Language Service Providers (LSP) are entities that provide linguistic services, such as interpreting services (in situ or remote, video or by telephone), translation, localization or internationalization services. LSP can be private companies, agencies, cooperatives or professional interpreters that offer one or more of the language services reported above.
Belinda Maia, Johann Haller, Margherita Ulrych, eds Training the Language Services Provider for the New Millennium, Porto: Universidade do Porto, 2002. 21-30.