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Series
Board of Trade and successors: Translation Service: Record of Translations
Catalogue reference: BT 301
What's it about?
BT 301
Ledgers recording work undertaken by the translators in the Board of Trade, Department of Trade and Industry and Department of Industry.The ledgers contain a record of translation work performed by and for the Board of Trade and details recorded...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BT 301
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Trade and successors: Translation Service: Record of Translations
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1919-1977
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ledgers recording work undertaken by the translators in the Board of Trade, Department of Trade and Industry and Department of Industry.
The ledgers contain a record of translation work performed by and for the Board of Trade and details recorded varied over the years but most entries show date work received and dispatched, who requested the translation, amount of work (in folios), language, type of work (e.g. letter, decree) and the originator.
The ledgers in this series were started in 1919. The gap in the record during 1920-1922 is believed to coincide with a gap in appointments as it is known that the first professional Translator was appointed in the early 1920s. A second professional post was created in about 1948, and evidence of further expansion of the section can be seen in the Translators' initials which appear in the ledgers from the early 1950s.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Board of Trade, Establishment Department, 1865-1946
- Board of Trade, Establishment Division, 1946-1970
- Department of Industry, Establishment Division, 1974-1976
- Department of Trade and Industry, Establishment Division, 1970-1974
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 16 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Trade and commerce
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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A translator to the Board of Trade was appointed in 1868. By 1921 the combined post of Deputy Librarian and Translator was long established and although the two posts were later split, the Translator continued to report to the Librarian.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3337/
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Board of Trade and successors: Translation Service: Record of Translations
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