Merger between Amstelveens Vertaalburo and Translation World

1 July 2010 saw the merger of two leading Amstelveen translation agencies. Amstelveens Vertaalburo and Translation World have joined forces and are now continuing together under the trade name of AVB Translations.

AVB was set up by Rita van Rooij-Masoni in 1972. Rita was a famous Spanish teacher for trainee pursers at KLM, the national Dutch airline.  If you wanted to learn good Spanish, you went to Ms Van Rooij. One day the directors of KLM requested an important translation into Spanish. This was the account of the legendary flight of ‘De Pelikaan’ to Indonesia in 1933. However, no translator is perfect and so she asked a colleague to correct her translation. KLM subsequently requested an English translation. Bearing in mind her initial approach, she had one person carry out the translation and another person the corrections: this marked the birth of Amstelveens Vertaalburo (Amstelveen Translation Agency). We still apply this working procedure today, and ultimately the standards associated with this method were incorporated in the NEN-EN 15038 European quality standard.

In 2002 two entrepreneurs with a passion for language set up the translation agency Translation World. With a small circle of clients and with no other staff, the duo set out to conquer a place in the translation sector. This agency, also based in Amstelveen, always put a strong emphasis on modern technology and ICT. And the approach paid off. Translation World not only proved its worth as an outstanding translation partner, but also grew into an all-round supplier of language services.

The management of the two companies decided that together the agencies would form an outstanding combination. The traditional strength and established name of Amstelveens Vertaalburo combined with Translation World’s special focus on modern technology have now resulted in AVB Translations. A modern, high-powered supplier of language services that delivers superior quality in all sectors and for all languages.