She co-founded and served as co-chief executive officer of TransPerfect, the world's largest translation services provider, for 25 years.
[4] Her family traveled frequently, including long-term residences in Portugal and Canada, where Elting first developed interest in studying languages.
She speaks English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin[6] and earned a BA in Modern Languages and Literatures from Trinity College in 1987,[7] and her MBA from NYU Stern School of Business in 1992.
[9] Having spent several years working in the translation industry, Elting felt there was a need for a service-minded enterprise that could deliver complex projects quickly and accurately.
Elting served as co-CEO of TransPerfect for almost 26 years, during which it became the world's largest provider of language and business solutions.
[12] In May 2018, the Delaware Supreme Court upheld a decision causing the sale of Elting's 50% ownership of TransPerfect to cofounder Phil Shawe for $385 million, which closed the same month.
[28] In September 2023, Elting released her first book, Dream Big and Win: Translating Passion into Purpose and Creating a Billion-Dollar Business.