1. How many members of staff do you employ to translate (Welsh-English-Welsh)?
2. What is the annual cost of employing senior translators and translators within your organisation?
3a. Do you employ translators on a bank basis?
3b. If you do employ translators on a bank basis, what was your annual spend for, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021,22 and the first quarter of 2022/23?
4a Do you use translation companies on the National Procurement Framework for Translation and Interpretation Services?
4b.What was your annual spend for 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021,22 and the first quarter of 2022/23 with the companies on the National Procurement Framework for Translation and Interpretation Services?
4c. How many translation companies on the National Procurement Framework for Translation and Interpretation Services are you currently engaged with?
5a. Do you use freelance translators that are members of the Society of Welsh Translators?
5b. What was your annual spend for 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021,22 and the first quarter of 2022/23 with translators that are members of the Society of Welsh Translators?
6a. Do you use freelance translators that are not on the National Procurement Framework for Translation and Interpretation services nor are members of the Society of Welsh Translators and Interpreters?
6b. If you replied ‘yes’ to question 6a, please outline your actual spend for 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021,22 and the first quarter of 2022/23?
7a. Do you use translators from other frameworks and agencies in Wales, or the UK?
7b. If you replied yes to question 7a, what was your spend for 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and the first quarter of 2022/23.
8a Do you use interpreters from the National Procurement Framework for Translation and Interpretation Services?
8b If you do use interpreters from the National Procurement Framework for Translation and Interpretation Services, what was the spend for 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and the first quarter of 2022/23
8c How many interpreters are your currently engaged with that are on the National Procurement Framework for Translation and Interpretation Services?
9a Do you use interpreters from the Society of Welsh Translators and Interpreters?
9b If you replied yest to question 9a, how many are you engaged with at present, and what was the spend for 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and the first quarter of 2022/23.
9c How many interpreters are you engaged with at present that are not on the National Procurement Framework for Translation and Interpretation Services nor are they members of the Society of Welsh Translators?
9d If you’re engaging interpreters that are not on the National Procurement Framework for Translation and Interpretation Services and are not members of the Society of Welsh Translators and Interpreters, how much was your spend for interpreters in this category for 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and the first quarter of 2022/23?
10a Do you use a translation memory software, if so please detail:
which software you use;
how many licences you hold;
cost per licence per year
Thank you for your request dated 14 September 2022. Responses to your questions are below.
1. How many members of staff do you employ to translate (Welsh-English-Welsh)?
None
2. What is the annual cost of employing senior translators and translators within your organisation?
£0
3a. Do you employ translators on a bank basis?
No
3b. If you do employ translators on a bank basis, what was your annual spend for, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021,22 and the first quarter of 2022/23?
N/A
4a Do you use translation companies on the National Procurement Framework for Translation and Interpretation Services?
Yes
4b.What was your annual spend for 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021,22 and the first quarter of 2022/23 with the companies on the National Procurement Framework for Translation and Interpretation Services?
The figures for spend with companies from the Framework in question follows. Please note that at least one of these companies provides translation for us for languages other than Welsh (e.g. other community languages, BSL) and there is no way of determining how much has been spent on individual languages. Note also that this figure will include the cost of interpretation as well as translation – there is no way to separate that out:
• 2019/20: £152,083.27
• 2020/21: £161,969.16
• 2021/22: £188,800.95
• 2022/23 Q1: £33,107.26
4c. How many translation companies on the National Procurement Framework for Translation and Interpretation Services are you currently engaged with?
Our teams have full contact details of the Framework and are able to use whichever of the companies can offer them the best service at the time. The number of companies engaged during the time period in question is:
• 2019/20: 19
• 2020/21: 18
• 2021/22: 16
• 2022/23 Q1: 12
5a. Do you use freelance translators that are members of the Society of Welsh Translators?
No
5b. What was your annual spend for 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021,22 and the first quarter of 2022/23 with translators that are members of the Society of Welsh Translators?
N/A
6a. Do you use freelance translators that are not on the National Procurement Framework for Translation and Interpretation services nor are members of the Society of Welsh Translators and Interpreters?
No
6b. If you replied ‘yes’ to question 6a, please outline your actual spend for 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021,22 and the first quarter of 2022/23?
N/A
7a. Do you use translators from other frameworks and agencies in Wales, or the UK?
A service-level agreement is in place with NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership to provide some translation services.
7b. If you replied yes to question 7a, what was your spend for 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and the first quarter of 2022/23.
• 2019/20: £10,667
• 2020/21: £32,000
• 2021/22: £38,500
• 2022/23, Q1: £9,625
8a Do you use interpreters from the National Procurement Framework for Translation and Interpretation Services?
Yes
8b If you do use interpreters from the National Procurement Framework for Translation and Interpretation Services, what was the spend for 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and the first quarter of 2022/23
It is impossible to separate out the cost of interpretation and translation on our finance systems – the costs of this will be included within our response to question 4b.
8c How many interpreters are your currently engaged with that are on the National Procurement Framework for Translation and Interpretation Services?
See answer to question 4c.
9a Do you use interpreters from the Society of Welsh Translators and Interpreters?
No
9b If you replied yes to question 9a, how many are you engaged with at present, and what was the spend for 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and the first quarter of 2022/23.
N/A
9c How many interpreters are you engaged with at present that are not on the National Procurement Framework for Translation and Interpretation Services nor are they members of the Society of Welsh Translators?
None
9d If you’re engaging interpreters that are not on the National Procurement Framework for Translation and Interpretation Services and are not members of the Society of Welsh Translators and Interpreters, how much was your spend for interpreters in this category for 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and the first quarter of 2022/23?
N/A
10a Do you use a translation memory software, if so please detail:
No
which software you use;
N/A
how many licences you hold;
N/A
cost per licence per year
N/A
John Lawson
Head of Information Governance
Public Health Wales NHS Trust
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