Company

Argos is an American-British owned translation company offering services for all the European languages with Central and Eastern European support considered the specialty.
The company’s headquarter is based in Krakow, Poland. Argos also have a new office in Chicago, USA. The U.S. was seen as a natural step towards improving communication response times with clients in the Americas and around the world. By operating facilities in the USA and Europe, Argos maintains a 24-hour open office regardless of client time-zone.
Argos Translations was founded in 1996 by Kevin Fountoukidis and has rapidly grown in size and experience ever since. Argos initially served as a translation company that provided Eastern European and international business communities with high-quality translations. A few years later, in response to the international software industry’s demand for high-quality localisation services, Argos expanded its service offerings to include the localisation of: software and websites, ERP/CRM systems, multimedia products, medical equipment and e-learning courses. The rapid growth of Polish-based IT companies along with an increase in distributors of foreign software to the Eastern European markets resulted in an overwhelming need for more wide-ranging localization services. That in turn, had prompted Argos to include further services such as TM (Translation Memory) consultancy, software engineering services and TM training. Argos’ experience along with the range of services it offered continued to grow. As a result Argos quickly became one of the preeminent translation companies in Central and Eastern Europe.
The company is trying to be present at all important translation and localisation events. Furthermore, Argos is ISO 9001:2000 certified and an UE approved translation vendor. Argos' memberships included: LISA (The Localization Industry Standards Association), GALA (The Globalization and Localization Association), ATA (American Translators Association), ALC (The Association of Language Companies).
It has become a long standing Argos tradition to choose 3 new charities for the company to support at the end of each calendar year. This year, Argos' employees voted to donate money to the following causes: Polish Red Cross (PCK), Polish Humanitarian Organization, Krakow’s Animal Shelter.


Services

Argos has an international staff of 100 in-house employees, over 1000 freelance translators, and a client list with numerous global 1000 companies.
Company’s services are mainly provided to medical, pharmaceutical, IT, automotive, automation and financial sectors of the economy.

External links

Argos Translations Website