
Peritus is now included in a list of suppliers pre-accepted by the government. This will allow the firm to receive contracts from a wide range of federal government agencies.
The firm is now actively pursuing translation and interpretation-related bids with various federal agencies. Peritus is also certified as a small woman-owned business with the State of California.
San Carlos, California - (January 23, 2002) - Peritus Precision Translations, Inc. is awarded "Small Business Status" with the State of California.
This certification entitles the firm to benefits under the state's Small Business Participation Program within state contracting, including a five percent bidding preference and special provisions under the Prompt Payment Act. Peritus is now actively pursuing translation and interpretation related bids with different California state agencies. Besides qualifying as a small business, Peritus is also a woman-owned business.
Peritus is proud to present one of our translators' work on the newly released book from the Boston Consulting Group, Clausewitz on Strategy.
The business world loves military analogies - the idea that the essence of modern commerce can be reduced to a noisy engagement between warring battalions. And war does provide a context to study strategy in action, which means that today's business world can obtain much useful information from Carl von Clausewitz, the Prussian military thinker of the early 19th century. Clausewitz on Strategy addresses this issue, and it has received excellent reviews. Amazon.com reports that the book has been as high as #45 and that it spent more than a week as #26 among business books.
One of Peritus Precision Translations' translators, William Skinner, has translated the original Clausewitz excerpts. The work on this project was reviewed in-house. Peritus has had an ongoing business relationship with the Boston Consulting Group, translating various articles and manuscripts. We knew that the translation of the excerpts from Clausewitz's original work On War (1832) would be much different from today's articles on business and strategy. Bill Skinner studied the majority of the 700-page original in order to make sure that all the excerpts were translated correctly in terms of context and vocabulary.
We are very proud of the final result, and we are also proud of being mentioned under Acknowledgements in Clausewitz on Strategy: "In addition, we thank (.) Bill Skinner, Dagmar Dolatschko, and Peritus Precision Translations, Inc., for our new translation of Clausewitz that is so faithful to the original."
To view excerpts from the book, please view it online at www.amazon.com.
Charlotte Toksvig joins the Peritus Team as Project Manager
In 2001, Charlotte Toksvig joined the Peritus Team in California. Ms. Toksvig moved to the United States from Copenhagen, Denmark in January 2001, and met Dagmar Dolatschko at a networking event in the Silicon Valley area. "She was the perfect fit for my company, and the timing was right as well", said Dagmar Dolatschko, owner of Peritus Precision Translations, Inc.
Prior to moving to California, Charlotte Toksvig held the position as Project Coordinator with the Translation Centre, a translation agency based in Copenhagen, Denmark. At the Translation Centre, Ms. Toksvig managed all aspects of domestic and international translation projects. Quality assurance has always been a priority for Ms. Toksvig: "I always work to ensure quality levels are maintained, and that's why I'm so pleased to have joined Peritus. I know that this company never compromises on quality and client satisfaction," she says.
Ms. Toksvig holds a Master's Degree in English and Communication from the University of Copenhagen.
Virtually yours . how the Internet enables a woman's business
Dagmar Dolatschko, the owner of Peritus Precision Translations, Inc. has a story to tell: It's a success story of how to make the Internet and emerging technology work for you. A story about a mother who manages to run her business, with help from trusted assistants who are not necessarily sitting in her office so she can keep her toddler with her at all times. A story about using the Internet, telephone tools and the mobility of laptops and cell phones without compromising client satisfaction.
There were many months, after Dagmar's child was born, where she had no "in-house" help at all, yet the phones were always covered, faxes and e-mail got read and clients received responses within hours. How did she do it?
The bookkeeper in Rhode Island, telephone support in Arizona, a "virtual" project manager in Massachusetts, and part-time help in California for DTP and when the going got tough? How did it all work, let a small company grow, and kept a child happy and at his mother's side? It's a major juggling act. Maybe there was a reason, Dagmar took juggling and unicycle lessons in her youth. You might call it "transferable skills". Yet, she kept her company growing with just this type of network, working with other women she had learned to trust over the years, who know her business and who each fulfill specific tasks in the project cycle of a translation agency.
Any given business day, Dagmar would check e-mail before her child even awoke, send instructions to the telephone support person in Arizona and project manager in Massachusetts, of what to expect of the day, and draw up a list of priorities for herself. She would also respond to requests from Europe or the East Coast, make a few phone calls, and then get back to family tasks, of reading a good morning book, brushing little teeth, making breakfast. In between, a quick glance at e-mail. If any urgent calls had come in by now, if there was a response from the client's project manager for a current project. Then delegate tasks some more to free up a bit more time for the child. Some of the most efficient work time is during the toddler's naptime. Dagmar learned to work with even more prioritization, faster, more efficiently, especially during this time, and during the 15-20 minute increments when the child is playing. Needless to say, there's lots of work to catch up on in the evenings, after her son goes to bed.
Granted, not every job serves itself to this type of work-style. But not every person is going to be able to work like this either. Dagmar had consciously built her business in a way, so she would be able to spend the time with her child, without giving up her professional life. Some days, and almost impossibly juggling act, some days total bliss. "It is worth it", she says. "It will last only a few years, then my son goes to kindergarten, then to school - and then I have the rest of my life to continue to build the business". In the meantime, she runs her company with this virtual team of women who are in similar situations in their life - who juggle work and family and were looking for a chance to work like this. With flexibility, yet maintaining a professional interest.
By now, Dagmar has received added support from an in-house project manager as off late summer 2001. Yet, the virtual team is still in place, supporting the growth of a company that could be a trendsetter for other women who try to juggle it all.
Peritus moves headquarters to San Carlos, California (Summer 2000)
Part business, part personal was the decision to move back West for Dagmar Dolatschko and her family. One thing is for sure, the new location in the heart of the Bay Area Peninsula, halfway between Silicon Valley and San Francisco, within walking distance to the commuter train, would be beneficial for this growing translation agency. The past four years in Plymouth, Massachusetts had been a time of building and development, a time of networking, of being active in local business, from the Plymouth Chamber, the Silicon Sandbar to the Global Business Alliance and the building of the German American Council for Business. Dagmar Dolatschko's efforts in building not only her translation agency, but also in contributing to the local business community paid off in terms of receiving recognition as a business owner and in developing new clients. All East-coast clients remain loyal to Peritus, even though it meant for some that they were choosing to do business with an out-of-state vendor now. But they felt, it was more important to get their translations done by somebody they had learned to trust and where they knew what to expect. Distance does not make any difference in this day and age of the Internet.
Soon, word of mouth traveled and led to new clients in the West as well. From small law firms to large high-tech manufacturers, interesting advertising projects and website translations, Peritus continued to grow not just in revenue, but also in scope. The firm also added a significant number of Asian language translators, editors, and interpreters, as well as some local desktop publishing specialists to the affiliate team.
Peritus still maintains an East Coast location in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Please view our "Contact us" page for additional information on both locations.
460 Seaport Court, Suite 101, Redwood City, CA 94063-5548, USA
Tel: +1.650.421.2500 Fax: +1.650.421.2501
Email: info@peritustranslations.com
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