Specialties
Universe Technical Translation ("UTT") established its headquarters in Houston, Texas, USA in 1981, adding global offices in London, Moscow and Baku. UTT provides translation services in over 100 languages and across multiple disciplines, it offers document translation, website localization, language classes, desktop publishing services as well as voice over and video subtitling among others. Both in-person and over-the-phone interpreters are available 24/7, whether consecutive or simultaneous interpreters. UTT is the largest provider of conference interpreting equipment rentals in Texas.
History
Established in 1981.
Universe Technical Translation was founded in 1981 by Marion Rifkind and Mark Krasnov. The company headquarters are in Houston, Texas, but it operates satellite offices in London, Moscow, and Baku.
Meet the Business Owner: Marion R.
For the past thirty-five years, Marion has been the owner and president of Universe Technical Translation, Inc., a language services company providing technical, legal, and commercial translation and interpretation over 60 languages. The company was set up to supply translation services for a contract where Dresser Industries (US) had to supply turbines to the Soviets. Marion was invited to come from London, England to handle this project. In 1990, she established the Soviet-American Chamber of Commerce in Houston, which subsequently became the CIS American Chamber of Commerce. This was set up to create an environment for US and Soviet business people to come together to exchange ideas and to foster connections between business people from both countries and to have a place to network with others trying to accomplish similar goals.