Celebrating our 40th anniversary

Foreign Language Services Ltd was started by my father Peter Elphick and John Peck in 1971 and operates in a number of business sectors with particular expertise in the electrical, electronic, engineering, aero and automotive markets. Today, and since 1993 the company has been run by me.  

To be celebrating forty years in business is a remarkable achievement.  The document translation industry is now a massively competitive sector with a number of the larger translation companies aggressively growing through acquisition. We have indeed been approached to sell on a number of occasions. 


I intend to keep the company as a family run independent entity and my sights are firmly set on developing the business for the future. Our fortieth year in business will be a year in which we lay the foundations for future success. I can see the way in which the industry is developing and we intend to stay at the cutting edge of technology whilst focussing on service, quality, turnaround times and transparent pricing.


In addition to being at the forefront of translation technology by using some of the latest software programs for Memory Aided Translation and Computer Aided Translation, we have our own in-house desktop publishing department and we are able to provide custom formatting for manuals, handbooks, catalogues and brochures.  


Foreign Language Services Ltd is based in Stafford, employs eight people, works with over fifty mother-tongue translators and can translate any type of document in any language combination.