European Language Industry Association

Our Mission in Short

What We Do

Our mission is to accelerate your business success

ELIA is the European not-for-profit trade association of language service companies with a mission to accelerate our members‘ business success. Founded in 2005, we have become the leading trade association for the language services industry in Europe.

We are committed to delivering benefits, events and initiatives with a single goal in mind: to help language service companies grow. This means providing hyper-relevant opportunities for you and your company to learn, network and develop best practice together, while representing the interests of the language industry as a whole.

At ELIA we strive to maintain the welcoming and open environment the association has become famous for, where our members feel like part of a growing family all strengthening the industry together.

Tips & Announcements

Our Latest News

Keep up to date with the latest news and events from ELIA Association.

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2025 ELIA Board of Directors Election Results

The Results Are In! We’re thrilled to announce the results of the 2025 ELIA Board of Directors Election. Thank you to everyone who participated and cast their vote. A warm welcome to our newest...
Posted on Jun 25, 2025

Restoring the Balance: Human Expertise in the AI-Driven Localisation Era

In this final article of ELIA’s 2025 ELIS Discussion Series, we explore the ELIS report's assertion: “The balance between technology and human services is broken.” To unpack that statement, we wanted...
Posted on Jun 25, 2025

Not another AI webinar: An interactive roundtable by ELIA’s AI Committee

The ELIA AI Committee is hosting its first-ever webinar. But we’re doing things a little differently. No slides. No keynotes. No one-way presentations.
Posted on Jun 18, 2025

Upcoming Events

Our events allow members to benefit from the massive pool of expertise and networking connections within the industry.

Networking Days 2025

Networking Days is the perfect opportunity for language industry professionals to come together, discuss...

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Focus on Project Management 2025

Come join ELIA’s Focus on Project Management and unlock your project management potential! Our three-day...

Together 2026

Together is ELIA’s initiative dedicated to bringing together freelance language professionals and language...

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Thoughts of Our Members

Latest Testimonials

Over the years we have brought exceptional value to our members. Hear their opinions below.

The wealth of knowledge, resources, and networking opportunities provided by ELIA has empowered us to elevate our services to new heights. (...) The impact of ELIA on our agency's development cannot be overstated, and we look forward to continuing this fruitful partnership for years to come.

Marija Jestrić

Director of International Sales, Alkemist

Besides being able to connect and find partners, we acquired an insight into best practices and, as a result, upgraded and improved our processes which yielded a 90% growth or our turnover in 2015. We have gained a lot by becoming an ELIA member.