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Veritas Language Solutions (trading as ‘Veritas’) is a translation services company that was founded in 2009. It is a UK-registered limited company.

Company history and overview
Veritas was founded as a translation and interpreting services company on 1 June 2009 by translation graduates Sharon Stephens and Rachel Bryan. Both founders graduated with First Class Honours from Swansea University in 2009. The company commenced trading from Stephens' home, but is now based in the SA1 Swansea Waterfront development.

Veritas took on a Finance Director in 2011, and the company now has 30 employees in their UK head office and 5,500 translators and interpreters worldwide.

Awards
Veritas was announced as Best International Business in the HSBC Start-up Stars awards 2010, Most Promising New Business in the Swansea Bay Business Awards 2011 , and Best Welsh Enterprise in the Lloyds Enterprise Awards 2012. Veritas has been a finalist in many awards, including the Shell LiveWIRE 'Hot 40' 2010, Start-ups Women in Business awards 2010, NatWest Everywoman 2011 , Swansea Women in Business 2011 , South Wales Business Awards 2011 and Mumpreneur 2011.

In 2010 Rachel Bryan was named amongst the UK's 100 most inspirational women and joined Modern Muse, an initiative designed to inspire and engage the next generation of female business leaders by showcasing successful women of today in all walks of business life.

Translation competition
Every year Veritas runs a pan-European translation competition for university students, called Veritas University Challenge. The competition seeks to find upcoming talented translators throughout Europe. In 2011 the competition received over 10,000 entries in 8 languages.