Doug Lawrence

Current

Consultant to MA module The Translation Profession at Aston University
Instructor at Austin Community College
Accredited Export Communications Review Consultant at UK Trade & Investment

Approved Supplier at Business Link
Committee Member TS/1 ISO TC 37 at British Standards Institute
Owner at Amicus TransTec Limited (doug<at>amicus-transtec.com)

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Past

Sales Director at Oxford Conversis Ltd
Worldwide Director of LSP Sales and Marketing at TRADOS Inc.
UK and Ireland Country Manager at TRADOS GmbH

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Education

The University of Wolverhampton
The University of Wolverhampton

Recommended

5 people have recommended Doug

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Translation and Localization

Websites

Doug Lawrence’s Summary

Founder of Amicus TransTec Limited, helping:
- British exporters win international business
- Translation professionals sell more
- Language professionals gain competitive advantage with specialist translation technologies

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Doug Lawrence is a sought-after international speaker with an engaging style that is energetic, informative, and based on 20 years in the translation industry; having held several international sale roles with leading translation companies and a translation tool vendor.

Mr. Lawrence is a passionate advocate for the professional translation industry, working to raise its profile and promote the value chain mentality in clients, translation companies, freelancers and educators.

Lawrence founded the UK’s leading independent translation technology consulting company, Amicus TransTec, in 2006. In 2007 Lawrence created the industry’s leading sales training programme Selling Translations™ which now consists of 20 courses and has been completed in various forms by over 4800 translation professionals from over 120 countries. Selling Translations™ has been approved by the UK ATC, UK ITI and ProZ.com.

As a UK Government Export Communications Consultant Lawrence helps UK small and medium sized businesses export more.

Lawrence is a consultant lecturer on the Master in Translation Studies at Aston University in the UK, and the Instructor for the ITSE 6083 Managing the Sales Process programme for the Austin Community College Texas, USA. He is also a Business Language Champion visiting schools and encouraging children to study languages.

Lawrence is one of the UK's Principal Experts to ISO TC 37 and is a qualified ISO 9001 Lead Auditor.

Lawrence holds a BSc in Computer Science and an MBA. He lives in the UK with his wife and daughter and enjoys keeping fit with running, yoga and resistance training. He is a keen amateur linguist, learning a little of the language of each country he visits.

Doug Lawrence’s Specialties:

Selling Translations (TM) training and consulting for translation service providers. Professional translation software sales, implementation, training, support and consulting. Localization, Localization. Multilingual CMS and Web. Systems integration. Translation Memory. BSI ISO/TC 37 Committee Member.

Doug Lawrence’s Experience

Consultant to MA module The Translation Profession

Aston University

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

September 2009 — Present (5 months)

Delivering lectures and teaching support on the translation industry for the Translation Studies Masters Degree module The Translation Profession.
Instructor

Austin Community College

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

September 2009 — Present (5 months)

Instructor for the ITSE 6083 Managing the Sales Process programme for the Austin Community College Texas, USA.
Accredited Export Communications Review Consultant

UK Trade & Investment

(Government Relations industry)

August 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

As an export communications review consultant I provide companies with impartial and objective advice about addressing language and cultural barriers when trading with overseas markets. The review aims to assist companies to develop effective communication strategies for overseas markets and improve their overall international competitiveness.
Approved Supplier

Business Link

(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Management Consulting industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)
Committee Member TS/1 ISO TC 37

British Standards Institute

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; International Trade and Development industry)

February 2008 — Present (2 years )

Technical Committee 37 is concerned with standards for "Terminology and other language resources"
Specifically SC2 WG6 and SC3 WG3
Owner

Amicus TransTec Limited (doug<at>amicus-transtec.com)

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Translation and Localization industry)

July 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)

Additional Information

Doug Lawrence’s Websites:

Doug Lawrence’s Groups:

LinkedSEO
! Sales Best Practices
Translators Worldwide
Localization Professional
Solution Sales and Presales Networking Group
Search Marketing Salon
$Wales: Connections and Friends of Wales\ Cyfeillon am Cymru$ Wales: Connections and Friends of Wales\ Cyfeillon am Cymru
Advanced Web Metrics with Google Analytics
Localization and Globalization Fusion Society
Inside Sales Experts
Training Professionals
Moodlers Online
Quality Assurance & Localisation Professionals within the UK & Europe!
TM Europe Conference
Common Sense Advisory, Inc.
A12n - "Africanisation" of ICT Network
Lingua
International Trade Network
Professional Translators and Interpreters (ProZ.com)
Automated Language Translation Group
The National B2B Centre Members Group
Web Globalization
TRADOS Alumni
ITI members
Translations agencies bad practices
Terminology
UK Trade & Investment (UKTI)
G11n - Globalization Professionals
]project-open[ User Group
MemoQ
NEWS & TRANSLATION JOBS
Watercooler: Tips, Tricks and Networking for Translators
ICT Cluster
ECR Consultants
Translators against Crowdsourcing by Commercial Businesses
British American Business Council in the Midlands (BABC)
CAT tools
Professional Translation Conferences and Training (ProZ.com)
West Midlands International Trade
Writing for Translation
UK Technology Global Markets
Selling Translations(TM)
Translator Training
Shropshire International Trade/Export Group
TMS Inspiration Days