User manuals, patent applications, engineering specifications, CE documentation, and safety data sheets. Reviewed by subject-matter specialists, not just linguists.
3-5 business days for standard documents. Complex technical volumes quoted individually.
A user manual for industrial equipment is not just text. It is a safety document. A patent application is a legal and technical document simultaneously. An engineering specification is read by people who will build physical things based on what it says. Getting the language right is the minimum requirement. Understanding the subject is what separates a usable translation from a liability.
We assign technical projects to translators with verified subject-matter expertise. Industrial manuals go to translators with manufacturing or engineering backgrounds. Patent documents go to translators with experience in patent drafting conventions and the terminology standards of the relevant technology field. Safety data sheets go to translators familiar with GHS/OSHA classification systems.
User manuals and operator guides, installation and service instructions, engineering specifications and drawings notes, patent applications for USPTO and EPO filing, technical proposals and bid documents, safety data sheets (GHS/SDS), CE marking technical files and EU declarations of conformity, and ISO and standards documentation.
For ongoing technical translation relationships, we build and maintain a terminology database from your first project. This database covers your product names, proprietary terms, and consistent technical translations of key concepts. It is applied to every subsequent project and delivered to you at the end of each project as an updated XLIFF or TMX file. Your terminology, your format, your ongoing projects.
Patent translation requires precise correspondence between source and translated claims. A translation that shifts the scope of a claim, even slightly, can affect the enforceability of the patent in the target jurisdiction. We work with patent attorneys and IP managers who understand this and assign only translators with verifiable patent translation experience to this work.
We translate text annotations in CAD files and technical drawing notes. We work with PDF and Word exports from CAD software. For native CAD file formats, we translate the text and return it as a deliverable list or marked-up PDF for the engineering team to apply to the drawing.
Yes. We work with XLIFF and TMX files from any major CAT tool. Send us your existing TM and we will apply it from the start, reducing your cost on repeated content. We return updated TM files with every delivery.
Yes. We translate CE marking technical files, EU Declarations of Conformity, and Instructions for Use across all EU official languages. We are familiar with the requirements of the relevant EU Directives and flag where your document may need revision beyond translation.