Language Matters is a language and media practice that renders the following services:

Language editing, Translation, Transcription, Formatting and layout.

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An astonishing amount of work is done within these fields by freelance language and media practitioners, whose skills, training, experience and expertise vary, as do the fees they charge.

 

The Alliance of Language and Media Practitioners (LAMP) releases an annual rates guide, detailing the standard rates and tariffs that practitioners, who for the most part have vocational and educational training in the field, charge on average for their services. Despite this, rates remain unregulated, as does much of the industry itself. In 2014 the South African Government enacted the Language Practitioners’ Council Bill, thereby making statutory provisions for the official regulation of professional standards and accreditation systems of language practitioners. However, implementation of the Bill has been indefinitely “put on ice” owing to a lack of available government funding. Therefore the onus remains on the professionals who stand in practice to ensure that quality standards and rates are maintained and to promote and secure the profession.  Professional bodies such as The South African Translators’ Institute (SATI), The Professional Editors’ Guild (PEG), The Southern African Freelancers’ Association, and The Society for Editors and Proofreaders, have joint endeavours to assure that the professional practices and rates of language practitioners remain on standard.

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To this effect, at Language Matters we proudly render our services to the best of our abilities, boasting a team of dynamic, qualified and experienced professionals who are members of SATI and PEG. Our professionals share over a decade’s experience in a variety of fields and disciplines, including but not limited to the corporate sector, economics, accountancy, engineering, the sciences, education, and communications.