A translation company claims that it employs a large number of full-time in-house translators capable of handling a multitude of subjects in various languages. Is that likely to be true?
No, it is not. Few companies can afford to have in-house translators for all imaginable combinations of languages and capable of handling any possible subject matter. The translation industry just does not work that way. Experienced translators with a thorough knowledge of one or more specialized fields rarely work as full-time employees of a translation company. All full-service translation companies rely on independent translators (“freelancers”) for the majority of their work.
