Welcome to Tranquality
Tranquality is a division of LTAC Global, a non-profit organization serving the language community, and uses the following broadly applicable definition:
A quality translation demonstrates accuracy and fluency required for the audience and purpose and complies with all other specifications negotiated between the requester and provider, taking into account end-user needs.
In the context of translation quality, the main duties of Tranquality are:
(1) To manage licensing of the logo tied to the written-out label Professionally Verified Translation, which was standardized in the 2025 edition of ASTM F2575, along with the label Unverified Translation for everything that is not professionally verified; and
(2) To coordinate with other organizations central to the Labels-on-Translation-Output initiative, especially ASTM International and the FIT Standards Committee.
Learn more on translation quality in our mini-course.
Why use and promote the ASTM labels on translation output?
Consumer protection: Should end users trust a piece of translation in their hands?
Transparency: Who is behind a translation? Who is accountable for translation errors? How can risk be managed in high-stakes translation, where errors matter?
Promoting the profession: Human translators are here to stay, and their role in the translation industry is expanding as technology evolves.
For more information about the logo and character mark (PVTr) for Professionally Verified Translation and other aspects of the Labels-on-Translation-Output initiative, see the PVTr website: https://pvtrinfo.online/.